[jrnichols]

I think these are very valid thoughts, even today. I loved the old days of telnet & Pine, and then Netscape Navigator with built-in email & newsgroups. Even Outlook Express did a decent job with NNTP.

but the endless flood of spam was too much, along with the ever growing risk of "illegal content." Just became way too risky, ISPs started dropping it, and the spiral continued.