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|    mark lewis to Flavio Bessa    |
|    Questions about JAMNNTPD    |
|    27 Sep 16 12:03:28    |
      26 Sep 16 11:20, you wrote to All:               FB> I am currently taking part on an initiative for expanding the user        FB> base for Fido here at Zone 4, and many of the people I talk to express        FB> interest into returning to Fido, but using some NNTP client and        FB> accessing the echos using NNTP.              those would be end users only... not full nodes or points...               FB> We are currently doing some tests with some applications and mostly        FB> with the NNTP daemon from Mystic which is working fine, but we always        FB> have the issue that the NNTP clients we have been using so far are        FB> able to post only messages to All, which is a "limitation" from the        FB> NNTP service as well.              news articles are not written to any specific individual... news articles are       to everyone so they do not have a "To:" field...               FB> I was wondering if JAMNNTPD has any advantages over this method, or/if        FB> there is a NNTP client software that can work in this regard.              JAMNNTPd is the *only* news server that has this capability... the client       doesn't matter... as i understand it, the capability only works for replies       and not for new posts but i may be wrong about that... i've never seen a new       news article that contained a To: name originating from a JAMNNTPd server...              )\/(ark              Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDP/IPS yer doin' it       wrong...       ... My male deity needs.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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