Hello, Ardith!

�� 24.11.23 21:32, Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) wrote to me:

 GH>>  Seems everyone can see posts from this origin.
 AH>            Uh-huh.  Although not everyone has answered, I find Tommi's
 AH> system (2:221/6 etc.) to be quite reliable.  :-)

Yep, it's quite good and easy to access and subscribe to newsgroups and echoes, and there's a great variety of it too. And, the other day I told my fidonet boss about the issues (some echoes were set to read-only) and he had it fixed, so that hopefully I can now correspond via my regular fidonet link.

 GH>>  I've never used news readers before and it feels
 GH>>  waaay less convenient than good old FTN-style readers
 GH>>  (like GoldED).
 AH>            Having never used either, I agree that Tommi would probably
 AH> be able to give you better answers than I would because he understands
 AH> his own system.

It was just a matter of habit for me, because actually news readers are similarly easy to use. I deliberately chose a text-mode one, for some reason I avoid using GUI readers/editors for corresponding in fidonet. :-)

 GH>>  So I believe it's OK if I hang around here for a while
 GH>>  ...  :-)
 AH>            I don't know if you're using your real name... but now I
 AH> see you're from Russia (as I'd suspected).  People from all countries
 AH> are welcome in this echo, and as long as you continue to mind your
 AH> manners & focus on the study of English I have no objection to your
 AH> "hanging around" here for a while....  :-)

Well, I was using a different name at that time. Now I just decided to "start over" with an updated state of mind, if you like. BTW is it okay to use "hang around" without seeming a bit too "informal", or should I have said "stay"? :-)


Regards, Gleb                                       | �� 25.11.23, 18:51
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