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  Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbird
  By: Digital Man to Stephan Gebbers on Sun Nov 02 2025 18:23:39

 >> well, there is not very much documentation in the wiki or the old docs
 >> about NNTP. If i give my users access to NNTP i don't want them to be able
 >> to easily make a mess. (By default you dont have to authenticate at all to
 >> access NNTP for example). And if i as the sysop do not know much about the
 >> NNTP+synchronet details, how can i expect them users to handle it
 >> correctly.

 DM> By defualt, an anonymous/guest login can't post messages. So they won't be
 DM> able to "make a mess" either.

Ok, makes sense. So an anonymous nntp(s) user acts with bbs guest rights.

Mindsurfer

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