I agree wholeheartedly with your last sentence. Thinking on it a little further, I don't see why nntp can't be reused. The site would need a web-based Usenet

I agree wholeheartedly with your last sentence. Thinking on it a little further, I don't see why nntp can't be reused. The site would need a web-based Usenet client, hopefully superior to the one offered by Google, storage for the private newsgroup, and an open port 119 on the server. It's all in the packaging. Damn, I was really hoping to get some real work done this weekend....