From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers
Qihe wrote:
The poster is more likely pointing out a new app for reading
and posting...
English may not be your native language so I'll point out that this
is NOT the main reason I had posted this public service announcement.
And the fact I wrote my own newsreader doesn't mean I have to use any
other newsreader that I may or may not tell others about in a PSA.
The reason I posted was stated in the opening post, which is that
of all news readers, this one appears to be unusually well directed
toward *free newsservers*, specifically the list I had provided:
a. Eternal-September
b. Solani
c. OVH
d. TCPreset
e. Paganini-BOFH
The main point being that it's a newsreader that comes out of the
box enabled for half a dozen free news servers, and, there was
a subtle unstated point was that I would expect (a) Ray/Wolfgang,
(b) Benjamin Gufler (c) llp (d) Virebent.art and (e) Ivo Gondolfo
to check that the default settings are what they'd like them to be.
Maybe we can notify them to check it out as they haven't responded
in this thread (probably 'cuz they don't see it affects them yet).
That said, you can get it from here the last version of Nereo and
check it out.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/nereo/
Usenet headers are just wrapping paper covering the gift of value inside.
Don't believe everything that is written in the wrapping paper next time.
:)
As for adding the value of the sourceforge repo, thanks, as I was getting
the information straight from the developer who had only provided the
Google docs links which I had supplied but Sourceforge should be a better
and more enduringly reliable source for the public service announcement.
I see Paul also kindly and helpfully pointed out the Sourceforge repo,
where my point in the PSA is that it had already placed buttons that
are set up for the specific free news servers, where I'm hopeful that
those particular news server admins will check that it works out well.
To always add additional value with every post to Usenet, here is the
original post from whence I found out about this brand new newsreader.
From: MCSM <
mcsm@despam.aleeas.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.newsreaders,alt.comp.freeware
Subject: NeReO 1.1 - a free, text-only Usenet reader for Android (GPLv3)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:41:00 +0200
Organization: macomesiamomessi?
Message-ID: <1161qtg$3er12$
1@news.usenet.ovh>
X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-it
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS PROJECT
First of all this is an *Italian Project* ;)
I built *NeReO* purely for my own enjoyment. I'm not a programmer - I
actually know nothing about coding. I wrote it with an AI assisting me
step by step (Claude, by Anthropic), learning as I went along.
It came out of a personal itch. I wasn't happy with the only two
Android newsreaders I could find: Piao Hong's NG Reader Mod 17 by Alfio,
and Phonews (which, to unlock posting, is payware). I wanted a clean,
configurable, text-only Usenet reader, and there wasn't one - so I
made my own.
I'm happy to share it with anyone: it's free and open source (GPLv3),
you can use, copy and modify it freely. If it's useful to you, that
already makes me glad; if you find a bug or have an idea, drop me a
line: half of what works well today exists because someone took the
trouble to point it out.
Usenet Still Lives! ;)
Download (APK):
https://ogy.de/37qd
Source (GPLv3):
https://ogy.de/yngn
Readme_en.txt:
https://ogy.de/zz9g
(all files are store in my Mega.nz account - these are the short links)
NeReO 1.1 - Ne(ws) Re(ader) O(pen-source)
A free, text-only Usenet (NNTP) newsreader for Android.
If you read Usenet from a phone and want discussions, not a binary
downloader: NeReO does text only. No binary groups, no attachments,
no ads, no telemetry. Free software, GPLv3. Interface in English and
Italian.
What it does:
- Multi-server NNTP over SSL/TLS with authentication (RFC 3977/4643),
automatic IPv6/IPv4 fallback.
- Threaded view (JWZ on References), plus sequential and grouped
views, and a continuous whole-thread view.
- Scoring filter engine, slrn/Gnus style: contains/wildcard/regex on
From, Subject, Message-ID, Xref and Body; per-group scope (wildmat);
expiry; kill/hide/highlight/watch; kill-file import/export.
- Posting: replies with quoting (four modes), crossposting,
signatures, per-server identities, local drafts.
- RFC 2047 headers, quoted-printable, base64, multiple charsets;
Face/X-Face; ROT13; full headers.
- Backup/restore of the configuration, with optional encryption.
New in 1.1:
- In-app language switch (English / Italian), so you can change the
language without touching the phone's locale - works down to
Android 8.
- Database safety net: if a future update or an older-APK downgrade
makes the stored schema incompatible, NeReO now backs up the data
and warns you instead of silently wiping it.
Requirements: Android 8.0 or later.
BTW, Any comments and bug reports welcome
--
MCSM
Now posting from MesNews
*Usenet Still Lives* !
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