Well it works, but i think it is prone to making errors/problems. At
least in comparison to posting from the BBS, don't you think?
I keep it there for now, but i have removed port 119 from
portforwarding into my lan, as i want to offer the NNTPS port only. I don't see a problem in offering the enrypted transport only.
Any other Newsgroup Reader out there beside Thunderbird?
well, there is not very much documentation in the wiki or the old docs about NNTP. If i give my users access to NNTP i don't want them to be able to easily make a mess. (By default you dont have to authenticate at all to access NNTP for example). And if i as the sysop do not know much about the NNTP+synchronet details, how can i expect them users to handle it correctly.
your from field contains an entire email?At least it looked like it on my side. Maybe it had been changed
after sending the Message. I have to check that again.
i'm giving you a link to newslink.txt. not sure if there's a newer version. you should read it fully https://pastebin.com/raw/fsD0inMS
Might be true. There are not really any new or updated Newsgroups
Readers out there. Usenet and newsgroups are more known due to binary newsgroups nowadays.
It should have some advantage over reading/posting messages from inside
the bbs at least. If not a GUI, at least a better GUI with bigger XY characters resolution etc I see what i can find out there or test some
of those you mentioned. Claws Mail has Newsgroups capabilities?
Interesting.
By defualt, an anonymous/guest login can't post messages. So they
won't be able to "make a mess" either.
Ok, makes sense. So an anonymous nntp(s) user acts with bbs guest
rights.
parameters or with -f parameter only and Thunderbird just does not
provide a user/password field for the Newsgroup account. So it is a bit dificult to login as a non anonymous user using Thunderbird if you don't require your nntp(s) service a non anonymous login via -na parameter.
I doubt there will be any 'new' newsreaders any time soon. However, Thunderbird, Claws Mail, and Pan I believe are still updated. Tin is still currently being maintained, and slrn's last update was only a few years ago or so, I believe. So there are options.
I doubt there will be any 'new' newsreaders any time soon. However, Thunderbird, Claws Mail, and Pan I believe are still updated. Tin is still currently being maintained, and slrn's last update was only a few years ago or so, I believe. So there are options.
It should have some advantage over reading/posting messages from inside the
bbs at least. If not a GUI, at least a better GUI with bigger XY characters
resolution etc I see what i can find out there or test some of those you
mentioned. Claws Mail has Newsgroups capabilities? Interesting.
There are some advantages. Using slrn or tin in a UTF-8 console, uses iconv for character set translation, which is nice. If you're using something like Thunderbird or Claws Mail, you can do NNTP messaging and email in the same place. Even using slrn or tin, I just execute them from the command line and they automatically pull in new messages that I can start reading instantly, etc.
All depends on what you want to do, I guess. If I have time, I login to the BBS and read/write messages. If I want to do a super fast newscan without the need to login to the BBS, I use a newsreader or Golded.
By defualt, an anonymous/guest login can't post messages. So they won't
be able to "make a mess" either.
Ok, makes sense. So an anonymous nntp(s) user acts with bbs guest rights.
To be safe, I would continue using the "-na" option that requires a login for NNTP(s), though. That way, there can not be anonymous logins.
Is Forte Agent still developed? That was my favorite.
So far i like Pan the most. i think Thunderbird is not really perfect
for Newsgroups. It can do it but not very good.
btw: can one of the newsreaders render/display ansi codes?
What does it take to use Golded with Synchronet? it does run on the same machine as Synchronet?
Those both sound pretty fixable... maybe I'll take a look this weekend.
Those both sound pretty fixable... maybe I'll take a look this weekend.
Wow, I'm surprised to see you here. :)
If you do anything with this, let me know and I'll gladly help test it out!
Heh, with the work on The Clans, I'm actually putting a non-zero amount
of time into making at least one of my boards not suck... even set up a
FTN message network.
https://bbsdev.net/BBSDev/
It sucks and has nothing to recommend it.
Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbird
By: Accession to Deuce on Wed Nov 05 2025 04:49 pm
Those both sound pretty fixable... maybe I'll take a look this weekend.
Wow, I'm surprised to see you here. :)
If you do anything with this, let me know and I'll gladly help test it out!
Heh, with the work on The Clans, I'm actually putting a non-zero amount of time into making at least one of my boards not suck... even set up a FTN message network.
https://bbsdev.net/BBSDev/
It sucks and has nothing to recommend it.
The Deuce I know doesn't like people. Now you're setting up a message network... for... communication with people!? :D
I'll hop on IRC soon to set this all up.
The Deuce I know doesn't like people. Now you're setting up a message network... for... communication with people!? :D
It's only some people I don't like.
I'll hop on IRC soon to set this all up.
Cool, and the network is mostly for testing The Clans.
That's what I figured. Once The Clans is done, do you plan on possibly doing any others?
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