From: coyo@darkdna.net   
      
   Paul Johnson wrote:   
      
   > On Monday, June 4, 2018 at 10:39:11 AM UTC-5, tom wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 2 Jun 2018 22:55:40 -0700 (PDT)   
   >> Paul Johnson  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 2:29:37 AM UTC-5, tom   
   wrote:   
   >> > > I have noticed that alt.fan.furry can sometimes look   
   different   
   >> > > depending on what server i dial into.   
   >> > > If you can read this message, what server are you   
   coming in from?   
   >> > > Right now i am coming form AIOE.   
   >> >   
   >> > I'm on Google Groups these days, but at one point I   
   actually ran my   
   >> > own newsserver.  Been here about 21 years.   
   >>   
   >> Really? I am thinking about running my own news server for   
   me and a few   
   >> online friends. Is it particularly hard to do or maintain?   
   >   
   > Depends on if you can get a UUCP, netnews or NNTP feed from   
   another site   
   > or not.  It can be real easy or a real pain.  Pretty much   
   hosed if you   
   > plan on doing this in Windows, though.   
      
   I'm planning on using Giganews and Easynews as upstream   
   transit, and peering with several community servers. As for   
   UUCP and oldschool peering methods, I might need to look into   
   joining a point to point dialup network and getting one of   
   those nice USB dialup phone banks.   
      
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