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    From NuSkooler@21:1/121 to All on Thursday, September 22, 2022 21:42:19
    I've put together a quick and dirty implementation allowing NNTP write access in addition to the existing read enigma supports. So far, I've only done some very basic testing with Thunderbird.

    You can check out the WIP branch here: https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/pull/451

    Question: What are some popular clients people use for BBS's for this sort of thing? I'm not even sure what all systems allow such access TBH. I know of JAMNNTPd as server <> JAM which I may look over a tad for any BBS-specific 'X-whatever' "kludges" in the headers... anything else I should be aware of?

    After some more testing I'll put this up on Xibalba for people to play with.



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  • From Charles Blackburn@21:1/221 to NuSkooler on Friday, September 23, 2022 07:54:25
    Re: NNTP Write Access
    By: NuSkooler to All on Thu Sep 22 2022 21:42:19

    Question: What are some popular clients people use for BBS's for this sort of thing? I'm not even sure what all systems
    allow such access TBH. I know of JAMNNTPd as server <> JAM which I may look over a tad for any BBS-specific 'X-whatever'
    "kludges" in the headers... anything else I should be aware of?


    min and leafnode are ones for *nix based machines, i personally use thunderbird (or my bbs LOL) although i am a bit disappointed that eternity doesnt carry "alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die" LOL

    synchronet has a built in news importer. I havent tested writing to usenet though however.

    hope this helps

    regards
    ===

    Charles Blackburn
    The F.B.O BBS 21:1/221 618:250/36
    bbs.thefbo.us IPV4/V6
    DOVE-Net FSX-Net MicroNET USENET
    --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
    * Origin: The FBO BBS - bbs.thefbo.us (21:1/221)
  • From NuSkooler@21:1/121 to Charles Blackburn on Friday, September 23, 2022 09:15:10

    On Friday, September 23rd Charles Blackburn said...
    min and leafnode are ones for *nix based machines, i personally use thunderbird (or my bbs LOL) although i am a bit disappointed that eternity doesnt carry "alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die" LOL

    lol! I do miss groups like that

    I'll see if I can snag those two clients. I did find "Pan" which helped me work through a couple issues.

    thanks for the tips!


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    * Origin: Xibalba -+- xibalba.l33t.codes:44510 (21:1/121)
  • From Charles Blackburn@21:1/221 to NuSkooler on Friday, September 23, 2022 19:19:46
    Re: RE: NNTP Write Access
    By: NuSkooler to Charles Blackburn on Fri Sep 23 2022 09:15:10

    On Friday, September 23rd Charles Blackburn said...
    min and leafnode are ones for *nix based machines, i personally use thunderbird (or my bbs LOL) although i am a bit
    disappointed that eternity doesnt carry "alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die" LOL
    lol! I do miss groups like that

    yea i know.. there was a whole bunch of them i loved.

    I'll see if I can snag those two clients. I did find "Pan" which helped me work through a couple issues.

    they should be in the standard package manager... but come to think about it. I think leafnode is actually an nntp server as opposed to a client..

    here's the list from my ubuntu install i have at hand (the bbs one :D)

    brag - Downloads and assembles multipart Usenet binaries

    ifgate - Internet to Fidonet gateway

    jamnntpd - NNTP Server allowing newsreaders to access a JAM messagebase

    nn - Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)

    slrn - threaded text-mode news reader

    slrnface - shows X-Faces from a newsposting on an X11 terminal emulator

    tin - Full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader

    sabnzbdplus - web-based binary newsreader with nzb support

    trn4 - Threaded USENET news reader, based on rn (4.0 beta test)



    regards
    ===

    Charles Blackburn
    The F.B.O BBS 21:1/221 618:250/36
    bbs.thefbo.us IPV4/V6
    DOVE-Net FSX-Net MicroNET USENET
    --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
    * Origin: The FBO BBS - bbs.thefbo.us (21:1/221)
  • From NuSkooler@21:1/121 to Charles Blackburn on Friday, September 23, 2022 22:07:49

    On Friday, September 23rd Charles Blackburn muttered...
    here's the list from my ubuntu install i have at hand (the bbs one :D) brag - Downloads and assembles multipart Usenet binaries
    ifgate - Internet to Fidonet gateway
    jamnntpd - NNTP Server allowing newsreaders to access a JAM messagebase
    nn - Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
    slrn - threaded text-mode news reader
    ...

    This is exactly what I'm looking for, thank you!




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    * Origin: Xibalba -+- xibalba.l33t.codes:44510 (21:1/121)
  • From Oli@21:3/102 to NuSkooler on Monday, September 26, 2022 16:31:32
    NuSkooler wrote (2022-09-22):

    I've put together a quick and dirty implementation allowing NNTP write access in addition to the existing read enigma supports.

    Question: What are some popular clients people use for BBS's for this
    sort of thing?

    I have no idea how popular it is, but I use Claws Mail with JamNNTPd. One nice feature is support for "format=flowed".
    See https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3676

    I know of JAMNNTPd as server <> JAM which I may look over a tad for any BBS-specific 'X-whatever' "kludges" in the headers... anything else I should be aware of?

    The Gatebau '94 / '97 standard, especially for MSGID and REPLY kludge translation.

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  • From NuSkooler@21:1/121 to Oli on Monday, September 26, 2022 12:51:24

    Twas Monday, September 26th when Oli said...
    I have no idea how popular it is, but I use Claws Mail with JamNNTPd. One nice feature is support for "format=flowed". See https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3676
    The Gatebau '94 / '97 standard, especially for MSGID and REPLY kludge translation.

    Sweet, I will check all of this out, thank you!


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    |08 ■ |03ENiGMA 1/2 WHQ |08| |03Phenom |08| |0367 |08| |03iMPURE |08| |03ACiDic
    --- ENiGMA 1/2 v0.0.13-beta (linux; x64; 16.16.0)
    * Origin: Xibalba -+- xibalba.l33t.codes:44510 (21:1/121)