[buug] Another newsserver bites the dust

Wed May 23 02:38:32 PDT 2012

Hi Ian,

Could this be a possibility?

"Aioe.org hosts a large public news server which doesn’t require
registration or authentication to be used."

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Ian Zimmerman <itz at buug.org> wrote:

>
> The nntp server on x-privat.org which I have used for a while is going
> offline.  (The notice on their website says effective June 1 but in fact
> they refuse nntp connections as of now.)
>
> Does anyone know of a working nntp server which allows posting?  Text
> groups only is fine (preferred in fact), SSL and authentication is
> preferred, free beer is preferred but maybe a small donation wouldn't be
> out of question.
>
> SBC aka AT&T (our ISP) doesn't seem to have one anymore:
>
>  [10+0]~$ dig news.sbcglobal.net
>
> [... answers shortened ...]
>
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;news.sbcglobal.net.            IN      A
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> news.sbcglobal.net.     6281    IN      CNAME   news.pi.sbcglobal.net.
>
>  [11+0]~$ dig news.pi.sbcglobal.net
>
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;news.pi.sbcglobal.net.         IN      A
>
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