Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] New SF NNTP news server

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

Cool. Thanks for the heads up.

Now only if we could get our CVS commits to count on Sourceforge...

Matt

> Everyone,
> This is great news. SourceForge is making forums available from a nntp
> news server, and is planning to make mailing lists available too.
>
>
> On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 23:33, SourceForge.netTeam wrote:
>>   4. NNTP Beta Test
>>   --------------------------
>>
>> Today we are launching an early beta release of a new feature on
>> SourceForge.net.  This feature makes it possible to view and post data
>> to forums using a simple newsreader (exactly like using USENET
>> newsgroups).  Here's the information to login and try it out.
>>
>> The hostname of the NNTP server is 'nntp.sourceforge.net' and the port
>> NNTP is listening on is 563. (nntps, SSL-protected NNTP)
>>
>> We allow only SSL connections.
>>
>> You need to use your SourceForge user name and password to login.
>>
>> The currently supported clients are Mozilla and Outlook, however we've
>> followed the NNTP RFC; any client that does NNTP over SSL /should/
>> work.  Please let us know if you have problems with a specific client.
>> (Please see below)
>>
>> Posting works, with one caveat: to limit SPAM we limit the amount of
>> posts to 10 in a 5 minute period, after which we deny posting for some
>> time for that user account.
>>
>> NOTE: This is real data. Posts will show up in your forums!
>>
>> Please keep this in mind.
>>
>> Here is an example of the NNTP naming we've chosen, it is much like
>> the project web tree. "sf.a.al.alexandria.open_discussion" will get
>> you the "Open Discussion" forum for project "alexandria".
>>
>> Mailing lists are currently _not_ available but will be available in
>> the near future.
>>
>> If you would like to report bugs, ideas, or anything else please
>> subscribe to the beta mailing list at:
>>
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mcgoo-nttpbeta
>>
>> Please keep in mind that the server is beta and will more than likely
>> crash.  Please don't send 1000 emails to list saying the server is
>> offline; we'll fix it as soon as we get a chance.  Please send any bug
>> reports, odd behavior, or problems to this list.  Thank you.
>> Issue reports regarding this new beta feature should not be submitted
>> as Support Requests; please direct all inquiries to the list.
>
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