Subj : Ross...
To   : Ross Cassell
From : Allen Prunty
Date : Sun Feb 17 2008 10:11 pm

 RC> Check with the echolist docs to see if the REST keyword is acceptable
 RC> for all that verbiage, usually its keywords like /REAL or /SYS etc

I will check up on that one.

 RC> Do realize that with the majority of nodes internet capable, some are
 RC> not going to see the logic of bringing into Fidonet that which they can
 RC> already latch onto with their ISP's news server or any other public
 RC> newserver. BBS packages for Fidonet such as BBBS, Synchronet and even
 RC> Winserver allow the sysops to bring in newsgroups to sit side by side
 RC> their other message offerings.

The difference is the Filter... I don't think that anyone else out there  is 
working on a spam filtration system like ours.

Ross... I am attracting the Newsgroup Denizens via my server... like
you I offer fidonet via NNTP as well.  I am drawing a few newsgroup
people who are now starting to subscribe to the fido. echos here.  I
have yet to see any posts... but they are downloading and reading
the fidonet messages.

We are getting some exposure here... and I do hope that by making the
newsgroups more accessible... we will ultimately start to have a
weighted presence in both nets.

BTW... You have a very nice and responsive system.

 RC> This is why many, including myself, offer up Fidonet Echoes via NNTP.

I have a sinking feeling you will start to have some of the newsgroup people 
visiting you as well if things work (hopefully) as planned.

Allen

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