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Re: Usenet and Spam (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 4 Days 22 Hours ago by: Retro Guy Spam is currently dealt with by filters (cleanfeed, NoCeM, etc.) at the server end, and as always news clients contain their own filtering features. In the past it was (still is) easy to spam Usenet as you can post to one server and all
Re: Usenet and Spam (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 4 Days 23 Hours ago by: Computer Nerd Kev Filters, both set by users and news server operators. Also reports sent to the abuse email address in the post header which server admins can use to block users (except for the obvious problem of them re-registering on free servers). Se
Usenet and Spam rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 5 Days ago by: Anonymous How is spam dealt with on Usenet and why did it become such a huge issue in the past? It seems like, at least here on the rocksolid hierarchy spam isn't a problem. I always read about spam being a huge issue but I wasn't around at the time
Re: Free News Servers Listing (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 6 Days 18 Hours ago by: Jesse Rehmer Neat! I had no idea anyone was still running the 'original' reference implementation. Looks like some development has continued, at least within the FreeBSD community, even has IPv6 support: https://www.freshports.org/news/nntp/
Re: Free News Servers Listing (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 6 Days 21 Hours ago by: Marco Moock 200 dserv03.steinbruch.info NNTP[auth] server version 1.5.12.2 (9 Jan 1996) ready at Wed May 31 16:42:28 2023 (posting ok). Quite old software...
Re: Free News Servers Listing (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 7 Days 11 Hours ago by: Computer Nerd Kev Some of the latter: fltk.org (port 1024) news.digitalmars.com news.povray.org news.tin.org nntp.lore.kernel.org news.php.net news.dbase.com nntp.perl.org lugnet.com For Usenet news servers it's hard to tell what are deliberate omissions
Re: Tildeverse (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 9 Days 20 Hours ago by: Syber Shock Perhaps comp.infosystems.gemini readers would know more. They have a public NNTP server that allows reader access. Authentication is required to post. I run a suck feed of their NNTP groups off their open NNTP service. I don't post the
Re: Tildeverse (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 11 Days 13 Hours ago by: Anonymous sybershock hosts some tilde groups here https://sybershock.com/forum/tilde/? Other than that I don't know much about it.
Tildeverse rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 11 Days 15 Hours ago by: Anonymous I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about the Tildeverse. Has anyone tried any of their services? What kind of people are running the Tildeverse sites? Are they legit? Are they open / closed / tribal minded? What is the Tilde
Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 23 Days 20 Hours ago by: Anonymous Finland is part of NATO now. Tough times for all of us.
Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 24 Days 20 Hours ago by: Retro Guy The motives I don't know. I assume it's just to bring down tor hidden services. Probably to convince people that darknet sites are unreliable and to use sites that are easier to spy on.
Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 25 Days 1 Hour ago by: Anonymous Any idea why or what they are attempting? are the logs informative?
Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 25 Days 10 Hours ago by: Retro Guy The server has been getting dos attacks for months now. The patterns change a bit over time. All from tor.
Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 25 Days 15 Hours ago by: Anonymous I got a lot of 503s in the past days, coming over tor. Maybe your server gets dosed, or something ?
Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 25 Days 21 Hours ago by: Retro Guy It looks like the i2p router for rslight.i2p had some issues. It should be back up now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
rslight.i2p is dead rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 26 Days 5 Hours ago by: Anonymous At least for me, and also notbob.i2p seems to agree that it's unreachable.
Re: Torrit (thread) rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 26 Days 5 Hours ago by: Anonymous need one for i2p tbh
Torrit rocksolid.shared.general Posted: 29 Days 18 Hours ago by: Anonymous New Tor-only Reddit clone just dropped! No email needed to register. You can make your own subforum if you wish to do so. Come check it out! http://torrit2mnldn4wd647fdjy24kbtoffgikumu4kn7cm26xf5wph7o5qad.onion/

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Posted: 4 Days 22 Hours ago by: Retro Guy

Spam is currently dealt with by filters (cleanfeed, NoCeM, etc.) at the server end, and as always news clients contain their own filtering features. In the past it was (still is) easy to spam Usenet as you can post to one server and all

Re: Usenet and Spam (thread)

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Posted: 4 Days 23 Hours ago by: Computer Nerd Kev

Filters, both set by users and news server operators. Also reports sent to the abuse email address in the post header which server admins can use to block users (except for the obvious problem of them re-registering on free servers). Se

Usenet and Spam

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Posted: 5 Days ago by: Anonymous

How is spam dealt with on Usenet and why did it become such a huge issue in the past? It seems like, at least here on the rocksolid hierarchy spam isn't a problem. I always read about spam being a huge issue but I wasn't around at the time

Re: Free News Servers Listing (thread)

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Posted: 6 Days 18 Hours ago by: Jesse Rehmer

Neat! I had no idea anyone was still running the 'original' reference implementation. Looks like some development has continued, at least within the FreeBSD community, even has IPv6 support: https://www.freshports.org/news/nntp/

Re: Free News Servers Listing (thread)

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Posted: 6 Days 21 Hours ago by: Marco Moock

200 dserv03.steinbruch.info NNTP[auth] server version 1.5.12.2 (9 Jan 1996) ready at Wed May 31 16:42:28 2023 (posting ok). Quite old software...

Re: Free News Servers Listing (thread)

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Posted: 7 Days 11 Hours ago by: Computer Nerd Kev

Some of the latter: fltk.org (port 1024) news.digitalmars.com news.povray.org news.tin.org nntp.lore.kernel.org news.php.net news.dbase.com nntp.perl.org lugnet.com For Usenet news servers it's hard to tell what are deliberate omissions

Re: Tildeverse (thread)

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Posted: 9 Days 20 Hours ago by: Syber Shock

Perhaps comp.infosystems.gemini readers would know more. They have a public NNTP server that allows reader access. Authentication is required to post. I run a suck feed of their NNTP groups off their open NNTP service. I don't post the

Re: Tildeverse (thread)

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Posted: 11 Days 13 Hours ago by: Anonymous

sybershock hosts some tilde groups here https://sybershock.com/forum/tilde/? Other than that I don't know much about it.

Tildeverse

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Posted: 11 Days 15 Hours ago by: Anonymous

I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about the Tildeverse. Has anyone tried any of their services? What kind of people are running the Tildeverse sites? Are they legit? Are they open / closed / tribal minded? What is the Tilde

Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread)

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Posted: 23 Days 20 Hours ago by: Anonymous

Finland is part of NATO now. Tough times for all of us.

Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread)

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Posted: 24 Days 20 Hours ago by: Retro Guy

The motives I don't know. I assume it's just to bring down tor hidden services. Probably to convince people that darknet sites are unreliable and to use sites that are easier to spy on.

Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread)

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Posted: 25 Days 1 Hour ago by: Anonymous

Any idea why or what they are attempting? are the logs informative?

Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread)

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Posted: 25 Days 10 Hours ago by: Retro Guy

The server has been getting dos attacks for months now. The patterns change a bit over time. All from tor.

Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread)

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Posted: 25 Days 15 Hours ago by: Anonymous

I got a lot of 503s in the past days, coming over tor. Maybe your server gets dosed, or something ?

Re: rslight.i2p is dead (thread)

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Posted: 25 Days 21 Hours ago by: Retro Guy

It looks like the i2p router for rslight.i2p had some issues. It should be back up now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

rslight.i2p is dead

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Posted: 26 Days 5 Hours ago by: Anonymous

At least for me, and also notbob.i2p seems to agree that it's unreachable.

Re: Torrit (thread)

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Posted: 26 Days 5 Hours ago by: Anonymous

need one for i2p tbh

Torrit

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Posted: 29 Days 18 Hours ago by: Anonymous

New Tor-only Reddit clone just dropped! No email needed to register. You can make your own subforum if you wish to do so. Come check it out! http://torrit2mnldn4wd647fdjy24kbtoffgikumu4kn7cm26xf5wph7o5qad.onion/

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