Subj : Ideas to make Fidonet Great Again
To : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Jul 02 2020 12:00 am
Hello Alan!
** On Monday 22.06.20 - 01:02, Alan Ianson wrote to MATT MUNSON:
>> Perhaps maybe us running the forums as newsgroups and have a easy way for
>> people to sign up for the nntp server might be the idea.
AI> What I am thinking is something designed for what we want to do, FTN
AI> netmail and echomail in an easy to install and use format for folks who
AI> just want to chat and not need to learn what FTN is and how to set it up.
AI> Does that make any sense?
Jamnntp sites offer a modest solution.
A newsgroup config only requires a small handful of things not much more
complicated than signing up with other services that people are already
familiar "registering" with.
[1] server name
[2] port
[3] user name, email address
Done.
I remember when simply accessing a link that begins with nntp:// would
automatically launch the local program associated with that service. If it
was a first-time access, the program would walk the user step by step to
configure the account.
Maybe a simple first step would be an app that has preprogrammed Jamnntp
supported BBSes that users can pick from and tie into an nntp service on
their device.
../|ug
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