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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
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Subject: FidoNET is Usenet without the hassle?  :-)
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Date: Sun, 19-Oct-86 23:01:40 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 19 23:01:40 1986
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From FidoNET Newsletter, Volume 3, # 39:
>      In conclusion, I would like to thank Jeff Rush of the Rising Star
>      Fido  (124/206)  for conceiving of and implementing EchoMail.  He
>      should be remembered by the networking historians for  developing
>      a  utility  that gives you just about everything that UseNet does
>      without half the hassle.

I think this is particularly ironic considering it appeared immediately
after a complex two-page description of how to add a newsgroup!
-- 
John Gilmore  {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu   jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa
(C) Copyright 1986 by John Gilmore.             May the Source be with you!