Hi Bob,
Hi Day,
Hi Travis,
About "SPAM & FIDO" and "Access to this mail-list thru a .QWK Off-
Line Mail Reader" of February 1 and 3, respectively:
DB> I remember a personal kind of service, where I would get a phonecall
DB> from the sysop trying to make damn sure that I was a real person,
DB> and not a commercial operation that could flood him with spam. I
DB> see a rap in PC mag by Dvorak discussing spam, and think that if
DB> even a geek like him hasta put up with it, there must not be any
DB> other solution.
TS> Softcon isn't free, but... ...we do support qwk mail readers...
BG> I hadn't realized Softcon was in this business.
I known a guy who operated a BBS and it was at the head of a former
French-Canadian amateur-messaging network as well. The users applied to
the network as usual, thru the participating BBSes, and any access could
be cut - well, in theory: other SysOps from Europe became uncooperative
and that whole part finally had to be excluded (a difficult decision)...
Anyway. The remedy was transfer of .QWK/.REP mail-packets by using
~E-Mail~, which meant there was no intermediary in between. The persons
who chose this method remained in touch with their fellow correspondants
even with no BBS around. :) The supervisor decided later to extend the
accessability to everyone through his ~WEB~ site: he made his WebMaster
"publish" .QWK anonymous mail-packets; participants who didn't like the
~E-Mail~ method or who lost a packet could DownLoad mail from that ~WEB~
site... Exclusion of misbehaving users was managed at the Head-Quarter,
posting required one to be registered as a user but reading didn't. :-)
The problem with FidoNet is the InterNet protocols, they seem to be
an invitation to spammers and spoofers, euh... And ironically, the very
same issue plagues -=THIS=- mail-list while, at the same time, i can see
my posts echoed to the BBS NetWorks or ChowDaNet BBSes but my legitimate
postings made from one of these BBSes won't reach you in this mail-list!
%-o
For no clear reason, the WebMaster in question kept that ~WEB~ site
alive long after our supervisor went thru a stroke, bringing the network
down with him eventually (the former Canada-Media promotional ~WEB~ site
still exists as you read)... Go check this ~URL~ if i made you curious:
http://www.canadamedia.8m.com
The related link for the present topic is called "Les paquets QWK".
If you like the concept and want to contact the WebMaster, don't mention
my name because i opposed all i could to his use of the CanadaMedia site
(he seems to use it for showing off his "know-how" as a WebMaster). %-7
But i believe this idea could have helped, it was worth the effort,
euh... Well, maybe i'm a bit biased: as i confess i helped actively...
P-)
Salutations,
www3.sympatico.ca/bicephale
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