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🕣︎ - 2024-04-15

Today I counted the number of NNTP-servers I have implemented for different purposes over the years.

I wonder if I qualify for Guinness book of records - I have implemented 5 different NNTP-servers:

Some years before implementing Illuminant I also sketched up an NNTP-based microblogging system, which hasn't been implemented (yet?)

🕣︎ - 2024-04-15 - 4 comments

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You should certainly get some prize. Can I add to your collection git.cepl.eu/cgit/python/pyg/ AFAIK the only working to bidirectional gateway?

- https://floss.social/users/mcepl 🕛︎ - 2024-04-17

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Zizi

- 🕚︎ - 2024-05-19

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Hi,

I stumbled onto your post about nntp on mastodon https://illuminant.asjo.org/user/asjo/object/71371

Found the blog post and... felt like dusting off my old gnus configuration to see if I could figure out how to reply.

I think if I did this right this should be sent as a post to the newsgroup, and not an SMTP email.

Diane

- Diane Trout 🕐︎ - 2024-08-08

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It worked - cool! Thanks for stopping by via NNTP :-)

Best regards,

Adam

- Adam Sjøgren 🕦︎ - 2024-08-08

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