XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 2/4/2023 5:32 PM, Rink wrote:   
   > Op 3-2-2023 om 17:31 schreef Paul:   
   >> On 2/3/2023 9:05 AM, Newyana2 wrote:   
   >>> "Rink"  wrote   
   >>>   
   >>> | You can still read the microsoft.* hierarchy on the newsservers:   
   >>> | - paganini.bofh.team   
   >>> | - freenews.netfront.net   
   >>> |   
   >>> | Both are free newsservers.   
   >>> | If you can post, I don't know, because I do not follow microsoft.*   
   >>> | groups anymore.   
   >>> |   
   >>>   
   >>>    I just tried Netfront. It worked fine, but says I can't post.   
   >>> What would be the point of a newsgroup where you can't post?!   
   >>> I tried to visit the domain, netfront.net. It seems to be a   
   >>> Chinese website.   
   >>>   
   >>>     Individual.net looks like an option, but it costs me more than   
   >>> $30 to make a bank transfer, I would never use PayPal, and   
   >>> I don't trust the security with either. I'm happy paying a few   
   >>> dollars per year, but I'm not happy giving out payment details   
   >>> online.   
   >>   
   >> There were some floods a while back. The flood conducted   
   >> via netfront.net, resulted in the operator of that server   
   >> taking it read-only. That's the "zero labor" way to stop   
   >> a flood :-)   
   >   
   >   
   > I think you mean news.neodome.net  ......   
      
   It's possible it was attacked too, because it was an open server.   
   I didn't keep records of this stuff.   
      
       Paul   
      
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