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 22:40:26 +0200 Lines: 69 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 C07S+EKY68osUPeJwCQv6QQB2NqZXqcxjgiKCmNLlkk/JTOvG2 X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:7/AbADTUjzRS8BiYr4OUD/YbtEQ= sha256:bCrcayWMsy8CND9aWf3mBUT721RIUWXNuDprA0g5gAk= 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:85821 On 2026-04-22 21:59, c186282 wrote: > On 4/22/26 01:03, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> 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. > > >   I suggest you look into the history of puritan fanatics. > >   I worry most about our contributors from the UK ... any >   hint of 'thought crime' and they JAIL you. > Don't use Thunderbird, then. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;