Hi, Dan!

On 18 Марта 2019 16:41, you wrote you:
 DC>> post in ANY echo that I follow, from a Russian.  I'm assuming
 DC>> they have their own set of echos, but why wouldn't ANY of them
 DC>> participate in a "Fido-wide" echo like this one?  Serious
 DC>> question...

 ak>> No, no, Russians are omnipresent! Ask me something! ;-)

 DC> Haha!  Hello Alexander, thanks for the reply.  The Russian
 DC> connection is confirmed!  :-)

 ak>> Alexander Koryagin
 ak>> fido7.fidonews 2019
 ak>> --- FIDOGATE 5.1.7ds

 DC> ...confirmed via a Usenet gateway, anyway.  Do you guys still do
 DC> FidoNet echos the "old-fashioned way"?

Yes, I've also got an old Golded-NSF soft. For instance, this messeage is sent
as a traditional Fidonet message. Although, I prefer a GUI interface, what's
why I usually use Thunderbird and fidogates.

 DC> Here's another quick question:  Does the "fido7" in that Usenet
 DC> group name refer to the rumored FidoNet Zone 7 from the dim and
 DC> dark past mysteries of Fido...?

Yes, all the Russian fidonet newsgroups, which I know, have the prefix fido7.


Best regards - alexander
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