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Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:46:15 +0100, Juancho shaped the electrons to say:

> Tristan B. Kildaire (Deavmi) wrote:
>> So, I was not born in the Usenet era and honestly would have like to
>> had what they had - a standard protocol for communication. This exists
>> today but guess what has happened to it, SPAM, SPAM and more SPAM.
>> 
>> I want an NNTP network and I know many others do as well, I surely
>> cannot be alone in a quest for a protocol which allows discussions on
>>  topics with any client you want to use. Therefore I want to create a
>> new Usenet, in this proposal I shall refer to it as Usenet-Next as it
>> needs a name that people can use to relate to this proposal.
>> 
>> 
>> So how shall we make our network rid of spam. Well the thing is to be
>>  strict in both the user registration process and the server
>> configurations and who our servers peer with. I am not well versed at
>>  all in NNTP but that is why I'd like to get you people to mail me
>> (deavmi [at] disroot [dot] org) so we discuss the setup but also the
>>  rules for the network which will be very strict and lastly how these
>>  things are linked together.
> 
> You make it "strict", as you say, and you get no users, for the users
> will prefer to remain at Twitter and Facebook. And without users, your
> Usenet II would be a beautiful empty carcass, devoid of any value.
> 
> Now, I you were talking about making a new Usenet based on UUCP on
> dial-up, WITHOUT Internet and without TCP/IP, that could attract some
> hundred geeks to get it going... and no one else. So, do you have a POTS
> line at hand, and a modem?
> 
> So either way, it's a no go.

You do not need a modem and POTS line to do UUCP, UUCP can be used over 
many kinds of different transports, but using UUCP over SSH would be a 
good start or any other encryption method that seems suitable.

Here is something I wrote a long time ago about that

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/03/10/uucpmail.html

Actually it does not matter how many people it would attract it is still 
a great thing to have around I think.Telling people that they are beating 
a dead horse has never helped anyone. It does not hurt to let people do 
what they want to do.

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Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam "Tristan B. Kildaire (Deavmi)" <deavmi@disroot.org> - 2016-11-20 18:45 +0200
  Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-11-21 11:45 +0000
    Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam Dennis Davis <dennisdavis@fastmail.fm> - 2016-11-22 07:53 +0000
    Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-11-23 01:15 -0500
  Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam Juancho <juancho@notarealaddress.org> - 2017-02-12 18:46 +0100
    Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam Christophe Prevotaux <cdotprevotaux@nospamdotruraldashnetworks.com> - 2017-05-30 13:58 +0000
      Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2017-05-30 15:49 +0000
        Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam Christophe Prevotaux <cdotprevotaux@nospamdotruraldashnetworks.com> - 2017-05-31 13:49 +0000
        Re: Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with no spam Holger Marzen <holger@marzen.de> - 2017-06-01 19:42 +0000

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