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The site has received permission from JMS to repost his messages.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"> <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#collapseOne">Who kept track of all these JMS messages over the years?</a> </h4> </div> <div id="collapseOne" class="panel-collapse collapse"> <div class="panel-body"> <p>Many people volunteered their time over the years to archive JMS's messages. This site wouldn't exist without their hard work and dedication. Some of the people we would like to acknowledge are Erez Zadok, John Hardin, Brent Barrett, and Lee Whiteside. In the year 2000 Doug Olson created JMSNews.com to make the archive available to the Internet.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"> <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#collapseThree">What types of messages are archived here?</a> </h4> </div> <div id="collapseThree" class="panel-collapse collapse"> <div class="panel-body"> <p>This site contains an archive of JMS messages posted to Usenet, CompuServe, AOL, and Genie from 1991 to 2010.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h4>About JMS</h4> <div> <div class="bs-example"> <div class="panel-group" id="accordion2"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"> <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseOne3">Who is JMS?</a> </h4> </div> <div id="collapseOne3" class="panel-collapse collapse"> <div class="panel-body"> <p>Joseph Michael Straczynski, is an American television and film screenwriter, producer and director, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Studio JMS, and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 and its spinoff Crusade, as well as the series Jeremiah, and Sense8. Please see the <a style="color:cornflowerblue;" href="/home/about">About JMS</a> page for more details.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"> <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseOne2">How do I contact JMS?</a> </h4> </div> <div id="collapseOne2" class="panel-collapse collapse"> <div class="panel-body"> <p>The best way to contact JMS is at his Twitter feed @straczynski. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </main> <!-- FOOTER ===============================================================--> <footer> <div id="footer_bottom"> <div class="container"> <div class="row wow fadeIn" data-wow-duration="100ms"> <div class="col-sm-6 social"> <a data-toggle="modal" style="text-decoration: none" href="https://www.facebook.com/JMSnewscom"><i class="fa fa-facebook fa-3x"></i></a> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 credits"> <p>© Midnight Design Productions, LLC 2018. 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