Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.dne3.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Toaster Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: NNCPNET, the successor to UUCP networks, now available Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 10:14:45 -0400 Message-ID: <20250407101445.00001467@dne3.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: news.dne3.net; logging-data="76267"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@dne3.net" Xref: csiph.com comp.mail.uucp:303 On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 16:58:41 -0000 (UTC) John Goerzen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've mentioned before that NNCP is to UUCP what ssh is to telnet. > > I've been thinking about this for a LONG time, and have finally done > it: created software to run an email network over NNCP. > > You can read about it here: > > https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/home > > Basically, it is a Docker container (multi-arch, so you can also run > it on a Raspberry Pi) that bundles these components: > > * Exim mail server > > * NNCP > > * Verification and routing tools I wrote > > * Automated nodelist tools - it will freq a nodelist from quux daily > and update its configuration accordingly. I also updated tooling on > quux to support this. > > It is open to all. The homepage has a more extensive list of > features. > > I even have a mailing list running on-net; see > https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/interesting-addresses > > There is EXTENSIVE documentation, and of course the source to the > whole thing is available. > > In the future, I hope to make an Internet gateway available (on a > purely opt-in basis) as well. > > Please feel free to ask any questions, and I hope to receive NNCP > email from you soon! > > - John Sounds like NNCP would be a good protocol to run on my ad-hoc wifi network idea. I like it. Perhaps news and email over NNCP? Sounds like a good match.