NNTP Gateway for Usenet ( Newsgroups ), Mailing Lists

[nintendo]

If you ever get the

Could not connect to NNTP-server. (Connection timed out (110))

Not connected
Not connected

message via gateway.php?debug=1 it's a message from the NNTP-server...you're screwed...go look for another NNTP server. (For those of you in Rio Linda, they banned your server!!)

For a simple way to find out if you've been banned with a server, via SSH...

telnet SERVER 119

if you get...
Trying 202.177.16.121...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out


you're banned. If you get

telnet msnews.microsoft.com 119
Trying 207.46.248.16...
Connected to msnews.microsoft.com (207.46.248.16).
Escape character is '^]'.
200 NNTP Service 6.0.3790.1830 Version: 6.0.3790.1830 Posting Allowed

Guess what!!! You're not banned...atleast not *yet*!!! Quick, download a few million threads before they do ban you!!!

[mrrijo]

Is it possible to make NNTP gateway to use one server for posting and another one for reading?

I found a news server which has good spam control, but no posting allowed there. So if i can use other server for posting, wont that be good idea?

Opinions + help please..

[Goomzee]

this Mod will work with 3.7 version

[tpearl5]

I'm using it with 3.7

[Kendothpro]

Is there a way to use this plugin with akismet antispam, to automatically filter spammy posts from usenet?

[cedivad]

Ehm.. question: does anybody get this working with the nntp server autentication?

Thank you very much!