Free NNTP (was Re: how to stop google from messing Python code)

[JanC]

Paul Boddie schreef:

> JanC wrote:
>> Aahz schreef:
>> 
>>> You also have access to the free netnews server
>>> http://news.cis.dfn.de/ 
>> 
>> That address is now for DFN internal use only.
>> 
>> Their public service moved to <http://news.individual.net/>.
> 
> To me, that seems to be the general problem with public NNTP services
> - you have to play a game of following them around the net.

The "http://news.cis.dfn.de/" address has worked for 1 year after they 
announced this change.  DFN stands for the "German Science and Research 
Network" and is a government funded organisation, and they wanted/needed 
separate servers for public and member usage, so they had to find a new 
name for their public service: "individual.net".


-- 
JanC

"Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving."
RFC 1958 - Architectural Principles of the Internet - section 3.9