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

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out
Date	2026-04-22 22:40 +0200
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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🇪🇺;

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  Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jmj@energokod.gda.pl> - 2026-04-14 17:41 +0200
    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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                Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-21 19:12 -0400
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