Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:03:08 +0200 Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <57Gcncn7YoJ1tn30nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10rpaf9$1bieb$1@dont-email.me> <69e15cc6@news.ausics.net> <10rt6ei$2dktt$1@dont-email.me> <9cbabmxfu5.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10ru7cg$2pivj$1@dont-email.me> <10s0pql$3h385$1@dont-email.me> <10s3fgv$8q8k$1@dont-email.me> <8x2cnfjABLah6nv0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> <6b0kbmx1rg.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10s7ph0$1fq3g$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zG6GBy6GCEmPaTj+JR764wnKlGpvoreDOGJ9F+Q7e0d2In6FdE X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:GZ8MudHUiza64X39eOoxknH5xSQ= sha256:0LvUOBlq6qE3Wlan1JPV3kIGhDI/0q/UgNx6zSqJvWI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85797 On 2026-04-22 01:12, c186282 wrote: > On 4/21/26 08:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 21/04/2026 11:32, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> On 2026-04-21 03:09, c186282 wrote: >>>> On 4/20/26 18:27, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>> On 2026-04-20 20:57, c186282 wrote: >>>>>> On 4/19/26 16:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>>> On 19/04/2026 21:48, c186282 wrote: >>>>>>>> The solution to an intermittent news-server feed is >>>>>>>>    not to install your own news-server ... that's like >>>>>>>>    replacing an entire car engine because one spark >>>>>>>>    plug is balky. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well in the days of UUCP that's what we did >>>>>> >>>>>>    And if I was 40 years younger ....... >>>>>> >>>>>>> An NNTP server is hardly a complex brute >>>>>> >>>>>>    But you MAY be legally liable for whatever's on it. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Nope. Totally wrong. >>>> >>>>    Ummmm ... which country ? >>>> >>>>    The UK and some other EU countries, they hunt >>>>    for 'hate crime' witches with a passion ... >>>> >>> >>> Again, leafnode is not a server, it doesn't open to the public. It is >>> a PROXY. A small caching server. It is only open inside your machine >>> to software inside your machine. >>> >>> If you want, you can modify it so that it opens to other computers >>> inside your intranet. It is not designed to be open to internet. >>> >>> So, by running and using leafnode you are not liable for anything >>> else beyond what you yourself write. You are not hosting anything. >>> >>> Yiks! :-/ >>> >>> >> Even if you put an nntp server inside your home network the same >> applies: it only serves your network. It is a push pull server, >> pushing your posts and pulling everyone elses from the Internet. The >> gummint cant see it. > >   Indirectly they can, because all that NNTP traffic >   is being delivered to you. Now add the equiv of >   a wokie Spanish Inquisition and ....... So what? Worst case, you only have to worry about what you write, same as with Thunderbird. Same traffic. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;