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In article <1992Oct9.145020.19838@wolves.uucp> news@wolves.uucp (The Wolfe of the Den) writes:
>[This finally got here :-)]
>
>Nope.  Usenet is only the netnews software.  There is no Usenet mail,
>there is no Usenet ftp, there is no Usenet telnet, etc....   Usenet is
>the network of sites that exchange messages in Usenet news format.  period.
>
	It is *just* the netnews software...and then you say it is
a network of sites??  Hmmm...and the email that I send out of this
site goes out in mail format, not news format, so there is Usenet
mail.

>	Now, but Usenet/netnews began as ONLY UUCP.
>
	Hmmm...now you are differentiating again?

>>same as Internet's anon ftp; in fact, about the only main difference
>>*I* can really see between Usenet and the Internet is that Usenet
>>isn't as *FAST* due to the modems.
>
>	Nope, Internet offers FTP, telnet, rlogin, BIND/named, WAIS, and
>a whole host of services that CAN NOT be offered on UUCP connected
>sites.  Usenet is, and always has been, netnews articles, exchanged on
>whatever physical connection is available.
>
	And email...and file transfers using uucp.  Telnet/FTP are
their also, but that involves SLIP connections or local networks.  Hmmm..
and that wouldn't make the two+ sites talking to each other SLIP 
Internet sites either.

Marc
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