Subj : FidoNews 42:14 [02/06]: Jamnntpd Servers List
To : All
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sun Apr 06 2025 08:37 pm
Re: FidoNews 42:14 [02/06]: Jamnntpd Servers List
By: FidoNews Robot to All on Mon Apr 07 2025 12:44 am
I have nothing against JAMNNTPD, but I've often wondered: why does it get such high billing in the FIDONEWS? Does anyone even actually still run or support this software?
> =================================================================
> JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
> =================================================================
> Updated 2023-09-06
>
>
> URL
news://eljaco.se:4119
> Join
http://fidonews.eu
^^^
$ host fidonews.eu
Host fidonews.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
>
> URL nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi
> Join
https://news.fidonet.fi
$ nc news.fidonet.fi 119
200 Welcome to SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20241026 (posting may be allowed)
Is that JAMNNTPD?
> URL nntp://fidonews.mine.nu
> URL nntps://fidonews.mine.nu
> Join
http://fidonews.mine.nu
$ nc fidonews.mine.nu 119
200 Welcome to SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20241026 (posting may be allowed)
That's curious:
$ host fidonews.mine.nu
fidonews.mine.nu has address 51.38.115.207
fidonews.mine.nu has IPv6 address 2001:41d0:701:1100::942
$ host news.fidonet.fi
news.fidonet.fi has address 51.38.115.207
news.fidonet.fi has IPv6 address 2001:41d0:701:1100::942
news.fidonet.fi mail is handled by 10 mail.fidonet.fi.
Okay, so they're the same server... just listed with 2 different hostnames.
> URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
$ nc news.bytemuseum.org 119
Ncat: Connection refused.
> URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
$ nc news.pharcyde.org 119
200 The Pharcyde News (Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NNTP Service 1.2)
Definitely not JAMNNTPD.
... so what's going on with this incessant reminder about a NNTP program that nobody apparently uses and specific servers that either don't use it or are just totally defunct.
Is anybody actually reading this? Does anyone care?
--
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