XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 12:50:28 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2/2/2026 11:49 PM, Anssi Saari wrote:   
   >> "Carlos E.R."  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> For some strange reason, Fidonet continued working in Rusia after it   
   >>> stopped in Europe. They took over the development of software, too.   
   >>   
   >> I still see people post to Usenet from Fidonet on occasion.   
   >   
   >There was a bridging program that could sync a Usenet newsgroup to an   
   >Echomail group back then. :)   
   >   
   >And Echomail has offline readers, allowing you to post as well.   
      
   I first encountered Usenet when some newsgroups were gated to Fidonet,   
   this one among them.   
      
   Most popular offline readers were BlueWave and Silver Xpress. I still   
   have them on my computer, with some saved messages from 30-35 years   
   ago.   
      
      
      
      
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