I want to find other private (non-ISC) NNTP servers that allow public
access. I do not use any social media so this is my only way of getting information in a social context. Please post recommendations.

cookie monster
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cookie monster <cookie@mon.ster> wrote:

I want to find other private (non-ISC) NNTP servers that allow public access. I do not use any social media so this is my only way of getting information in a social context. Please post recommendations.

Like these (some are dead)? http://web.archive.org/web/20200129063533/http://www.nyx.net/~bkraft/
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On 04/05/22 at 21:15, cookie monster <cookie@mon.ster> wrote:

I want to find other private (non-ISC) NNTP servers that allow public
access. I do not use any social media so this is my only way of getting
information in a social context. Please post recommendations.

cookie monster

I host a newsserver at retrobsd.ddns.net (port 119); it runs on a SBC. Currently we only have a single group named alt.unitedbsd, dedicated to
BSD / lowtech /SDF debates and populated by a bunch of users coming from
a BSD forum which I'm mod of. Currently, the discussion is fairly active
and we've witnessed some interesting threads.

As I mentioned already on another thread here, I'd be eager to peer with
tildes (either tilde.club, cosmic.voyage, or whatever).

Feel free to join, everyone is welcome.
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On 2022-05-11, snowcrash <snowcrash@tilde.pink> wrote:

On 04/05/22 at 21:15, cookie monster <cookie@mon.ster> wrote:

I want to find other private (non-ISC) NNTP servers that allow public
access. I do not use any social media so this is my only way of getting
information in a social context. Please post recommendations.

cookie monster

I host a newsserver at retrobsd.ddns.net (port 119); it runs on a SBC. Currently we only have a single group named alt.unitedbsd, dedicated to
BSD / lowtech /SDF debates and populated by a bunch of users coming from
a BSD forum which I'm mod of. Currently, the discussion is fairly active
and we've witnessed some interesting threads.

As I mentioned already on another thread here, I'd be eager to peer with tildes (either tilde.club, cosmic.voyage, or whatever).

That sounds interesting. I've yet to peer with anyone outside the
tildeverse. That one sounds interesting to get pulled in, though.
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On 5/11/22 5:14 PM, James Tomasino wrote:

On 2022-05-11, snowcrash <snowcrash@tilde.pink> wrote:

On 04/05/22 at 21:15, cookie monster <cookie@mon.ster> wrote:

I want to find other private (non-ISC) NNTP servers that allow public
access. I do not use any social media so this is my only way of getting >>> information in a social context. Please post recommendations.

cookie monster

I host a newsserver at retrobsd.ddns.net (port 119); it runs on a SBC.
Currently we only have a single group named alt.unitedbsd, dedicated to
BSD / lowtech /SDF debates and populated by a bunch of users coming from
a BSD forum which I'm mod of. Currently, the discussion is fairly active
and we've witnessed some interesting threads.

As I mentioned already on another thread here, I'd be eager to peer with
tildes (either tilde.club, cosmic.voyage, or whatever).

That sounds interesting. I've yet to peer with anyone outside the
tildeverse. That one sounds interesting to get pulled in, though.

As long as its been around awhile so we don't peer with them and then
they disappear right after. Then I'd be open to the idea for sure.

But my concern if its not worth someone getting their own domain name to
host it then maybe its not likely to be around long.. at least that's
the way I see it.

But other then those concerns I'd be very open to peering with other
little NNTP servers to expand the offering on the tildeverse ones.
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Gibson Research (GRC) has been running a public NNTP server for decades. It's still active:

nntp://news.grc.com

More info can be found here:
https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm
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hello,

On 2022-06-11, anthonyg <anthonyg@sdf.org> wrote:

Gibson Research (GRC) has been running a public NNTP server for decades. It's still active:

nntp://news.grc.com

thank you very much for this one. grc.scifi is quite interesting!
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On 15/05/22 at 02:30, deepend <deepend@tilde.club> wrote:

On 5/11/22 5:14 PM, James Tomasino wrote:

As I mentioned already on another thread here, I'd be eager to peer with >> tildes (either tilde.club, cosmic.voyage, or whatever).

Hello Tomasino; sorry for having not replied earlier. I was waiting for
more answers but yours, since cosmic.voyage relays with the rest of the
tilde, so it's a decision to take on a community basis. After few days I stopped checking the thread and I haven't been active on tilde much, as
I spent more time on other projects, as well as studying/job/thesis.
I apologize for the inconvenience.

As I started using INN recently and have only a moderate understanding
of the NNTP protocol, my idea of how to set up peering in `newsfeeds', `incoming.conf', and `nntpsend.ctl' is only based on mans.

I'm eager to give this a try though.

As long as its been around awhile so we don't peer with them and then
they disappear right after. Then I'd be open to the idea for sure.

The server is still up for what it's work and counts ~300 posts.

But my concern if its not worth someone getting their own domain name to
host it then maybe its not likely to be around long.. at least that's
the way I see it.

I use a free DDNS service provider to resolve the domain to my dynamic
IP. I'm using the server also for hosting mail (outbound SMTP relayed
through mailhop.org), matrix-synapse, ftp, web (a zine on NetBSD),
bittorrent, as local chaching/forwarding DNS and home firewall. So, I'm unlikely and uneager to take it down at any time, since I've come to
depend on it quite a bit. Yet downtimes due to poor network connection
(ISP doesn't care much about country-side), power outages (I experience
some from time to time depending on weather), DDNS provider maintenance
happen. I perform regular backups on an external ZFS formatted HDD with redundancy.

Taking all this into account, I'm not sure whether to recommend peering
or not, the decision is yours. What I can say is that I'm not going to
take down the server in the foreseeable future, at least in the
short-term.

I'll be busy in the following days, but will come back checking this
thread regularly.


Kindest regards.
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On 04/05/22 at 22:50, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:

cookie monster <cookie@mon.ster> wrote:

I want to find other private (non-ISC) NNTP servers that allow public access. I do not use any social media so this is my only way of getting information in a social context. Please post recommendations.

Like these (some are dead)?
http://web.archive.org/web/20200129063533/http://www.nyx.net/~bkraft/

orbitalfox.eu (2018-2021) was really cool. But at some point many users, including me, had stopped participating, absorbed by their life. I think anybody has moments when they feel like delving into computing, and
moments when it becomes secondary, It's part of healthy physiology.
The server owner decided to detach from tech after a hardware failure on
his storage. Some users still have archived copies of the spool
(newsgroups and mailing lists were mirrored and interoperable), but I
think it's not his wish to have those archives uploaded on the internet, becoming publicly accessible.

I think only few people check the tilde's newsserver, and even fewer are
likely to post besides the typical welcoming/introduction/testing post.
A bunch of users regularly posting would be enough to keep the
conversation alive. On my server, it's mostly me and a fellow SDFer
keeping up the debate. On orbitalfox.eu there were around ~10 active
users, but those were keen to engage in discussion and the the time to formulate their replies and share their opinions on a diverse range of
topics. per-tilde newsgroups are not effective in this sense as they
won't stimulate debate. It's like ok, I'm on tilde.pink, but what am I
exactly expected to post on tilde.pink newsgroup, and why shouldn't I
post it elsewhere. The topic needs to be specific and focused.
Like the gemini newsgroup.
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On 2022-06-24, snowcrash <snowcrash@tilde.pink> wrote:

On 15/05/22 at 02:30, deepend <deepend@tilde.club> wrote:

On 5/11/22 5:14 PM, James Tomasino wrote:

As I mentioned already on another thread here, I'd be eager to
peer with tildes (either tilde.club, cosmic.voyage, or whatever).

Taking all this into account, I'm not sure whether to recommend peering
or not, the decision is yours. What I can say is that I'm not going to
take down the server in the foreseeable future, at least in the
short-term.

I'm gonna leave this thread unread and come back to it. I'm about to
head out on a camper-van excursion for a week and I think this deserves
more thought. Follow-up soon!
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Here is a list of some known NNTP servers. Gmane and gwene carry a big
pile of RSS / email -> NNTP feeds.

news.aioe.org
eternal-september.org
news.grc.com
news.tilde.club
news.tilde.team
news.gmane.io
news.gwene.io
news.bbs.nz

Care to help grow the list?

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Tengri Temujin <tengri@temuj.in> wrote:

Here is a list of some known NNTP servers. Gmane and gwene carry a big
pile of RSS / email -> NNTP feeds.

news.aioe.org
eternal-september.org
news.grc.com
news.tilde.club
news.tilde.team
news.gmane.io
news.gwene.io
news.bbs.nz

Care to help grow the list?

Three that weren't on the list at the link I posted before:

fltk.org
(port 1024, read-only access to mailing list archive) https://www.fltk.org/newsgroups.php

news.digitalmars.com
The Digital Mars server includes the official groups for the D
programming language, presented as a web forum here:
https://forum.dlang.org/

Their web interface software is also published here: https://github.com/CyberShadow/DFeed

news.novabbs.org
This includes the groups on the Rocksolid network, which can also
be accessed via I2P or Tor, or web (they're also on some Usenet
newsservers):
https://rocksolidbbs.com/common/nodelist.php


There are lots of Usenet NNTP servers, popular ones may be most
easily identified in the headers of posts. One that's notable for
possibly allowing access to binaries without an account (though I
remember not having much success with that) is this:
nntp.idecnet.com
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Here is my list so far - did I miss any servers?

news.breadpunk.club
news.niel.me
paganini.bofh.team
dodin.fr.nf
news.dizum.net
news.mozilla.org
news.servidellagleba.it
news.killfile.org
news.endofthelinebbs.com
retrobsd.ddns.net
rdnetbbs.com
news.neodome.net
news.mixmin.net
news.cyber23.de
fltk.org
news.digitalmars.com
news.novabbs.org
nntp.idecnet.com
news.aioe.org
eternal-september.org
news.grc.com
news.tilde.club
news.tilde.team
news.gmane.io
news.gwene.io
news.bbs.nz

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Tengri Temujin <tengri@temuj.in> wrote:

Here is my list so far - did I miss any servers?

Yes, lots of ones at that link I mentioned. Well here it is again: http://web.archive.org/web/20200129063533/http://www.nyx.net/~bkraft/

Many are offline so you'll need to test them. Some that I believe
still work include:
news.tin.org
news.php.net
news.povray.org

Some there that I believe don't work anymore:
dictatorshandbook.net
news.mozilla.org (on your list, but shut down recently)

But I haven't checked/remembered most of them.

For Usenet (non-'specialised') servers, there's an index of some
existing lists here: https://www.curlie.org:443/Computers/Usenet/Public_News_Servers/

You will need to test them because such lists usually include lots
of discontinued services.

news.ausics.net is one that will probably test as dead but actually
does work, it's just limited to access from Australian IP
addresses (these sort of details, including non-standard ports like
fltk.org uses should really be kept on your list to make it
useful).
https://newsgroups.ausics.net/

news.breadpunk.club
news.niel.me
paganini.bofh.team
dodin.fr.nf
news.dizum.net
news.mozilla.org
news.servidellagleba.it
news.killfile.org
news.endofthelinebbs.com
retrobsd.ddns.net
rdnetbbs.com
news.neodome.net
news.mixmin.net
news.cyber23.de
fltk.org
news.digitalmars.com
news.novabbs.org
nntp.idecnet.com
news.aioe.org
eternal-september.org
news.grc.com
news.tilde.club
news.tilde.team
news.gmane.io
news.gwene.io
news.bbs.nz

news.club.cc.cmu.edu is a read-only one for Usenet.
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On 6/19/22 2:51 AM, f6k wrote:

thank you very much for this one. grc.scifi is quite interesting!

You're welcome! grc.scifi is the main reason I stick around that server. :D

~ Anthony

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On 04/05/22 at 22:50, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote: orbitalfox.eu (2018-2021) was really cool. But at some point many users, including me, had stopped participating, absorbed by their life.

I was one of those users, sadly. I felt *really* bad about it because I
was one of the early users from his SDF announcement and I really wanted
to encourage the use of NNTP.

I suppose I'll just put my efforts into contributing now.

~ Anthony


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On 24/06/2022 10:21, snowcrash wrote:

I think only few people check the tilde's newsserver, and even fewer are likely to post besides the typical welcoming/introduction/testing post.

Sometimes I think about posting but either I think that no one will
read, or I don't know exactely where to post.

The groups are quite specific (poetry, projects, etc) and even though
they can quite cover a lot of ground, at the same time I can't fit what
I want to say in one of them.

There is always the general group though, so, maybe I might try to post
more often.
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On 2022-07-31, Jack <jacksonbenete@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/06/2022 10:21, snowcrash wrote:

I think only few people check the tilde's newsserver, and even fewer are
likely to post besides the typical welcoming/introduction/testing post.

Sometimes I think about posting but either I think that no one will
read, or I don't know exactely where to post.

There is always the general group though, so, maybe I might try to post
more often.

Yeah, meta is a nice catch-all.
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hellow

On 2022-07-19, Tengri Temujin <tengri@temuj.in> wrote:

news.gwene.io

is it the new version of the good ol' gwene.org (RSS to NNTP)? i loved
that service back then. unfortunately news.gwene.io, or even gwene.io
seems to be down at the moment...

-f6k
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f6k <f6k@huld.re> wrote:

On 2022-07-19, Tengri Temujin <tengri@temuj.in> wrote:

news.gwene.io

is it the new version of the good ol' gwene.org (RSS to NNTP)? i loved
that service back then. unfortunately news.gwene.io, or even gwene.io
seems to be down at the moment...

I'm not sure what the history of the gwene.io domain is, but
news.gmane.io has the Gwene groups as well - they're all on the
same server. Plus the original gwene.org domain still works, so
you've got: http://gwene.org/ and nntp://news.gwene.org

Gmane's original gmane.org domain was sold to some person/company
that was going to take over operating Gmane but never did anything
(except renew the domain subscription), so the founder set it up
again at gmane.io instead (though without the original web
interfaces). The Gwene domain doesn't seem to have been affected by
that transaction.
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