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|    Charles Pierson to Nil Alexandrov    |
|    Coffee linked to lower body fat in women    |
|    15 Sep 20 00:19:08    |
      MSGID: 2:460/58 98       REPLY: 2:460/58 97       PID: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov       CHRS: CP866 2       TGUID: 1288127070       REPLYTO 2:460/58 1288127070       RealName: 0              Answering a msg from Nil Alexandrov:       >Hello, August!       >       >Monday September 14 2020 20:20, from August Abolins -> All:       >       >Not so much on the topic of coffee but the "othernets" FTN network aliveness.       >       > AA> From: internetado@88/2001       > AA> Newsgroups: FamilyNet.COFFEE       > AA> -+- MBSE BBS v1.0.7.13 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)       > AA> + Origin: usenet-news.net (8:8/2001@fmlynet)       >       >So, the FTN zone 8 is a typical "other net" and we usually have invite        announcements posted in the othernets echomail, though I haven't seen such.       >       >This forward proves that othernets exist, they have traffic with even diverse        echomail hierarchy like FamilyNet.*       >       >Best Regards, Nil              There are several othernets, with varying degrees of activity. Whether or not        they get advertised is entirely up to i would guess admin or coordinators of        The specific nets.                     --- tg2fido.pl        * Origin: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 114/705 120/340 123/120 131 226/30 227/114 702       SEEN-BY: 229/101 424 426 452 664 1016 240/5832 249/206 317 400 292/854       SEEN-BY: 298/25 305/3 317/3 322/757 342/200       PATH: 460/58 640/1384 221/1 6 153/757 261/38 250/1 8 317/3 229/426           |
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