Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Note - ISP Screwed Up - Can WRITE But Not SEE Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:44:33 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <74ac8126-3732-0c2d-ef7e-87766df419ac@example.net> References: <20250122210010.2353d60f@ryz.dorfdsl.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="779846"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64695 On Wed, 22 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 1/22/25 3:00 PM, Marco Moock wrote: >> On 22.01.2025 00:19 Uhr 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: >> >>> Well, I can see - by posting with my normal ISP and >>> then reading from NeoDome (but can't POST from Neo). >> >> Maybe they restrict posting to avoid abuse. >> Ask the admin of it. > > Yep, they don't allow posting anymore - too > many spammers. None of the other freebies > seem to work at all any more or want you > to "register". Some ISPs block port 119. > This is not good. > > My provider finally did fix it. Alas they > may only have one old guy who knows how > the NNTP server works. Don't think they > even offer it to newbies anymore. > > By modern standards, usenet is kinda small > data-wise - and mostly just text. Would not > take a super-box. Maybe some people are > worried about liability - lots of weird > stuff here ? Perhaps someone in a kinda > off-the-map country can start a new free > service. (hmmm ... Belize maybe?) I think it should be entirely feasible, and fairly cheap, to start your own usenet provider on a few hetzner VM:s. The only thing you'd need is a few peers, inn (or equivalent) and off you go. I've toyed with the idea myself from time to time, but so far haven't had the time to do something about it since other projects have priority.