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dovenet / Internet / Re: Usenet Groups

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* Usenet Groupshollowone
+- Usenet GroupsDigital Man
`* Usenet GroupsNightfox
 `- Usenet GroupsMRO

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Re: Usenet Groups

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From: hollowone@VERT/BEERS20 (hollowone)
To: MRO
Subject: Re: Usenet Groups
Message-ID: <650B5C4B.8834.dove-int@vert.synchro.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:05:00 +0000
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 by: hollowone - Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:05 UTC

MR> oh good we can have a competition to see which old hobby dies off first.
MR> i'm surprised there's any people actually using usenet like that.
MR> i guess the bots stopped raping it with spam.

Many people still use some of the usenet groups via google groups gateway. Google is trying to filter out spam.. but at the same time they are a major contributor to have it spawned as well.

I occasionally check USENET to see some groups are indeed relatively active.. but I'd say all FTNs together generate much more traffic than USENET today.

Still as a tech opportunity I find it interesting to see NNTP gateway under BBS credentials to access FTNs discussions via usenet client. I think Synchronet allows it, yet I don't see anybody truly enabling it.

I assume for security/spam protection reasons.

-h1

Re: Usenet Groups

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From: digital.man@VERT (Digital Man)
To: hollowone
Subject: Re: Usenet Groups
Message-ID: <650B5D51.8835.dove-int@vert.synchro.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:00:01 -0700
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 by: Digital Man - Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:00 UTC

Re: Re: Usenet Groups
By: hollowone to MRO on Wed Sep 20 2023 01:05 pm

> Still as a tech opportunity I find it interesting to see NNTP gateway under
> BBS credentials to access FTNs discussions via usenet client. I think
> Synchronet allows it, yet I don't see anybody truly enabling it.

Most Synchronet BBSes offer NNTP access to their message bases (including vert.synchro.net) and have for 20+ years.
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Re: Usenet Groups

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From: nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST (Nightfox)
To: hollowone
Subject: Re: Usenet Groups
Message-ID: <65296A73.5923.dove_dove-int@digitaldistortionbbs.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:04:03 -0700
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 by: Nightfox - Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:04 UTC

Re: Re: Usenet Groups
By: hollowone to MRO on Wed Sep 20 2023 01:05 pm

ho> Still as a tech opportunity I find it interesting to see NNTP gateway
ho> under BBS credentials to access FTNs discussions via usenet client. I
ho> think Synchronet allows it, yet I don't see anybody truly enabling it.

Have you tested many BBSes to see if they have NNTP runing? I thought most Synchronet BBSes had NNTP enabled.

Nightfox

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Re: Usenet Groups

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From: mro@VERT/BBSESINF (MRO)
To: Nightfox
Subject: Re: Usenet Groups
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:40:36 -0500
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 by: MRO - Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:40 UTC

Re: Re: Usenet Groups
By: Nightfox to hollowone on Fri Oct 13 2023 09:04 am

> Re: Re: Usenet Groups
> By: hollowone to MRO on Wed Sep 20 2023 01:05 pm
>
> ho> Still as a tech opportunity I find it interesting to see NNTP gateway
> ho> under BBS credentials to access FTNs discussions via usenet client. I
> ho> think Synchronet allows it, yet I don't see anybody truly enabling it.
>
> Have you tested many BBSes to see if they have NNTP runing? I thought most
> Synchronet BBSes had NNTP enabled.
>

yeah it all depends on if they have the port open.
you, me and other people have used nntp with robust forum softwares to put our msg bases on the web.
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