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Re: Susie924 post# 134861

Thursday, 11/26/2009 9:43:43 AM

Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:43:43 AM

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No, Fidonet predated websites. It was a loose organization of BBS's (bulletin board systems - usually run on a PC in a spare room) that exchanged email and files for members.

Their main policy rule was "Don't be excessively annoying and don't be excessively annoyed". Simple, but it worked well.

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