• Usenet

    From alterego@77:3/101 to Netsurge on Sat May 16 20:04:56 2020
    Hey Frank,

    Are you still providing a usenet feed?

    I wanted to bring Sportsnet back to life (there seems to be some interested), and I thought it would be great to gate some sports related usegroups.

    (I know a few who have tried to contact Bill without luck, but if he resurfaces, I would be giving it back to him if he wanted it...)

    Is this something that you can (and willing to) provide?

    I would only be gating sports related ones to SportsNet.
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  • From Nelgin@77:1/119 to alterego on Sun May 17 04:47:02 2020
    alterego wrote:
    Hey Frank,

    Are you still providing a usenet feed?

    I wanted to bring Sportsnet back to life (there seems to be some interested), and I thought it would be great to gate some sports related usegroups.

    (I know a few who have tried to contact Bill without luck, but if he resurfaces, I would be giving it back to him if he wanted it...)

    Is this something that you can (and willing to) provide?

    I would only be gating sports related ones to SportsNet.
    ...δεσπ

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    That's funny because yesterday I emailed Dan asking if he would be
    interested in getting SportsNet going again after I saw Bill's domain had expired and pretty sure that he wasn't coming back. Good timing. I'm now
    hooked up with him. I'm also looking for a usenet feed so please let me
    know if you manage to find one. I know Avon on FSXNET is offering feeds for free and I think Nick Andre is but a small fee. I'm probably going to setup with Avon but would like a 2nd peer.
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  • From alterego@77:3/101 to Nelgin on Sun May 17 20:54:02 2020
    Re: Re: Usenet
    By: Nelgin to alterego on Sun May 17 2020 04:47 am

    Howdy,

    That's funny because yesterday I emailed Dan asking if he would be interested in getting SportsNet going again after I saw Bill's domain had expired and pretty sure that he wasn't coming back. Good timing.

    Yeah, there seems to be a bit of interest in having it back, so I thought I'd kick start it :)

    I'm now
    hooked up with him. I'm also looking for a usenet feed so please let me know if you manage to find one. I know Avon on FSXNET is offering feeds for free and I think Nick Andre is but a small fee. I'm probably going to setup with Avon but would like a 2nd peer.

    Actually, Dan might work out something with a usenet feed - so I'm going to let him run with it for now. I thought Frank was making usent available as well (which is why I was originally asking) - have you checked with him?

    I know Paul can provide usenet, and if Dan cant get something going, I might have a try - but I would probably feed from Paul as well. So while I may have a play with usenet myself, we'd have the same source(s) - not sure if that would help you?
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  • From Nelgin@77:1/119 to alterego on Sun May 17 06:14:54 2020
    Re: Re: Usenet
    By: alterego to Nelgin on Sun May 17 2020 20:54:03

    Actually, Dan might work out something with a usenet feed - so I'm going to let him run with it for now. I thought Frank was making usent available as well (which is why I was originally asking) - have you checked with him?

    I know Paul can provide usenet, and if Dan cant get something going, I might have a try - but I would probably feed from Paul as well. So while I may have a play with usenet myself, we'd have the same source(s) - not sure if that would help you?

    Sure, quite possibly. I'm always happy to peer if I can get multiple feeds. I'll be running the usenet server from the house, I have 500mb/s FiOS and tons more disk space than my VPS based BBS. I've been thinking of bringing it "in house" but I'd have to upgrade to business service and that's a bit more expensive to get 2 ips. (It's actualy a block of 5) plus they don't offer ipv6 so I'd have to rely on an ipv6 tunnel through HE.
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  • From Gamgee@77:1/114 to alterego on Sun May 17 09:56:00 2020
    alterego wrote to Nelgin <=-

    That's funny because yesterday I emailed Dan asking if he would be interested in getting SportsNet going again after I saw Bill's domain had expired and pretty sure that he wasn't coming back. Good timing.

    Yeah, there seems to be a bit of interest in having it back, so I
    thought I'd kick start it :)

    Following... I'd likely be interested in joining SportNet if it
    can be revived. I currently auto-post to the Fido echo 'NHL'
    (hockey) with an RSS feed, and could provide that to SportNet also
    if desired. It's about 8 msg/day in volume.


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  • From alterego@77:3/101 to Gamgee on Mon May 18 08:36:46 2020
    Re: Re: Usenet
    By: Gamgee to alterego on Sun May 17 2020 09:56 am

    Following... I'd likely be interested in joining SportNet if it
    can be revived. I currently auto-post to the Fido echo 'NHL'
    (hockey) with an RSS feed, and could provide that to SportNet also
    if desired. It's about 8 msg/day in volume.

    Its revived and up and running. And yes, that would be awesome.

    Did you have a node before? If so, netmail me your details, and the passwords you want to use, and I'll get you up again.

    If not, grab (the old) info pack here, and send me an app.

    https://alterant.leenooks.net/files/SPORTNET.ZIP

    (I'll be updating the info pack soon, but netmail me the application in the mean time...)
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  • From Gamgee@77:1/114 to alterego on Sun May 17 19:41:00 2020
    alterego wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Following... I'd likely be interested in joining SportNet if it
    can be revived. I currently auto-post to the Fido echo 'NHL'
    (hockey) with an RSS feed, and could provide that to SportNet also
    if desired. It's about 8 msg/day in volume.

    Its revived and up and running. And yes, that would be awesome.

    Did you have a node before? If so, netmail me your details, and
    the passwords you want to use, and I'll get you up again.

    No, I was not a previous node.

    If not, grab (the old) info pack here, and send me an app. https://alterant.leenooks.net/files/SPORTNET.ZIP

    (I'll be updating the info pack soon, but netmail me the
    application in the mean time...) ...¢E¢*

    OK, will get to it in the next couple of days or so, thanks.



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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to alterego on Mon May 18 15:47:02 2020
    Are you still providing a usenet feed?

    Yup.

    I wanted to bring Sportsnet back to life (there seems to be some interested), and I thought it would be great to gate some sports related usegroups.

    (I know a few who have tried to contact Bill without luck, but if he resurfaces, I would be giving it back to him if he wanted it...)

    Is this something that you can (and willing to) provide?

    Are you looking for me to gate newgroups or start a whole new network?

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  • From alterego@77:3/101 to Netsurge on Tue May 19 08:57:08 2020
    Re: Re: Usenet
    By: Netsurge to alterego on Mon May 18 2020 03:47 pm

    Hey Frank,

    Are you still providing a usenet feed?
    Yup.

    Good to know :)

    Are you looking for me to gate newgroups or start a whole new network?

    Actually, I wasnt expecting you to anything other than feed it to be - however was easiest (and probably via inn)?

    In the meantime Dan has access to a feed somewhere and is looking into something, so for this, I may not need anything now. But thanks for getting back to me.

    If things change, I'll reach out...
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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to alterego on Mon May 18 20:43:38 2020
    In the meantime Dan has access to a feed somewhere and is looking into something, so for this, I may not need anything now. But thanks for getting back to me.

    If things change, I'll reach out...

    No worries. I can easily feed it out via nntp.

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