| Re: PING: COSMOS |
Unlimited download news .. |
| #>C-'0,S\"M-0S## (Catswas@Sats.com) |
2010/07/31 11:49 |
Someone <someone@likeyou.kiss> wrote in news:Xns9DC686F2B8CA6Someone@
127.0.0.1:
> #>C-'0,S"M-0S## wrote in news:4c544196$0$1944$c3e8da3
@news.astraweb.com:
>
>> Quasar <Quasar@nova.net> wrote in
>> news:Xns9DC6574271FE6Quasar@216.168.3.70:
>>
>>> What is a GOOD Usenet Server? I hear bad stories about so many of
>>> them. One ,perhaps, that still carries Retromod?
>>>
>>> Quasar
>>
>> Hi Quasar
>>
>>
>> Well I see you are using giganews but I see your headers are showing
>> an IP address and it should not? So you should investigate this
>> anomaly. And I wonder if it's a news feed via your own ISP (internet
>> provider) which is very bad for your safety.
>>
>> When I last used them (giga)they had A.B.P.B.Retromod
>> So if they discontinued carrying them that's news for me.
>>
>> Astra still has the group but I see some of the servers have dropped
>> it from their group list
>>
>> It does seem to be on secure.news.astraweb.com:443 but your Xnews
>> reader will not be of use as it does not have any SSL capability
>> (Agent does but not free)
>>
>> Astraweb is very efficient but they will report any abuse of their
>> service very swiftly and their TOS forbid the posting of pictures of
>> persons under the age of 18
>> This group seems an anomaly to their enforcement of this rule,
>> Maybe it is left alone to act as a honeypot, who knows?
>>
>> Cosmos
>>
>
> Hi Cosmos,
>
> sorry to intrude your discussion (thank you for your post by the way!),
> but Xnews DOES have SSL capability. I am in fact using it right now,
> connected to SSL.astraweb
>
> In order to have it run, you need Stunnel, a small free application.
>
> Stunnel also serves as a gateway for PowerPost2000 to SSL.Astraweb
>
> Hi someone
Thanks for your heads up, in fact this message was sent
Xnews/stunnel/tor/astra
But do you fancy the challenge of tutoring a newby on the intricacies of
the set up?
I was just trying to keep it simple
Thanks anyway
Cosmos
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