Everyone, This is great news. SourceForge is planning to make our mailing lists available from a nntp news server.
On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 23:33, SourceForge.netTeam wrote: > 4. NNTP Beta Test > -------------------------- > > Today we are launching an early beta release of a new feature on > SourceForge.net. This feature makes it possible to view and post data > to forums using a simple newsreader (exactly like using USENET > newsgroups). Here's the information to login and try it out. > > The hostname of the NNTP server is 'nntp.sourceforge.net' and the port > NNTP is listening on is 563. (nntps, SSL-protected NNTP) > > We allow only SSL connections. > > You need to use your SourceForge user name and password to login. > > The currently supported clients are Mozilla and Outlook, however we've > followed the NNTP RFC; any client that does NNTP over SSL /should/ > work. Please let us know if you have problems with a specific client. > (Please see below) > > Posting works, with one caveat: to limit SPAM we limit the amount of > posts to 10 in a 5 minute period, after which we deny posting for some > time for that user account. > > NOTE: This is real data. Posts will show up in your forums! > > Please keep this in mind. > > Here is an example of the NNTP naming we've chosen, it is much like > the project web tree. "sf.a.al.alexandria.open_discussion" will get > you the "Open Discussion" forum for project "alexandria". > > Mailing lists are currently _not_ available but will be available in > the near future. > > If you would like to report bugs, ideas, or anything else please > subscribe to the beta mailing list at: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mcgoo-nttpbeta > > Please keep in mind that the server is beta and will more than likely > crash. Please don't send 1000 emails to list saying the server is > offline; we'll fix it as soon as we get a chance. Please send any bug > reports, odd behavior, or problems to this list. Thank you. > Issue reports regarding this new beta feature should not be submitted > as Support Requests; please direct all inquiries to the list. -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf-project.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net emial is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4699841;7576301;v?http://www.sun.com/javavote _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
