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    From Wu Shufei@1:103/705 to All on Thu May 14 16:31:27 2026
    Howdy dear people. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping Fidonet running. I've never much used these groups until now, but should like to. I've heard of Fidonet for years and not quite known how.

    Toodloo,
    Shufei
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  • From Mickey@1:229/307 to Wu Shufei on Thu May 14 20:56:00 2026
    On 14 May 2026, Wu Shufei said the following...

    Howdy dear people. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping Fidonet running. I've never much used these groups until now, but should like
    to. I've heard of Fidonet for years and not quite known how.

    Toodloo,
    Shufei

    Well sir/madame... Here you are. :-)

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Wu Shufei on Sun May 17 08:14:00 2026
    Hello Wu Shufei!

    ** On Thursday 14.05.26 - 16:31, Wu Shufei wrote to All:

    Howdy dear people. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping Fidonet running. I've never much used these groups until now, but should like
    to. I've heard of Fidonet for years and not quite known how.

    Where are you are from?

    Meanwhile.. many other chat "platforms" have caught the attention of people instead of the fidonet space.

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  • From Wu Shufei@1:103/705 to August Abolins on Fri May 22 10:00:32 2026
    Re: Howdy
    By: August Abolins to Wu Shufei on Sun May 17 2026 08:14 am

    Howdy do Mickey and August,

    I'm Shufei from Smolnet, usually on the Zaibatsu Pubnix these
    days. Thank you for the welcome! I am a hermit spinster who
    lives a sort of bargain bin solarpunk life. So I am keen to
    cobble smalltech/retrotech and generally stay away from the
    blare of social media 2.x. So once in a while I've lurked the
    FidoNet boards for the scoop on DIY doohickeys and such.
    What is the news from Fidoland and such? How do things work
    on these BBS boards? I don't know much about FidoNet nuts
    and bolts, sohave no sense of what goes on yet.
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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Wu Shufei on Fri May 22 19:15:00 2026
    Hello Wu Shufei!

    ** On Friday 22.05.26 - 10:00, you wrote to me:


    I'm Shufei from Smolnet, usually on the Zaibatsu Pubnix these
    days.

    Huh? Dunno what Smolnet is and how you access Fidonet from the Pubnix.


    [...] and generally stay away from the
    blare of social media 2.x.

    Yeah, it's mostly all blare and vacuous content. I've recently left FB - most people just shared other people's jokes and the FB system would litter your own feed with unsolicited crap.


    So once in a while I've lurked the
    FidoNet boards for the scoop on DIY doohickeys and such.

    There are technical echos that might represent the tech scoop you seek.


    What is the news from Fidoland and such? How do things work
    on these BBS boards? I don't know much about FidoNet nuts
    and bolts, sohave no sense of what goes on yet.

    Fidonet is simply a collection of independent echos and a volunteer-based distribution system.

    The echo catalog is vast. Some echos are empty. But the mechanism to distribute the messages is somewhat standardised. The conduit to do that is now largely via internet vs phoneline.
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  • From Matt Jurcich@1:154/120 to Wu Shufei on Wed Jul 15 14:13:49 2026

    I too have revisited BBS technologies in recent years and am happy to see FidoNet still alive. Certainly less traffic then in the past, but still some groups are pretty active. Glad to be a part of it again.

    -m
    tnf-bbs.net

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  • From Alexey Matrosov@2:203/910 to Matt Jurcich on Wed Jul 15 21:34:52 2026
    Hello Matt,

    I too have revisited BBS technologies in recent years and am happy to
    see FidoNet still alive. Certainly less traffic then in the past, but still some groups are pretty active. Glad to be a part of it again.

    Exactly! Happy to be back to Fido again after 23 years off.
    And it is still alive! Let's definitely enjoy it! :)

    Mvh,
    Alex.

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:261/20 to Matt Jurcich on Fri Jul 24 09:15:36 2026

    On Jul 15, 2026 12:13am, Matt Jurcich wrote to Wu Shufei:


    I too have revisited BBS technologies in recent years and am
    happy to
    see FidoNet still alive. Certainly less traffic then in the
    past, but
    still some groups are pretty active. Glad to be a part of it
    again.

    -m
    tnf-bbs.net

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    Welcome back!!!

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