[gopher] Future of this list, etc.

[Nuno Silva]

On 2017-10-01 10:22 -0500, Jeff Greer wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Christoph Lohmann <20h at r-36.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 01 Oct 2017 17:00:46 +0200 "Matt Owen (Jaruzel)" <
> > jaruzel at jaruzel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Wrapping a basic web-forum and mailing list system around a single
> > > public USEnet/NNTP group would be a fairly trivial exercise - I am happy
> > > to explore this, if we feel that it's worth looking into?
> >
> > I  think  the  discussion has come to the state of practical implementa‐
> > tion.
> >
> > As  a side note: I am with Cameron Kaiser at transferring the gopherpro‐
> > ject.org domain, which I bought an IPv4 for and I am setting up a gentoo
> > VM  at  the moment. I would give this VM for free to such a cause. There
> > is no bandwidth limit and I pay for the domain.
> >
> > This VM could be used for hosting the mailinglist. Or everything is kept
> > decentralized with some hoster already providing NNTP<>E‐Mail in  a  way
> > acceptable for all mailinglist users.
> >
> > For  NNTP: I have to admit that this technology was before my time, when
> > it was actively used. I’ve read the RFCs for my mail client  but  didn’t
> > implement anything due to no practical use for now.
> >
> > I  request  all  members of this mailinglist please answer with NNTP<>E‐
> > Mail services we could use or if you would be willing to help me setting
> > up the NNTP server.
>
> Usenet is available with a free account at sdf.org. SDF has been around
> long enough they should be stable for as long as it matters.
> 
> Someone just needs to set up a newsgroup.

Why? If you want a gopher-related newsgroup *in USENET*, there's already
comp.infosystems.gopher.

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Nuno Silva