OP - Lots until my area got one of the first FreeNets in the country. Good communities for the most part. And Rusty and Edys(?) were great.
>>17258681uh, 17257947 says "Fido feeds of usenet." Meaning that many BBS would wrap some Usenet newsgroups in their Echomail.
Not whiteknighting, just calling you out as newfag/retard.