Re: Re: Fidonet and Usenet
  By: Scott Adams to Winston Smith on Sat Aug 02 2003 03:27 am

 >         A bit off topic here since its not really helping him but
 >         I am surprised to see familynet have sex NGs.  A bit
 >         turnaround from where it originally was so many years ago.
 >         :<
 
Actually, that does help.  I never pursued FamiltyNet as an option because my
first contact was with a web page that screamed "RATED G", and
indicated that
my BBS would have to be as well if I wanted to join.  If they're getting lax in
their policies I might be able to squeeze in.  However, my version of "kid
friendly" is "if a kid can figure out to to get as far as my
system, we'll be
friendly to him". :)

Now, by "essentially Usenet in Fido PKT form", do you mean that
someone on that
end is providing a usenet-to-familynet gateway service, or it just has a bunch
of message areas that are "usenet-esque"?

Semi-seguewaying to/from what someone else said about not providing file areas,
wh which I agree: There are some things that are just too easily provided on
the Web already.  For the same reason I'll probably not be offering netmail
accounts.  But I -will- be setting up support on the website of certain choice
textfiles and archives. I don't see why I couldn't offer some sort of Usenet
via the website, if it could be done without simply throwing a few links up and
abandoning the user.  My main goal here is to expose those to usenet who have
not been before.

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