Re: List of Free Usenet Providers (2022.02.23)

On 3/1/23 23:40, Bill W wrote:
> 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?

Get client address instructions here:

http://novabbs.org/common/nodelist.php

Username should be email address.