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    From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to alt.fan.usenet,alt.culture.usenet,news.groups on Sat Mar 16 03:00:02 2024
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    Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> wrote at 19:23 this Friday (GMT):
    Op 29-2-2024 om 14:08 schreef Scott Dorsey:
    Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
    On 2/28/24 19:08, Sn!pe wrote:
    What distinguishes one from the other?

    I'm assuming that "NetNews" is a reference to FidoNet (or other FTN) echos. >>>
    Usenet is one set of groups and FidoNet echos are a different set of groups.

    And where does altnet fit in? The alt.groups are not part of the Big Eight >> but are they part of Usenet? Admin opinions seem to differ...
    --scott



    Of course alt.* groups are part of usenet.
    Just as:
    nl.*
    de.*
    uk.*
    fr.*
    be.*
    cakewalk.*
    xs4all.*
    etcetera

    All of these are not part of the big eight.

    Rink

    Yeah, they're shared between multiple servers.
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