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On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:26:30 -0600, owen reese <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Getting "Peer's certificate has expired." :(

seems mixmin's sysop vanished without notice during the third week
of march this year this was posted in news:alt.privacy.anon-server . . .

Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:52:03 -0400

Message-Id: <18300ccb61ccc9f0$60248$5831$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>
...
I'm getting failed delivery messages to your remailers (YAMN and Mixmaster): >731FA21711 29113 Tue Mar 25 07:00:45 mix@shalo.ca
(host fleegle.mixmin.net[144.76.182.167] said: 452 4.3.1 Insufficient
system storage (in reply to MAIL FROM command)) banana@mixmaster.mixmin.net >--
SEC3

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 23:53:57 -0400

Message-Id: <183129c09483c238$59181$1520955$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> >...
I would ask all remops who are reading this: If your remailer gets its
stats and keys from Mixmin pinger please switch to a different pinger >immediately. Zax's services at Mixmin are in bad shape. Including his
YAMN pinger and Mixmaster pinger. So if you continue to rely on his
stats and keys your remailer will also reflect poorly in the stats.
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SEC3

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:23:54 -0400

Message-Id: <18312b62db823c24$77710$735129$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> >...
Furthermore, I've tried to contact Zax (both @mixmin.net which fails to >deliver and at stmellion.org) about the problems at his Mixmin server
but I haven't had a reply.
At this late date he doesn't seem to be aware of the issue. So we really >need to move away from his services. To continue to rely on them will
only take the entire network down. It's already happening as users are
daily encountering the need to adjust their client software in order to
find reliable remailer chains.
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SEC3

Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:30:36 -0400

Message-Id: <1839756bd0e33730$48077$747872$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> >...
Zax has always kept a sub-section of his privacy services - remailers
and nym server - inside an encrypted partition on his VPS at OVH in
Germany. I think it is that partition that has run out of disk space >(Systemd log files left unattended can grow quite large, for example)
and has resulted in the failure of those services on the encrypted >partition. Services not on the encrypted partion - web server and nntp >server - seem to be unaffected.
Without confirmation from Zax it's impossible to know for sure what has >transpired. But that's my guess.
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SEC3

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In article <102o9u7$1efih$3@dont-email.me>
owen reese <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Getting "Peer's certificate has expired." :(

Looks like the UK woke police have him in irons.

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On 16/06/2025 06:26, owen reese wrote:

Getting "Peer's certificate has expired."-a :(

Just change it to 119 and problem solved. There is no need to have
secure connection to send public messages. If Zionists are intercepting
your posts then don't criticise Israel. Just say they are doing a
wonderful job to kill all Muslim babies. They can then have Middle East
for themselves including all the oil wells.

Trump has a Jew as son in law and Starmer has a Jew wife so no wonder
they supply weapons to Israel to finish the job.

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On Tue, 6/17/2025 11:38 AM, Hello Vlad wrote:

On 16/06/2025 06:26, owen reese wrote:

Getting "Peer's certificate has expired."|e-a :(

Just change it to 119 and problem solved.

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only. It's "Fix the Certificate"
or "Go Home". There is no 119 option, not on Mixmin. There
are 119 options on a number of other free servers.

The Mixmin server has a design intent, all round. Having
Port 563 only, is by design. It fits with the other
services also running on the server.

Everything you need to know, is "on the Mixmin web server" :-)
The only problem is, you can't connect to the Mixmin web
server right now, either. If the server is damaged bad
enough, maybe the admin can't even log in.

Ping is working though.

ping mixmin.net

Pinging mixmin.net [144.76.182.167] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 144.76.182.167: bytes=32 time=104ms TTL=47

All hail Ping, the God of Network Services.

"For all your Ping needs, just dial 144.76.182.167"

Ping has 100% uptime on Mixmin.

Here is the block diagram for Mixmin this morning.

\ | /
\ | /
\+------+
|Mixmin|
-----|Server|----- Ping
| |
/+------+\
/ | \
/ | \

Maybe Tony could write a series of posts, an Ode to Mixmin
for us.

"Ping Ping Ping"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A

Paul

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On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:33:26 -0400, Paul wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a
newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Can you?
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:50:55 -0500, Victor wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Should be all of the text newsgroups.
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On Wed, 6/18/2025 3:50 PM, Victor wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:33:26 -0400, Paul wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Can you?

I see the server has been repaired.

The interface is working.

The setup is the usual way.
Assuming there is no "certificate trouble" on your end.

[Picture]

https://i.postimg.cc/6pMNJjzn/setup-mixmin.gif

The server is working quickly right now, making an attractive
posting host. However, the speed varies, and it will not
stay fast like this forever. It uses a limited disk
space on purpose. This means you can test it today,
but it may not work quickly on any future days.

Paul
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On 18 Jun 2025, Ivano Rossi <Ivano.Rossi@nospam.tin.it> posted some news:102vsdk$3kkc3$1@dont-email.me:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:50:55 -0500, Victor wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a
newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Should be all of the text newsgroups.

Nope. Just this one.
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On Thu, 6/19/2025 6:14 AM, hex wrote:

On 18 Jun 2025, Ivano Rossi <Ivano.Rossi@nospam.tin.it> posted some news:102vsdk$3kkc3$1@dont-email.me:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:50:55 -0500, Victor wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a
newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Should be all of the text newsgroups.

Nope. Just this one.

http://mixmin.net/active

alt.free.newsservers 0000077568 0000074175 y

soc.culture.somalia 0000001188 0000001111 y <=== Posting allowed ? Yes.

soc.history.war.world-war-ii 0000035509 0000035475 m <=== Moderated

A server can have any number of other rules
that deny posting. Usually, a terse error code
is the result (on AIOE, an example was "Bad Word" :-) ).

Paul
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:24:52 +0200, Ivano Rossi wrote in
Message-Id: <102vsdk$3kkc3$1@dont-email.me>:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:50:55 -0500, Victor wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a
newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Should be all of the text newsgroups.

How about now?

Mixmin runs largely on autopilot. Bad things happened when a filesystem
filled up.
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:22:38 -0000 (UTC), Steve Crook wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a
newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Should be all of the text newsgroups.

How about now?

Mixmin runs largely on autopilot. Bad things happened when a filesystem filled up.

Thanks Mr. Crook for responding, where I'll check out if the common text newsgroups are available for posting using news.mixmin.net:563 via nntp.

We all appreciate your efforts especially given the spammers had caused you grief when netfront & Paolo were forced offline (as you were by your ISP).

I'll let you know via this thread if any of the most common text newsgroups don't work using nntp (as I'm not talking about the remailer mechanism).

Much appreciated your generous support of the aging Usenet community.
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:39:19 +0200, Ivano Rossi <Ivano.Rossi@nospam.tin.it> wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:22:38 -0000 (UTC), Steve Crook wrote:

Mixmin is available on Port 563 only.

I'd like to use the nntp server news.mixmin.net:563 to post using a
newsreader to Usenet newsgroups but I can't find the allowed groups.

Should be all of the text newsgroups.

How about now?
Mixmin runs largely on autopilot. Bad things happened when a filesystem
filled up.

Thanks Mr. Crook for responding, where I'll check out if the common text >newsgroups are available for posting using news.mixmin.net:563 via nntp.
We all appreciate your efforts especially given the spammers had caused you >grief when netfront & Paolo were forced offline (as you were by your ISP). >I'll let you know via this thread if any of the most common text newsgroups >don't work using nntp (as I'm not talking about the remailer mechanism).
Much appreciated your generous support of the aging Usenet community.

been using "freenews.netfront.net" but only on occasion (e.g. once per month) for many years, just checked and it's working normally (always seems to work)

also, these enlightening (and much anticipated) updates were posted yesterday . . .

Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 16:58:37 -0000 (UTC)

From: Zax <admin@mixmin.net>
Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server
Subject: Re: mixmin.net - staying power . . .
Message-ID: <slrn1062s5t.v08e.admin@fleegle.mixmin.net>
...

snip

Yes, it does run pretty much on autopilot. It doesn't help that its
hosting company appear to have blacklisted my own IP addresses.
The server pretty much died when /var filled up. This was caused by me
using a non-standard mail.info logfile that wasn't handled by logrotate.
When it died, it killed my yamn pinger which in-turn uncovered a yamn
bug. If no remailers are available, it crashes when attempting to send >dummies. I fixed that issue and merged a branch that addresses some
Go static checks in yamn. Maybe when I retire I'll have the time to
properly tidy it up. Not long to wait! Maybe.
Remailers and pinger should be recovering now.
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pub 1024D/228761E7 2003-06-04 Steven Crook <steve@mixmin.net>
Key fingerprint = 1CD9 95E1 E9CE 80D6 C885 B7EB B471 80D5 2287 61E7
ssb rsa4096/832C8F4DCD904263 created: 2019-05-04 expires: 2024-05-02 usage: S >...

Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:00:05 -0000 (UTC)

From: Zax <admin@mixmin.net>
Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server
Subject: Re: banana and slow
Message-ID: <slrn1062vp5.v4or.admin@fleegle.mixmin.net>
...
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Hash: SHA256

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:14:17 -0400, SEC3 wrote in
Message-Id: <184c9d40f6a27a10$4742$586627$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

This is odd because the last known version of Yamn - the one
available at <https://github.com/crooks/yamn> - is version 0.2.6.

Correction. Zax did make changes to YAMN's code. On June 21 2024
5 days ago. <https://github.com/crooks/yamn/branches>

So. Not dead.

Further investigation shows that he has updated the version no. from
0.2.6 to 0.2.7.

Zax, come and visit us at apa-s. We miss you.

Hi,

Yes, I did a recent fix on yamn after my server filled up. I did a post >about it earlier today but my PGP signing subkey had expired so it
posted unsigned. An updated pubkey can be found here:- >https://mixmin.net/pgpkey.txt

I miss apa-s too but work, family and grandchildren are keeping me very
busy! I'll try and do some more updates to yamn in the near future.

- --
pub 1024D/228761E7 2003-06-04 Steven Crook <steve@mixmin.net>
Key fingerprint = 1CD9 95E1 E9CE 80D6 C885 B7EB B471 80D5 2287 61E7
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"blacklisting" ips could be due to some technical issue . . . been
learning about public dns servers for use with omnimix and dynamic
dns, where some servers are shown "blacklisted" (e.g. opendns.com)
on ipfire <https://www.ipfire.org/docs/dns/public-servers> because
they are "used in schools and homes" ... reminiscent of south park

yet it could be that some ips are singled out because of political
and religious coercion ("church of" lawyers, guns and money, etc.)
but nowadays with big brother's "a.i" watching the entire universe
forever, it's pointless to use such archaic epithets as "blacklist"
(resistance isn't futile ... it was never an option to begin with)

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