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|    IB Joe to Rob Swindell    |
|    Re: Testing Gateway    |
|    26 Apr 24 05:44:24    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A49       MSGID: 1:342/201 0900482e       REPLY: 8872.mystic@1:103/705 2a904d86       TZUTC: -0600       On 25 Apr 2024, Rob Swindell said the following...               RS>         RS> THe entity you want to locate and speak with is the FidoNet node that's        RS> providing the USENET gateway functionality, not the USENET provider. I        RS> would not expect any USENET provider to "adhere to Fido policies" much        RS> less even be aware of their existence.        RS>               Rob, that is the way I understood it. I left a test message and Wilfred       treated it like a FidoNET test message. My response to Wilfred, the one       you're responding to was me being sarcastic.              I have setup a direct link with my BBS and the UseNET people... and I had a       dozens and dozens of responses.              I am now the local expert              IB Joe, Pronouns (FJB/LGB)        AKA Joe Schweier       SysOp of 4A 6F 65 73 42 42 53        -=JoesBBS.com=-              ... Origin of Life? Just check my refrigerator...              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64)        * Origin: JoesBBS.Com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTP:80 (1:342/201)       SEEN-BY: 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 128/260 129/305 135/220 225 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 206 275 307 317       SEEN-BY: 229/400 426 428 470 550 664 700 266/512 282/1038 291/111       SEEN-BY: 292/854 320/219 322/757 342/200 201 396/45 460/58 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 5075/35       PATH: 342/201 200 229/426           |
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