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   njsg (njsg@social.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 19:01:28 JST njsg

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   • mms :runbsd: :emacs:

   @mms format is similar, distribution is different. Some months ago, or maybe it was last year, someone wrote (or linked) a paper on the (early?) history of USENET that made the rounds in the fediverse.

   I don't have the reference handy, though. Hopefully someone else has.
   #USENET #netnews

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 19:01:28 JST Xenotar

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     • Steve Bellovin
     • mms :runbsd: :emacs:

     @njsg @mms
     May be this paper by @SteveBellovin ?

     https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf

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     mms :runbsd: :emacs: (mms@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 19:01:30 JST mms :runbsd: :emacs:

     I don’t get one one thing about #usenet

     Is it considered to be a form of email? Or is it a separate thing that just happen to be handled by good e-mail clients?