From: tom@0.0.0.0
On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 01:17:06 -0500
Coyo wrote:
> 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.
Those still exist? I thought there was nobody left to dial into besides
rural internet providers. Also, most people that still have a dialup
modem (stereotypical computer illiterate grandma) don't have the
technical means to use it for anything but checking their earthlink
email.
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