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Skriven 2009-10-13 00:40:38 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
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Hello Björn,

On Monday October 12 2009 18:47, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> UseNet readers are too clumsy when navigating through
 MvdV>> the messages for my taste .

 BF>    I know very little about UseNet access to fidonet, but using a news
 BF> reader gives you the advantage of reading and writing in fidonet
 BF> echoes (and netmail) from wherever you happen to be located -- any
 BF> internet café will do,

I never felt the slightest inclination to do that. In fact, I have never seen
the inside of an internet cafe.

 BF>  without you having to go through the hazzle of setting up a fidonet
 BF> editor and all the other stuff (mailer/tosser/scanner/and so on) you
 BF> need to access fidonet.

But that is part of the game! Take away the hazzle (sic!) and what is left is
just another set of news groups. That is not FidoNet.

 BF>    I can really recommend it, give it another try and I'm sure you
 BF> will not be disappointed.

It is like asking a mountaineer to jump in a helicopter and be dropped at the
top of the mountain instead of getting there by climbing.


Cheers, Michiel

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