From: snuhwolf@netscape.net   
      
   Coyo the Coyote wrote:   
   > On 04 Nov 2013 03:00 PM ,=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A7=F1=FChw=F6=A3f?=   
   >  wrote:   
   >> Didnt you know: usenet is for Old People.   
   >   
   > There are some old things that should be preserved.   
   >   
   > Usenet is a Good Old Protocol.   
   >   
   > Like Gopher, MUDs and IRC, it's a precious relic that should be   
   > preserved, if for no other reason, for it's priceless historic value.   
   >   
   >   
   > However, I much prefer Usenet over Facebook or Twitter.   
   >   
   > If you extend the Usenet protocol slightly to allow for distributed   
   > killfiles (killfile-by-consensus), spam throttling with graylisting,   
   > sender policy framework, server-to-server IPsec crypto, domainkeys   
   > verification, automated moderation (moderation with scripts   
   > distributed via usenet) and distributed means to spam control in a   
   > similar method to spamgourmet or dispostable, as well as distributed   
   > mailing list-like functionality, whereby the receiver must manually   
   > accept a new sender and create a whitelist rule, which provides a   
   > publish-subscribe look and feel, or even proof-of-work in order to   
   > send usenet mail.   
   >   
   > Essentially, combine the functions of email and usenet, and use   
   > usenet instead of email by default.   
   >   
   > Instead of using individual email addresses, to recieve personal   
   > mail, you publish a moderated usenet news group. Presence   
   > information, status updates, free-or-busy and scheduling are all   
   > posted to this personal usenet newsgroup, and only friends you've   
   > manually accepted are permitted access to that. to help protect   
   > information in these personal usenet news groups, PGP cryptography is   
   > used, not only to authenticate and sign, but also file encryption,   
   > using a shared key which is distributed to new subscribers, encrypted   
   > to recepient.   
   >   
   Web forums are prolly what you want then. And the X-face gets to be in   
   color!   
      
      
   > PGP cryptography is not perfect, but it wouldn't significantly slow   
   > things down, either.   
   >   
   > A pet project of mine is unifying IRC, MUDs, Usenet and Gopher, by   
   > slightly extending each protocol and making the best use of their   
   > strengths.   
   >   
   Well, everyone needs a hobby :)   
      
      
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