Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out

Date	2026-04-22 15:59 -0400
Subject	Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
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From	c186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
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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.

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    Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-14 19:23 -0400
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