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Off topic: can any suggest the easiest way to run a USENET/NNTP server (open source preferred)? I've Googled a bunch but cannot find a decent solution.
by pbreit 4y ago
Off topic: can any suggest the easiest way to run a USENET/NNTP server (open source preferred)? I've Googled a bunch but cannot find a decent solution.
- mananaysiempre 4y agoIf NNTP is not your primary goal, public-inbox[1] will serve mailing list archives over NNTP (among other access methods). [1]: https://public-inbox.org/README.html https://public-inbox.org/README.html
- cykros 4y agoSeems like you got the easiest ways already, but perhaps the most fun way is through the Synchronet BBS system, which will run on Windows, Linux, or *BSD (not sure if this includes OS X...probably, with effort). It's primary purpose of course is to host an ANSI BBS, but it includes services for a web interface to the message base, as well as NNTP, gopher, ftp...heck, even POP/SMTP if you really wanna go nuts. And it'll interface just fine with the old Door games too through something like dosemu. https://synchro.net/ https://synchro.net/
- ta988 4y agohttps://www.leafnode.org/ https://www.leafnode.org/ is decent if you just need a small instance. https://james.apache.org/ https://james.apache.org/ for more entreprisey stuff. And the old but reliable https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/
- Tomte 4y agoIf on Windows, Hamster is easiest and most powerful: http://www.elfden.co.uk/hamster/conf.htm http://www.elfden.co.uk/hamster/conf.htm Most web sites about it are in German, but the program itself has English language UI, as well. There is also the derivative Hamster Next, which does proper server-to-server peering.