Subj : Bad behaviour not wanted.
To   : Nick Andre
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Nov 12 2022 08:12 am

Hello Nick!

** On Thursday 10.11.22 - 00:03, you wrote to Nigel Reed:

NR>> Somewould say JamNNTPd is as bad as web access to a BBS :)

NA> Some would say JamNNTP is not even a BBS...

Some would say that even TODAY's BBSes are not even BBSes.  ;)

What was a BBS of days gone yore?  Originally, it was a place
where one dialed-in to READ a "bulletin" or an announcement.
Hence, the name - BBS.

Posting personal messages does not a BBS make.

Games does not a BBS make.

Messages and games came along much later to such systems.

So.. BBSes today are much more different than they were
originally.  So, perhaps they shouldn't be called a BBS at all.

Just the minimalist "Board" could be more representive.

Meanwhile, to cling to BBS = bulletins, messages, networked
systems, games  ..is a misnomer.

I'd say message exchange via JamNNTP is a different kind of
Board, focused on messaging.
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 ../|ug

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