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    From Mauro Veiga@4:801/194.2 to All on Thu Feb 18 13:56:28 2021
    Hello.

    Is there any system online today with great retention of messages from
    Fido, like more than 15/20 years old messages downloadable by QWK?



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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Mauro Veiga on Thu Feb 18 12:48:46 2021
    On 2/18/2021 1:59 PM, Mauro Veiga wrote to All:

    Is there any system online today with great retention of messages from
    Fido, like more than 15/20 years old messages downloadable by QWK?

    I am going to cautiously say probably not.
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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Mauro Veiga on Thu Feb 18 18:52:40 2021
    On 18 Feb 21 13:56:29, Mauro Veiga said the following to All:

    Is there any system online today with great retention of messages from
    Fido, like more than 15/20 years old messages downloadable by QWK?

    Not QWK but apparently textfiles.com has an archive... I think.

    Nick

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  • From Glenn Rossi@1:275/301 to Nick Andre on Fri Feb 26 13:47:02 2021
    On 2/18/2021 6:52 PM, Nick Andre wrote:
    On 18 Feb 21 13:56:29, Mauro Veiga said the following to All:

    Is there any system online today with great retention of messages from
    Fido, like more than 15/20 years old messages downloadable by QWK?

    Not QWK but apparently textfiles.com has an archive... I think.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)


    No QWK, but we have some very old Fidonet messages available here:

    https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/msgs
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