Hi Ian,<div><br></div>Could this be a possibility?<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><br></div><div>"Aioe.org hosts a large public news server which doesn’t require registration or authentication to be used."</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Ian Zimmerman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:itz@buug.org" target="_blank">itz@buug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
The nntp server on <a href="http://x-privat.org" target="_blank">x-privat.org</a> which I have used for a while is going<br>
offline. (The notice on their website says effective June 1 but in fact<br>
they refuse nntp connections as of now.)<br>
<br>
Does anyone know of a working nntp server which allows posting? Text<br>
groups only is fine (preferred in fact), SSL and authentication is<br>
preferred, free beer is preferred but maybe a small donation wouldn't be<br>
out of question.<br>
<br>
SBC aka AT&T (our ISP) doesn't seem to have one anymore:<br>
<br>
[10+0]~$ dig <a href="http://news.sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">news.sbcglobal.net</a><br>
<br>
[... answers shortened ...]<br>
<br>
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0<br>
<br>
;; QUESTION SECTION:<br>
;<a href="http://news.sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">news.sbcglobal.net</a>. IN A<br>
<br>
;; ANSWER SECTION:<br>
<a href="http://news.sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">news.sbcglobal.net</a>. 6281 IN CNAME <a href="http://news.pi.sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">news.pi.sbcglobal.net</a>.<br>
<br>
[11+0]~$ dig <a href="http://news.pi.sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">news.pi.sbcglobal.net</a><br>
<br>
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0<br>
<br>
;; QUESTION SECTION:<br>
;<a href="http://news.pi.sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">news.pi.sbcglobal.net</a>. IN A<br>
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