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

[Kevin Bowling via TUHS]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 5:23 PM Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling at kev009.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 1:54 AM <arnold at skeeve.com> wrote:
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>> Hi.
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>> 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:
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>> | $ NNTPSERVER=news.eternal-september.org trn
>> | Connecting to news.eternal-september.org...Done.
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>> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.sys.3b1
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>> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.sources.bugs
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>> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.misc
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>> | Invalid (bogus) newsgroup found: comp.compilers
>> | ....
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>> 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.
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> 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.

I am working on a new thing http://csiph.com/groups.  Search indexing is
currently paused while I move storage to enterprise flash but covers
up through comp.*

History is about 10-20 years deep depending on the hierarchy.  I still
need to figure out how to back fill everything, the goal is to fully
replace Google Groups for historical research.

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>> Thanks,
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>> Arnold