Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ogicse!plains!overby From: overby@plains.UUCP (Glen Overby) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: GEnie->Usenet may already be here Summary: some guy with a PC Message-ID: <3106@plains.UUCP> Date: 11 Jan 90 03:51:47 GMT References: <357@dbase.UUCP> Reply-To: overby@plains.UUCP (Glen Overby) Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 23 In article <357@dbase.UUCP> dveditz@dbase.A-T.com (Dan Veditz) writes: >There may already be a GEnie->Usenet gateway. I found the following in >the most recent batch of "Top 25..." articles in news.lists: >I looks like the forth group is already enjoying GEnie articles. Can anyone >confirm that this *is* what it looks like? Is it with official GEnie >permission, or is it some guy with a PC feeding it to USENET on the sly? It's "some guy with a PC". He logs on to GEnie and captures everything, then weeds out some of the chit-chat and posts it. There are also several "Forth Net" BBSes which exchange messages between themselves and GEnie. I don't know how that works. Try sending mail to forthnet@willet or (gasp!) reading comp.lang.forth to see the contact address of the guy doing the posting. He's explained it on c.l.f a time or two... BTW, the postings have not been universally welcomed on c.l.f; it has increased the volume significantly and a good portion is fluf (but whats new?). GEnie has had c.l.f imported for quite some time now. -- Glen Overby uunet!plains!overby (UUCP) overby@plains (Bitnet)