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Re: bbs and usenet

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From cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups alt.bbs
Subject Re: bbs and usenet
Date Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:10:11 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <20250410012042.0000194e@dne3.net>,
Toaster  <toaster@dne3.net> wrote:
>When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
>usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was
>fidonet like email?

They did, often to the consternation of USENET users.  Sometimes
it worked well, but often there was cultural conflict, perhaps
particularly on the more technical groups.

	- Dan C.

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  Re: bbs and usenet cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-04-10 12:10 +0000
  bbs and usenet Dumas.Walker@f10.n1.z275.fidonet.org (Dumas Walker) - 2025-04-10 09:14 +1300
    Re: bbs and usenet Toaster <toaster@dne3.net> - 2025-04-10 11:22 -0400
      Re: bbs and usenet TheCivvie@bbs.rima-iot.eu - 2025-04-10 16:49 +0000
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        Re: bbs and usenet Toaster <toaster@dne3.net> - 2025-04-11 12:51 -0400
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            Re: bbs and usenet Toaster <toaster@dne3.net> - 2025-04-12 20:15 -0400
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