Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "s|b" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: [OT] seeking news server recommendations Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:12:39 +0200 Organization: XXII Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: sb.nospam@belgacom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 5y2YDKnxAeBAMjSp9fWoXQ+fhE6Cn0xkVGskUDmCQovvFJoYag Cancel-Lock: sha1:6UskS+9SdBABXuqTGB46EN8vFCA= sha256:atmRAODMLkmngDRLwhBRPQdmwmJ8Ne2FKS7q0vBZQZo= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-No-Archive: yes X-Face: j0\WO?Dcjo^V#d7Q,H$9^8N{Z|fy50vxQkToel)jNR3hmCMV8kai(fMVJ:Yk}q?t<:xHu2D )?CJ[c|zu]%I!fKb7-4~$&Mx|GT=>ux^*,A:5Cdek,y4A(DSX=oXRv7-)/AcgHiWf Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89347 On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:32:16 +0100, Andy Burns wrote: > I wonder if NIN have tried to find a buyer? The service is/was provided by the Free University of Berlin. I don't think they ever intended it to be commercial. IIRC the 10 euro/year (after years of free service) was a necessity, because of the success of the server. As soon as I got their message I mailed and asked them to reconsider, but no go. )-: -- s|b