[Discuss] Decent NNTP relay?

[Peter Scott]

Hi.  I've been using news.cg.shawcable.net for $NNTPSERVER for 
years.  I just discovered this may not be a good idea.  Someone mailed me:

>This to inform you: many of your messages get flagged here as
>"suspect", because they share the "NNTP-Posting-Host:" value
>with the messages from a notorious spammer. Maybe the same kind
>of filtering is done by others, which then would harm the
>distribution of your messages.
>
>I have seen these names as well, related to the IP-nrs in the Subject:
>Darin McBride dmcbride at tower.to.org.no.spam.for.me
>YourOnlineChoice
>
>See also
>http://groups.google.co.uk/groups/search?q=64.59.135.176
>http://groups.google.com/groups?scoring=d&q=64.59.135.176+group:*abuse*

Argh.  I had no idea.  It might explain why some of my postings don't 
get the kind of response I was expecting.

I use pan for reading and posting.  I'm loath to give that up because 
I've tuned it with my preferences and filters and ability to change my 
address depending on group.  So I'd like to keep it but change my NNTP 
server. Anyone got any ideas?


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Peter Scott
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