Re: potus@lists.debian.org
Larry Dighera writes:
> Today, usenet still exists albeit a skeleton of its former
> incarnation. There are free News Network Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
> servers available such as nntp.aioe.org and free-usenet.com, and paid
> servers like news.giganews.com. There are free news reading clients
> such as Thunderbird and Forte Agent, and the venerable rn for *nix
> platforms.
It's also important to understand that NNTP is a peer to peer protocol.
Any group of NNTP servers configured to connect to each other form a
network. Anyone can run an NNTP server. While it once required a VAX
with a T1 to act as a Usenet "backbone" site any desktop with broadband
can easily handle it now.
You don't have to "join Usenet", either. It's simple to set up a
private NNTP network with as many servers as you want.
--
John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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