From Newsgroup: news.groups

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing for
errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know of
any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

I2PN2

https://i2pn2.org (full text feed)

NovaBBS

https://novabbs.org (darknet text feed)

Eternal September

https://www.eternal-september.org (full text feed)

Blue World Hosting

https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com (full text feed)

Solani

https://solani.org

DOTSRC

https://dotsrc.org/usenet/

Agency News

http://www.news.bbs.nz

Chmurka

http://news.chmurka.net (Polish language)

Ausics

https://newsgroups.ausics.net/ (Australia Only)

CSIPH

http://csiph.com (full text feed)

Paganini

nntp://paganini.bofh.team (full text feed)

Gegeweb

https://news.gegeweb.org (French language)

Hispagatos

https://news.hispagatos.org (Spanish language)

Pasdenom

https://pasdenom.info/news.html (French language)

usenet.ovh

http://usenet.ovh (French language)

NNTP4 / FreeDyn

https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December 8th, 2023!)

### TOR / ONION Access

Paganini Onion

bofhteamhroxbmd6pxbjrg6egqrnnu2vj7vlxpcnb3ypk56devuyj6yd.onion

### Usenet-to-Fidonet Gateway

fidonet.fi

https://news.fidonet.fi/ (fidonet gateway)

### Russian NNTP Servers

news.kraft-s.ru [port] 119

news.tlt.ru [port] 119

news.tambov.ru [port] 119

### Tildeverse NNTP (tilde.* hierarchy groups)

tilde.club

https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

### FIDONET, DOVENET, SPOOKNET, etc.

End of the Line BBS

https://endofthelinebbs.com

### RSS <=> NNTP Gateways

Feedbase

http://feedbase.org

Gwene

http://gwene.org

Gmane

http://gmane.io

### Old Usenet Archive Servers

Old Usenet

https://olduse.net

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3883@sugar.bug

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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:31:37 +0000, SugarBug wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know of
any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

I2PN2

https://i2pn2.org (full text feed)

NovaBBS

https://novabbs.org (darknet text feed)

Eternal September

https://www.eternal-september.org (full text feed)

Blue World Hosting

https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com (full text feed)

Solani

https://solani.org

DOTSRC

https://dotsrc.org/usenet/

Agency News

http://www.news.bbs.nz

Chmurka

http://news.chmurka.net (Polish language)

Ausics

https://newsgroups.ausics.net/ (Australia Only)

CSIPH

http://csiph.com (full text feed)

Paganini

nntp://paganini.bofh.team (full text feed)

Gegeweb

https://news.gegeweb.org (French language)

Hispagatos

https://news.hispagatos.org (Spanish language)

Pasdenom

https://pasdenom.info/news.html (French language)

usenet.ovh

http://usenet.ovh (French language)

NNTP4 / FreeDyn

https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December 8th, 2023!)

### TOR / ONION Access

Paganini Onion

bofhteamhroxbmd6pxbjrg6egqrnnu2vj7vlxpcnb3ypk56devuyj6yd.onion

### Usenet-to-Fidonet Gateway

fidonet.fi

https://news.fidonet.fi/ (fidonet gateway)

### Russian NNTP Servers

news.kraft-s.ru [port] 119

news.tlt.ru [port] 119

news.tambov.ru [port] 119

### Tildeverse NNTP (tilde.* hierarchy groups)

tilde.club

https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

### FIDONET, DOVENET, SPOOKNET, etc.

End of the Line BBS

https://endofthelinebbs.com

### RSS <=> NNTP Gateways

Feedbase

http://feedbase.org

Gwene

http://gwene.org

Gmane

http://gmane.io

### Old Usenet Archive Servers

Old Usenet

https://olduse.net

Looks good, easy to read.

Feel free to add (for news.novabbs.org) if you wish:
Tor: fev4bgoasgxttqb3x3tukxxia6lwryteq6a2ramqb2gjiol3zbu6xaid.onion
I2P: rslight.i2p
--
Retro Guy
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:31:37 +0000, SugarBug wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing
for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know
of any that should be added to the list please post a correction or addition in this thread.

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

I2PN2

https://i2pn2.org (full text feed)

NovaBBS

https://novabbs.org (darknet text feed)

Eternal September

https://www.eternal-september.org (full text feed)

Blue World Hosting

https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com (full text feed)

Solani

https://solani.org

DOTSRC

https://dotsrc.org/usenet/

Agency News

http://www.news.bbs.nz

Chmurka

http://news.chmurka.net (Polish language)

Ausics

https://newsgroups.ausics.net/ (Australia Only)

CSIPH

http://csiph.com (full text feed)

Paganini

nntp://paganini.bofh.team (full text feed)

Gegeweb

https://news.gegeweb.org (French language)

Hispagatos

https://news.hispagatos.org (Spanish language)

Pasdenom

https://pasdenom.info/news.html (French language)

usenet.ovh

http://usenet.ovh (French language)

NNTP4 / FreeDyn

https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December 8th, 2023!)

### TOR / ONION Access

Paganini Onion

bofhteamhroxbmd6pxbjrg6egqrnnu2vj7vlxpcnb3ypk56devuyj6yd.onion

### Usenet-to-Fidonet Gateway

fidonet.fi

https://news.fidonet.fi/ (fidonet gateway)

### Russian NNTP Servers

news.kraft-s.ru [port] 119

news.tlt.ru [port] 119

news.tambov.ru [port] 119

### Tildeverse NNTP (tilde.* hierarchy groups)

tilde.club

https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

### FIDONET, DOVENET, SPOOKNET, etc.

End of the Line BBS

https://endofthelinebbs.com

### RSS <=> NNTP Gateways

Feedbase

http://feedbase.org

Gwene

http://gwene.org

Gmane

http://gmane.io

### Old Usenet Archive Servers

Old Usenet

https://olduse.net

Looks good, easy to read.

Feel free to add (for news.novabbs.org) if you wish:
Tor: fev4bgoasgxttqb3x3tukxxia6lwryteq6a2ramqb2gjiol3zbu6xaid.onion
I2P: rslight.i2p

These changes have been added: https://sybershock.com/#usenet.

They are located under the headers shown here:

# TOR / ONION Access

Paganini Onion

bofhteamhroxbmd6pxbjrg6egqrnnu2vj7vlxpcnb3ypk56devuyj6yd.onion

NovaBBS Onion

fev4bgoasgxttqb3x3tukxxia6lwryteq6a2ramqb2gjiol3zbu6xaid.onion

# I2P Access

NovaBBS I2P

rslight.i2p

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3883@sugar.bug

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SugarBug wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know of
any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.

pi-dach.dorffdl (Rocksolid Light) German Hierarchy.

https://pi-dach.dorfdsl.de/rocksolid/index.php

Web based Usenet Interface.

http://put.hk
--
Regards
Stefan
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SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

tilde.club

https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

news.tilde.club:119 is public readable. It was writable too until a
while ago that was abused. Some other pub(?)nixens run their news
server completely walled, e.g. SDF. So big thanks to the Tildeverse
for at least staying readable.
--
Don't JimBeam me up, Scotchie! I found life down here!
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On 29.09.2024 um 15:31 Uhr SugarBug wrote:

NNTP4 / FreeDyn

https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December 8th, 2023!)

Freedyn was discontinued, but the news server on nntp4.net still exists. Freedyn offered other services that are indeed discontinued.
--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to 1727616697muell@cartoonies.org

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In news.groups SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know of
any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

Well there are the ones I suggested last time you asked, in May
2023. But you (then known as "Syber Shock") ignored my post then so
I guess they're deliberate omissions?

news.mixmin.net
news.netfront.net

Some of these (though news.albasani.net is gone): http://open-news-network.org/node/26

And all the non-Usenet NNTP servers I listed before that I guess
you don't count? Though you asked for them specifically then.

I haven't bothered checking that all of these are still working
this time.

fltk.org (port 1024)
news.digitalmars.com
news.povray.org
news.tin.org
nntp.lore.kernel.org
news.php.net
news.dbase.com
nntp.perl.org
lugnet.com
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#_ < |\| |< _#
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:38:27 +0042, yeti wrote:

SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

tilde.club ==> https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

news.tilde.club:119 is public readable. It was writable too until a
while ago that was abused. Some other pub(?)nixens run their news
server completely walled, e.g. SDF. So big thanks to the Tildeverse
for at least staying readable.

doesnt even carry this newsgroup :)
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:32:28 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

I haven't bothered checking that all of these are still working this
time.

A couple seem ok.

Only testing the known full(ish) feed servers
(it tests for a specific article in n.a.p. as that indicates a high
likelihood of being a full feed, the script doesnt try any AUTH, just
plain read access as a guide)

I know mixmin works so not testing, but...

news.netfront.net

./nntp_get-article_test.pl news.netfront.net
Xref: news.netfront.net news.admin.peering:1993
OK

news.digitalmars.com

./nntp_get-article_test.pl news.digitalmars.com
NNTPERROR: 411 No such group news.admin.peering
NNTPERROR: 430 No such article


news.povray.org
./nntp_get-article_test.pl news.povray.org
NNTPERROR: 411 no such news group
NNTPERROR: 430 no such article found


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On 9/30/2024 2:48 AM, noel wrote:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:38:27 +0042, yeti wrote:

SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

tilde.club ==> https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

news.tilde.club:119 is public readable. It was writable too until a
while ago that was abused. Some other pub(?)nixens run their news
server completely walled, e.g. SDF. So big thanks to the Tildeverse
for at least staying readable.

doesnt even carry this newsgroup :)

yeah, I think tilde is very much focused on making their own hierarchy (limited to tildes)
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Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/30/2024 2:48 AM, noel wrote:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:38:27 +0042, yeti wrote:

SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

tilde.club ==> https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

news.tilde.club:119 is public readable. It was writable too until a
while ago that was abused. Some other pub(?)nixens run their news
server completely walled, e.g. SDF. So big thanks to the Tildeverse
for at least staying readable.

doesnt even carry this newsgroup :)

yeah, I think tilde is very much focused on making their own hierarchy (limited to tildes)

The list contains several NNTP servers that only carry their own groups,
e.g. Feedbase, so why is this a topic for the one of the Tildeverse
only?
--
I do not bite, I just want to play.
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In news.groups noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:32:28 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

news.digitalmars.com

./nntp_get-article_test.pl news.digitalmars.com
NNTPERROR: 411 No such group news.admin.peering
NNTPERROR: 430 No such article

news.povray.org
./nntp_get-article_test.pl news.povray.org
NNTPERROR: 411 no such news group
NNTPERROR: 430 no such article found

Yeah last time
(message ID <58bf2fd3797762301411b3ba2b4ad265$1@sybershock.com> )
he was looking to "include local niche sites that don't feed yet
do allow public access", so I included those ones which don't carry
Usenet groups.

Did news.ausics.net go into a time-warp back to 2014 yesterday
afternoon or was that just me?
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#_ < |\| |< _#
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On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:53:09 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

In news.groups noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:32:28 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

news.digitalmars.com

./nntp_get-article_test.pl news.digitalmars.com NNTPERROR: 411 No such
group news.admin.peering NNTPERROR: 430 No such article


news.povray.org ./nntp_get-article_test.pl news.povray.org NNTPERROR:
411 no such news group NNTPERROR: 430 no such article found

Yeah last time (message ID <58bf2fd3797762301411b3ba2b4ad265$1@sybershock.com> ) he was looking to "include local niche sites that don't feed yet do allow public access",
so I included those ones which don't carry Usenet groups.

Ahh OK, didn't take much notice then.

Did news.ausics.net go into a time-warp back to 2014 yesterday afternoon
or was that just me?

see the announce group :)
I got sms alerts around 7pm about array errors, so play it safe and
assume it was us.

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On 2024-09-29, SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know of
any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.

Thanks so much for the list, is the one I post all around the fediverse,
when people wants to move away from the bloated web to post/read.

Happy Hacking
ReK2
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Am 29.09.2024 um 17:31 schrieb SugarBug:

NNTP4 / FreeDyn

https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December 8th, 2023!)

news.nntp4.net was not closed and is active!

The Projekt FreeDYN.de was closed!
--
Best regards,
Timo

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On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:08:06 +0200, Timo wrote:

Am 29.09.2024 um 17:31 schrieb SugarBug:

NNTP4 / FreeDyn ==> https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December
8th, 2023!)

news.nntp4.net was not closed and is active!

Looks active to me too, at least gives that apprearance :)

news.nntp4.net - NNTPERROR: 480 Authentication required for command
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Op 29-9-2024 om 17:31 schreef SugarBug:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know of
any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

freenews.netfront.net
(I do not know if you can post here)
(is this one Hongkong based?)

news.neodome.net
(read-only, except for a few neodome.* newsgroups)




Seperate usenet server

news.grc.com
(no peering, own newsgroups)
https://www.grc.com/nntpquickref.htm
grc.* newsgroups are also readable at:
https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm
(GRC = Gibson Research Corporation, owned by Steve Gibson)


Rink
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Op 29-9-2024 om 17:31 schreef SugarBug:

https://sybershock.com/#usenet.

If I click on https://sybershock.com/forum
I get a warning from my (Dutch language) Firefox:

"
Waarschuwing: mogelijk beveiligingsrisico

Firefox heeft een mogelijk beveiligingsrisico gedetecteerd en is niet doorgegaan naar rocksolid.sybershock.com. Als u deze website bezoekt,
zouden aanvallers gegevens kunnen proberen te stelen, zoals uw
wachtwoorden, e-mailadressen of creditcardgegevens.

Wat kunt u hieraan doen?

Het probleem ligt zeer waarschijnlijk bij de website, en u kunt niets
doen om dit te verhelpen. U kunt wel de beheerder van de website over
het probleem informeren.
"


Could this be an old website Certificate ?

Rink
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 13:01:58 +0000, Rink wrote:

Op 29-9-2024 om 17:31 schreef SugarBug:

https://sybershock.com/#usenet.

If I click on https://sybershock.com/forum
I get a warning from my (Dutch language) Firefox:

"
Waarschuwing: mogelijk beveiligingsrisico

Firefox heeft een mogelijk beveiligingsrisico gedetecteerd en is niet doorgegaan naar rocksolid.sybershock.com. Als u deze website bezoekt,
zouden aanvallers gegevens kunnen proberen te stelen, zoals uw
wachtwoorden, e-mailadressen of creditcardgegevens.

Wat kunt u hieraan doen?

Het probleem ligt zeer waarschijnlijk bij de website, en u kunt niets
doen om dit te verhelpen. U kunt wel de beheerder van de website over
het probleem informeren.
"

Could this be an old website Certificate ?

I am seeing:

Websites prove their identity via certificates. Valiantfox does not
trust this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for rocksolid.sybershock.com. The certificate is only valid for
lamp.nightbulb.net.

Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN

Then, from certificate:
DNS Name
lamp.nightbulb.net
--
Retro Guy
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 15:12:53 -0000 (UTC)
rek2 hispagatos <rek2@hispagatos.org.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-09-29, SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing
for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know
of any that should be added to the list please post a correction or addition in this thread.

Thanks so much for the list, is the one I post all around the
fediverse, when people wants to move away from the bloated web to
post/read.

You're welcome. I'm glad you added a new hierarchy. The net could
benefit from more small hierarchies, where someone is actively managing
each hierarchy. This limits spamtroller brain damage and is more
welcoming to newbies who don't yet understand how crazy Usenet can be.

Happy Hacking
ReK2

--
3883@sugar.bug

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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:53:56 +0200
Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/30/2024 2:48 AM, noel wrote:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:38:27 +0042, yeti wrote:

SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

tilde.club ==> https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

news.tilde.club:119 is public readable. It was writable too
until a while ago that was abused. Some other pub(?)nixens run
their news server completely walled, e.g. SDF. So big thanks to
the Tildeverse for at least staying readable.

doesnt even carry this newsgroup :)

yeah, I think tilde is very much focused on making their own
hierarchy (limited to tildes)

I would like to see more like tilde.*, hispagatos.*, rocksolid.* ...

I find more accountability and respect in small niche hangouts.
--
3883@sugar.bug


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On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 14:55:37 +0200
Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> wrote:

Op 29-9-2024 om 17:31 schreef SugarBug:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing
for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know
of any that should be added to the list please post a correction or addition in this thread.

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

freenews.netfront.net
(I do not know if you can post here)
(is this one Hongkong based?)

This has been suggested to me in the past. I find no information about
a free Usenet server there, and I'm not investigating any further. If
anyone has a link to a page that shows registration for POST access
I'll look but I am not hunting around for anything.

news.neodome.net
(read-only, except for a few neodome.* newsgroups)

Neodome once had reader POST access. Since they cancelled reader posting
there is no use advertising them. The remailer users already know about
neodome and there is no point listing them since they don't offer
anything unique.

I could maintain a bottom section for read-only access, but then that
would open up the gates for listing a bunch of old, useless read-only
servers, which I don't want to spend time tracking and testing because
there is no benefit to anyone.

Seperate usenet server

news.grc.com
(no peering, own newsgroups)
https://www.grc.com/nntpquickref.htm
grc.* newsgroups are also readable at:
https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm
(GRC = Gibson Research Corporation, owned by Steve Gibson)

Added to the list. Steve Gibson has one of the longest-running tech
podcasts. Thanks for reminding me of this old gem.

Rink

--
3883@sugar.bug

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On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 05:08:06 +0200
Timo <timo@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Am 29.09.2024 um 17:31 schrieb SugarBug:

NNTP4 / FreeDyn

https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December 8th, 2023!)

news.nntp4.net was not closed and is active!

I have updated the list to reflect the new naming and the expected
re-opening of registration. Once it re-opens I will remove that snippet
about the re-opening date. I'll check back on it in a couple weeks.

Here is the current text of the site entry:

NNTP4.net |> https://news.nntp4.net (German, English)
(registration expected to return October 13th, 2024)

The Projekt FreeDYN.de was closed!

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On 30 Sep 2024 10:48:31 +1000
noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:38:27 +0042, yeti wrote:

SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

tilde.club ==> https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

news.tilde.club:119 is public readable. It was writable too
until a while ago that was abused. Some other pub(?)nixens run
their news server completely walled, e.g. SDF. So big thanks to
the Tildeverse for at least staying readable.

doesnt even carry this newsgroup :)

I can't say I blame them.
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:21:36 +0200
Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

On 29.09.2024 um 15:31 Uhr SugarBug wrote:

NNTP4 / FreeDyn

https://news.nntp4.net (closed down on December 8th, 2023!)

Freedyn was discontinued, but the news server on nntp4.net still
exists. Freedyn offered other services that are indeed discontinued.

I think I got it squared away now. Let me know if anything looks off:

NNTP4.net |> https://news.nntp4.net (German, English)
(registration expected to return October 13th, 2024)
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:38:27 +0042
yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:

SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

tilde.club

https://tilde.club/wiki/usenet-news.html

news.tilde.club:119 is public readable. It was writable too until a
while ago that was abused. Some other pub(?)nixens run their news
server completely walled, e.g. SDF. So big thanks to the Tildeverse
for at least staying readable.

Sometimes the Tildes look dead, then a flurry of activity happens for a
day or two, then they seem to take another nap. It's quite chill.
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Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> wrote:

[...]

Seperate usenet server

news.grc.com
(no peering, own newsgroups)
https://www.grc.com/nntpquickref.htm
grc.* newsgroups are also readable at:
https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm
(GRC = Gibson Research Corporation, owned by Steve Gibson)

Nitpick:

grc.* is not distributed outside of GRC, therefore it isn't part of
Usenet. grc.* is a local hierarchy for GRC's own groups alone that
just happens to use the same protocol that Usenet uses, NNTP.
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My pet rock Gordon just is.
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:31:10 -0000
Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> wrote:

SugarBug wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing
for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know
of any that should be added to the list please post a correction or addition in this thread.

pi-dach.dorffdl (Rocksolid Light) German Hierarchy.

https://pi-dach.dorfdsl.de/rocksolid/index.php

Vielen Dank. Added:

DorfDSL.de |> https://pi-dach.dorfdsl.de/ (German)

Web based Usenet Interface.

http://put.hk

Added:

Dragon Ken's Web Reader |> https://put.hk (Hong Kong)

I remember this web interface from years ago ... seems it still works.
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Added new server:

TorBox Onion |>

torbox36ijlcevujx7mjb4oiusvwgvmue7jfn2cvutwa6kl6to3uyqad.onion

(port 119)
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Added:

Open News Network |> http://www.open-news-network.org (German)
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Changed:

news.kraft-s.ru [port] 119 (no response)
news.tlt.ru [port] 119 (no response)

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Added:

Altexxanet |> http://altexxanet.org (Various Free Services)
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SugarBug wrote:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:31:10 -0000
Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> wrote:

SugarBug wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing
for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know
of any that should be added to the list please post a correction or addition in this thread.

pi-dach.dorffdl (Rocksolid Light) German Hierarchy.

https://pi-dach.dorfdsl.de/rocksolid/index.php

Vielen Dank. Added:

DorfDSL.de |> https://pi-dach.dorfdsl.de/ (German)

Gern geschehen.

Web based Usenet Interface.

http://put.hk

Added:

Dragon Ken's Web Reader |> https://put.hk (Hong Kong)

I remember this web interface from years ago ... seems it still works.

Yes, it is a nice alternative if you are traveling and have no nntp client
with you.
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Am 10.10.2024 um 04:33 schrieb SugarBug:

Added:

Open News Network |> http://www.open-news-network.org (German)

The Open News Network includes the following servers:

news2.open-news-network.org -> news.babsi.de
news3.open-news-network.org -> news.nntp4.net
news4.open-news-network.org -> news.roellig-ltd.de
news6.open-news-network.org -> news.mb-net.net

news1.open-news-network.org and news5.open-news-network.org are
currently not assigned.

Users registered with the Open News Network can use their credentials to access all the servers listed above.
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Some read only servers are added to the list ...

news.neodome.net ==>
nntp://news.neodome.net (Read Only, Full Text Feed)

news.mixmin.net ==>
nntp://news.mixmin.net (Read Only, Full Text Feed)

news.dizum.com ==>
nntp://news.dizum.com (Read Only, Full Text Feed
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Op 9-10-2024 om 21:55 schreef SugarBug:

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 14:55:37 +0200
Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> wrote:

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

freenews.netfront.net
(I do not know if you can post here)
(is this one Hongkong based?)

This has been suggested to me in the past.

Probably I did.... :-)


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On 29 Sep 2024, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) posted some news:66f9c76c@news.ausics.net:

In news.groups SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing
for errors or omissions.

This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know
of any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.

### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

Well there are the ones I suggested last time you asked, in May
2023. But you (then known as "Syber Shock") ignored my post then so
I guess they're deliberate omissions?

news.mixmin.net
news.netfront.net

Some of these (though news.albasani.net is gone): http://open-news-network.org/node/26

And all the non-Usenet NNTP servers I listed before that I guess
you don't count? Though you asked for them specifically then.

I haven't bothered checking that all of these are still working
this time.

fltk.org (port 1024)
news.digitalmars.com
news.povray.org
news.tin.org
nntp.lore.kernel.org
news.php.net
news.dbase.com
nntp.perl.org
lugnet.com

Holy cow, dbase still works.

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