Re: List of Free Usenet Providers (2022.02.23)

On Feb 23, 2023, CRYP7010G3R wrote (in article
<news:[email protected]>):

> List of Free Usenet Providers (2022.02.23)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>    Eternal September       https://eternal-september.org
>    Retro BBS               https://rocksolidbbs.com
>    Nova BBS                https://novabbs.com
>    Sunsite                 http://news.sunsite.dk/ (no https)
>    DotSrc                  https://dotsrc.org/usenet/
>    NZ BBS                  http://news.bbs.nz/ (no https)
>    Blue World Hosting      https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com/
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> If the reader knows of any more free providers please reply with info.

Also On Feb 22, 2023, Sledge wrote (in article
<news:[email protected]>):

> https://rocksolidbbs.com
> https://novabbs.org
> 
> They allow free access via Tor and I2P.

So I pointed Chrome to both those URLs (which resolve to the same IP). 

I registered with my email address & they sent a verification code.
https://rocksolidbbs.com/common/register.php & now I have a user/password.

Now what?

I read their FAQ but it doesn't say how to post to this newsgroup with it.
https://rocksolidbbs.com/common/faq.txt

I looked for port addresses (such as news.rocksolidbbs:563 or something).
In their forums I found mention of an "i2p" address in this thread.
https://rocksolidbbs.com/rocksolid/article-flat.php?id=597&group=rocksolid.shared.general#597

A typical message in that thread is reproduced below.
 "The server you need to connect to is the inn server here:
  cm6lpd....3hcq.b32.i2p" (the dots make it useless for me)

Where the dots obviously obscure the actual server address.
But even if I did have the full server address, what do I do next?

I googled for I2P software on Windows and the main link seems to be
https://geti2p.net/en/download

And since I never heard of I2P I had to look it up where this says it's
similar to TOR but it's using hidden services eatsites which end with the
dot i2p using a "garlic" routing which makes everyone the routing hosts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhG29riqVUE

Now that I know a little bit about what i2p is, I still don't know how to
post to this a.f.n newsgroup using that rocksolidbbs account they gave me.

Is there just some address such as rocksolidbbs:563 with my new user/pass
that I can set my newsreader to so that I can post to this a.f.n newsgroup?