On 12/6/2012 8:50 AM, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
The latter is caused by bad(ly configured) NNTP clients, not the server.
That brings up another advantage of NNTP servers. It is very old technology, meaning the bugs have been worked out of it long ago. There is no constant issue of upgrading to the latest version to fix some obscure bugs, etc. Just turn it on and it works.
And, lastly, there's a wonderful effect of NNTP not being where the "cool guys" are. The spammers overlook us! Sure, we get a drive-by slamming from a spammer maybe once a month, but by and large NNTP flies under the radar these days.
