billg
...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
> In article <m2my5beee4.
...@pierre.ipanematech.us>,
> pe
...@pierre.ipanematech.us (Peter H. Schmidt) writes:
>> I would be interested...
>> I've not seen this USENET group this alive in a very long time.
>> Even when the 3b1/7300 was new it was considered a dog, though
>> there were many clever people that got their moneys worth out
>> of them.
>> I registered 3b1.org quite recently merely as a 'vanity' domain
>> for the sdf.lonestar.org folks, but after seeing the activity
>> here I thought I'd suggest using it for a UUCP hub/map for bang
>> pathing. I'm sure most mail programs still understand
>> login%host@domain addresses and I'd be happy to setup polled
>> UUCP via dialup or TCP (if you can manage that).
>> I used to provide USENET feeds via email (individual articles
>> would be emailed via UUCP). We're still spooling news and if
>> you aren't reading this on a 3b1, you could very well be.
> I have tried to revive UUCP for email numerous times in the past
> bith for fun and because it offers a virtually spam-free way to do
> email. I have never found anyone interested.
> bill
Well, I am interested, at least at some level. I think I still