I did get Newsgroups working on my BBS...

I had to write a Python script that acts as the Man In The Middle to on the PC side of the WinUAE emulator to handle authentication but so far so good.

There are a couple more additions I want to make to the script and at least a nother week of testing before I release it and the instructions on getting everything working but I will release it...

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On Wed 10-Jun-2026 8:09a, Rug Rat@80:774/40.0 wrote:

I did get Newsgroups working on my BBS...

I had to write a Python script that acts as the Man In The Middle to on the PC side of the WinUAE emulator to handle authentication but so far so good.

There are a couple more additions I want to make to the script and at least a nother week of testing before I release it and the instructions on getting everything working but I will release it...

I can't wait to get ahold of this. I will see if I can port it over to Linux for those who are using AmiBerry like me.

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On Thu 11-Jun-2026 3:53a, Spitfire@80:774/0.0 said to Rug Rat:

I can't wait to get ahold of this. I will see if I can port it
over to Linux for those who are using AmiBerry like me.

The good news is, there should not be much porting required as it is a simple (maybe not so simple) Python script. So it should be OS agnostic.

By goal is to have the last two features added this weekend.

- Logging ability
- Implementing LOG and VERBOSE levels
- KILLList (Block messages at the sender / organisation level), C-net will never know you recieved them.

Then one more week of testing and I will throw it out there..

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As Rug Rat said, there really should be no porting needed. Python for the most part should run fine on any OS.. Maybe a tweak here or there but should be fine... :)


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On Sun 14-Jun-2026 10:53p, Rug Rat wrote:

The one major issue I am having with the newsgroups is C-net does not
seem to be catching DUPES....

Okay. While I was NOT able to solve C-Net not catching the dupes I was able to add dupe checking to the gateway program, it basically makes it own flat file dupe table and on detection will through C-Net a <Message not found error> which makes C-Net skip it. While this work around may eventually get top heavy it shows us where the bugs are, and creates a proof of concept that someone may be able to take a look at in the future!

If this tests stable, I should be able to move into final polishing, documentation, and release stage!

Come on over to The Rat's Den Amiga and check it out!

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I had some time today to start processing screen shots. So I am well underway documenting everything..

Once the full documentation is complete I will be able to release this.

I have also made an additional untility that will pull your NNTP feed for the current highwater for a specific NEWSGROUP.

As you will be starting from HIWATER 0, this would lock up the NNTPGET process for HOURS/DAYS while it cycled through hudreds of thousands of hiwater values and <MESSAGE NOT FOUND> messages.

The way out was to do an NNTPGET, scroll back through the gateways console log and grab the hiwater return, reboot the BBS, login and enter the HIGHWATER value in the VDE. I do not want to associate my name with a process like that (Escpecially if the hard reboot corrupts someones BBS). So this is a welcome addition to the tool.

Patience patience....

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