[TUHS] [off-topic] Anyone still using USENET?

[Kevin Bowling]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 1:54 AM <arnold at skeeve.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I've been using trn for decades to read a very few USENET groups. Until
> recently I've
> been using aioe.org as my NNTP server but it seems to have gone dark.
> Before that
> I used eternal-september.org, but when I try that I now get:
>
> | $ NNTPSERVER=news.eternal-september.org trn
> | Connecting to news.eternal-september.org...Done.
> |
> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.sys.3b1
> |
> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.sources.bugs
> |
> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.misc
> |
> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.compilers
> | ....
>
> And those all are (or were!) valid groups. If anyone has suggestions for a
> good
> free NNTP server, please let me know. Privately is fine.  I'm at a bit of
> a loss otherwise.
>

I maintain inn and some related ports for FreeBSD.  I run a public server
at csiph.com and am happy to provide accounts or peering to interested
parties.  Read access is open.


> Thanks,
>
> Arnold
>
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