I want to learn everything about Usenet that I can so I can
eventually run a server. This includes administration, culture, software config, requests, peering, proposals, utilities, moderation, rules, and
tricks. Therefore I should follow active groups related to Usenet itself
as the topic of discussion.

So far I have found some Usenet administrative discussion in these
groups:

----------------------------------------
alt.config
alt.fan.usenet
alt.usenet.peering
alt.usenet.reposts
news.admin.peering
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
news.groups.proposals
news.misc
news.software.nntp
----------------------------------------

What other groups am I missing? I want to be sure to stay abreast of everything being posted on the subject of Usenet, especially information
posted by sysops.

Thank you for your help!

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O. Bronn

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Op 23-12-2021 om 2:38 schreef "O. Bronn <obronn"@h0tm41l.com:

I want to learn everything about Usenet that I can so I can
eventually run a server. This includes administration, culture, software config, requests, peering, proposals, utilities, moderation, rules, and tricks. Therefore I should follow active groups related to Usenet itself
as the topic of discussion.

So far I have found some Usenet administrative discussion in these groups:

----------------------------------------
alt.config
alt.fan.usenet
alt.usenet.peering
alt.usenet.reposts
news.admin.peering
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
news.groups.proposals
news.misc
news.software.nntp
----------------------------------------

What other groups am I missing? I want to be sure to stay abreast of everything being posted on the subject of Usenet, especially information posted by sysops.

Thank you for your help!

There are a lot of newsgroups about usenet, but most are empty or just spam. The (other) ones I follow:

alt.free.newsservers (a lot of spam)
free.control (about the free.* hierarchie) news.admin.hierarchies
news.admin.net-abuse.usenet (a lot of spam)

I do not follow:

free.usenet (because of too many messages)

You're welcome!

Rink

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On 12/23/21 11:05 AM, Rink wrote:

There are a lot of newsgroups about usenet, but most are empty or just
spam.
The (other) ones I follow:

alt.free.newsservers    (a lot of spam) free.control                  (about the free.* hierarchie) news.admin.hierarchies
news.admin.net-abuse.usenet   (a lot of spam)

I do not follow:

free.usenet    (because of too many messages)

You're welcome!

Rink

Many thanks!

I'm still undecided between choosing INN or Rocksolid for the news
server software. If you have any suggestion I'm glad to hear it. If
there are any particular docs I should be familiar with I should like to
have links so I can get busy with RTFM.

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O. Bronn

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O. Bronn <obronn"@h0tm41l.com> wrote:

I want to learn everything about Usenet that I can so I can
eventually run a server. This includes administration, culture, software >config, requests, peering, proposals, utilities, moderation, rules, and >tricks. Therefore I should follow active groups related to Usenet itself
as the topic of discussion.

So far I have found some Usenet administrative discussion in these
groups:

----------------------------------------
alt.config
alt.fan.usenet
alt.usenet.peering
alt.usenet.reposts
news.admin.peering
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
news.groups.proposals
news.misc
news.software.nntp
----------------------------------------

There is no discussion of News server administration in hierarchy
configuration newsgroups like alt.config, free.control, and news.groups.

What other groups am I missing? I want to be sure to stay abreast of
everything being posted on the subject of Usenet, especially information >posted by sysops.

Thank you for your help!

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On 12/23/21 3:09 PM, O. Bronn wrote:

I'm still undecided between choosing INN or Rocksolid for the news
server software. If you have any suggestion I'm glad to hear it.

I've been running INN for years and am happy with it. I don't know
anything about Rocksolid.

If there are any particular docs I should be familiar with I should
like to have links so I can get busy with RTFM.

Start with clearly defining what you want to do. Or at least as much as
you can. Chances are good that your originally stated goal will change
as you learn things.

- Do you want to run a private NNTP network?
- Do you want to run a public Usenet server?
- Do you want to do a hybrid?
- How many servers do you want to run?
- How many end users do you plan on connecting to any given server?
-- This sort of speaks to how the server is optimized; end user access, transit, hybrid, something else.

I think the most important things that I can impress upon you, or anyone
else wanting to start $ANYTHING, is to:

- be honest about your abilities to both yourself and others,
- ask questions / for help when you need, or even want, it.

Aside: You can email me directly if you have questions. I'm happy to
help people get started. When you're ready, I'll even peer with you.



--
Grant. . . .
unix || die

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On 12/23/21 6:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

There is no discussion of News server administration in hierarchy configuration newsgroups like alt.config, free.control, and news.groups.

There is such discussion now. You just participated in it. More's the pity.

Who died and made you king moderator of the whole Usenet? We can discuss anything we want without consulting you about it.

Seamus says hi.

Hi Kerman!

Eat pig snot, Kerman!

Bye Kerman!

Ignore the Kerman Vermin. Discuss whatever you wish.

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On 12/23/21 6:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

There is no discussion of News server administration in hierarchy configuration newsgroups like alt.config, free.control, and news.groups.

There is such discussion now. You just participated in it. More's the pity.

Who died and made you king moderator of the whole Usenet? We can discuss anything we want without consulting you about it.

Seamus says hi.

Hi Kerman!

Eat pig snot, Kerman!

Bye Kerman!

Ignore the Kerman Vermin. Discuss whatever you wish.

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On 2021-12-23, "O. Bronn <obronn"@h0tm41l.com <"O. Bronn
<obronn"@h0tm41l.com> wrote:

From: "O. Bronn <obronn"@h0tm41l.com

I've seen some malformed "From:" lines in my time, but this one wins
the prize.

I'm amazed that AIOE passed it as fit for posting.

Btw: Fuck off, wannabe troll.


--
PJR :-)

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