[Discuss] Decent NNTP relay?

[R. McFarlane]

On 2/13/07 9:04 AM, Peter Scott wrote:

> 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?


	Why not build your own NNTP box? This way you can have messages stored 
longer if you prefer. I'm not sure how this would affect posting though 
as for my own needs I only need read access, not write access.

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