Would syspos please post a ballpark of the number of new subscribers on
their servers since the google groupocalypse groupsspagheddon
announcement? This information metric will be good for having as part
of Usenet history.
I hope you all are keeping track! My suspicion is that Usenet is
certainly not dead and that subscriber numbers will prove that possibly thousands still lurk the network.
Would syspos please post a ballpark of the number of new subscribers on
their servers since the google groupocalypse groupsspagheddon
announcement? This information metric will be good for having as part
of Usenet history.
Would syspos please post a ballpark of the number of new subscribers
on their servers since the google groupocalypse groupsspagheddon announcement? This information metric will be good for having as part
of Usenet history.
I hope you all are keeping track! My suspicion is that Usenet is
certainly not dead and that subscriber numbers will prove that
possibly thousands still lurk the network.
Also thinking of creating a web interface, I'm sure some exist already
but I've not had the bandwidth to delve into it.
Currently I'm trying to figure a way to allow my users full access to
usenet.
I was looking at using sln possibly but I'm not convinced I want users
using something like that.
Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
Currently I'm trying to figure a way to allow my users full access to
usenet.
Via the BBS interface or NNRP?
I was looking at using sln possibly but I'm not convinced I want users
using something like that.
What's sln in this context?
I'm only guessing, but I believe he is/was considering allowing users to
run slrn from his BBS as a door. He is correctly thinking deeply about security issues, etc.
Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
I'm only guessing, but I believe he is/was considering allowing users to
run slrn from his BBS as a door. He is correctly thinking deeply about
security issues, etc.
Ok, slrn then :) tin also might be worth considering. A very convenient text-mode newsreader, I'm using it for ~20 years (earlier I used pine, it supports NNTP too, but tin is much more convenient to me; I stick to
alpine for email).
Things to consider when running a program as a door on a BBS is stuff like "is there a command to drop to shell?" Is my server protected from a rogue user?
I messed with lynx for a while on Synchronet, but it seemed too risky. I'm paranoid.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:44:03 -0000 (UTC), Adam W. wrote:
Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
I'm only guessing, but I believe he is/was considering allowing
users to run slrn from his BBS as a door. He is correctly thinking
deeply about security issues, etc.
Ok, slrn then :) tin also might be worth considering. A very
convenient text-mode newsreader, I'm using it for ~20 years
(earlier I used pine, it supports NNTP too, but tin is much more
convenient to me; I stick to alpine for email).
I like both :) I also used pine a long time ago, it was quite good.
Now I use 40tude Dialog on wine because I just love the TINY font
when composing a message that I can't seem to fix!
Things to consider when running a program as a door on a BBS is stuff
like "is there a command to drop to shell?" Is my server protected
from a rogue user?
I messed with lynx for a while on Synchronet, but it seemed too
risky. I'm paranoid.
Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
Currently I'm trying to figure a way to allow my users full access
to usenet.
Via the BBS interface or NNRP?
I was looking at using sln possibly but I'm not convinced I want
users using something like that.
What's sln in this context?
Am 11.01.2024 um 20:58:57 Uhr schrieb Nigel Reed:
Also thinking of creating a web interface, I'm sure some exist
already but I've not had the bandwidth to delve into it.
rslight exists.
https://gitlab.com/rslight-public/rocksolid-light
Shouldn't consume too much bandwidth.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:22:30 +0100
Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
Am 11.01.2024 um 20:58:57 Uhr schrieb Nigel Reed:
Also thinking of creating a web interface, I'm sure some exist
already but I've not had the bandwidth to delve into it.
rslight exists.
https://gitlab.com/rslight-public/rocksolid-light
Shouldn't consume too much bandwidth.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll take a look.
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