Hello Wilfred!

** 24.10.19 - 13:45, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 WV> MV> I can only repeat what I said a couple of month ago. I always had
 WV> MV> mixed feelings about Ozzmosis. One of the pros of Fidonet is thet
 WV> MV> it is NOT the InterNet. I want what I write in Fidonet to stay in
 WV> MV> Fidonet, not readable by anyone and indexable by Google and other
 WV> MV> search engines.

 WV> MV> So please let it rest in peace.

Not to worry.  The search engines are not that thorough.  You can't use  
them to find any one specific message 100% of the time anyway.

But as far as displaying FTN messages on websites, that's pretty cool!

Sychronet allows a webbased presentation.

A few sample systems:

http://freeway.vkradio.com/msgs/subs.ssjs?msg_grp=Fidonet
http://bbs.tdod.org/msgs/subs.ssjs?msg_grp=Fidonet
http://sectiononebbs.com/msgs/subs.ssjs?msg_grp=Fidonet
http://sestar.synchro.net/msgs/subs.ssjs?msg_grp=Fidonet

I see this as progress and a great way to provide a glimpse of Fidonet to  
the masses.


 WV> Although sometimes it was convenient to be able to use ozzmosis in
 WV> the past, I agree with your statement!

All of the webbased presentations, including ozzmosis, lack one key  
element: Search.  Without it, a bit more manual labour is required to step  
through the messages to find anything.  The convenience was limited.

Maybe Sychronet's web login account provides a S)earch, but someone  
running the server can elaborate.


  ../|ug

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