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Re: Low traffic

From Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Low traffic
Date 2025-04-28 18:17 -0300
Organization Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop
Message-ID <871ptc6l57.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere> (permalink)
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Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> writes:

> I don't know if it's my setup or if there has been a disturbance in the 
> Force. A.F.C is the only newsgroup I subscribe to that usually has 
> significant traffic, but the last week or so there has only been a few 
> posts on the "General Thoughts" thread. I use Eternal September as a news 
> server and I just installed a new system and switched to Pan as a 
> newsreader. Is Usenet finally dying?

Nah, no more than a decade ago, two decades ago. I'm also on Eternal
September.

Ob-AFC: Remember when when SMTP just, yew know, worked?  Now, in
addition to several standardized additions to SMTP -- DKIM, SPF inter
alia -- too technical for my pay grade [1], MTA operators are now
inserting a mixed bag of DNSBLs, filter bots that make discriminatory
inferences from RDNS and whois etc.  MTA operators contract with third
parties to insert these filter services or email admins roll their own
version or combinations.

That leaves a humble user such as I to negotiate with my own ISP's
possibly impenetrable "support" or to hunt down individual ISP admins
or contracting filterbot admins and persuade them to install a
whitelist entry or otherwise find a workaround for email that evokes a
5xx bounce.

[1] I'm not an IT pro, just a retired artist blacksmith.  It's
    happenstance and personal idiosyncrasy that I know enough about
    IP, SMTP etc. to write this.  I suppose less fortuitously informed
    people just hit and become embedded in a wall of penc?


-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-28 14:59 +0000
  Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-28 17:33 +0000
    Re: Low traffic "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-04-28 20:21 +0100
      Re: Low traffic Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2025-04-28 19:00 -0600
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 19:18 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-29 19:24 +0000
            Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-29 12:58 -0700
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:39 +0000
                Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-30 08:49 -0700
                Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:09 +0000
            Re: Low traffic "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:41 +0200
            Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:36 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 09:14 +0000
                Re: Low traffic songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-04-30 06:16 -0400
                Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 15:06 +0000
              Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 13:25 +0000
                Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-30 16:21 +0000
                Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 17:25 +0000
                Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2025-04-30 20:17 -0700
            Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:36 +0000
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:59 +0000
  Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 20:18 +0000
  Re: Low traffic "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-28 22:33 +0200
  Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-04-28 18:17 -0300
    Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 20:00 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:39 +0000
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:00 +0000
      Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-01 02:52 -0300
  Re: Low traffic songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-04-28 18:01 -0400
    Re: Low traffic Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2025-04-29 08:17 +0200
  Re: Low traffic Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 02:33 +0000
  Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 20:14 +0200
    Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-29 12:06 -0700
    Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:22 +0000
      Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 08:43 +0200
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:28 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
          Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:12 +0200
            Power plant cold start (Re: Low traffic) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:57 +0000
            Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 01:23 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-02 19:01 -0300
                Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:59 +0000
        Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:23 +0200
          Re: Low traffic Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-01 21:22 +0100
        Re: Low traffic Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2025-05-02 21:02 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 09:13 +0000
        Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 13:23 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-01 17:52 +0100
            Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:13 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-01 03:13 -0300
        Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-01 14:48 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:50 +0000
        Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-01 14:52 +0000
        Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:37 +0200
          Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 01:27 +0000
            Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-02 23:10 +0200
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:47 +0000
                Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-03 14:02 +0200
                Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:25 +0000
              Re: Low traffic anthk <anthk@openbsd.home> - 2025-05-15 15:12 +0000
        Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:48 +0000
          Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 17:36 +0000
            Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-05-05 17:48 +0000
              Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 17:58 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-05 20:20 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 22:55 +0200
            Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-05 18:53 +0000
              Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 23:15 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 02:10 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 11:35 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 10:40 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 12:59 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 12:14 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 14:27 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-05-06 13:43 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-06 18:38 +0000
    Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:41 +0000

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