On 10/9/2014 10:48 PM, John Hasler wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: >> But if you set up your own usenet server, you won't have access to any >> of the newsgroups on usenet. > > Unless you arrange one or more feeds. That's how it works. It's a peer > to peer system. I run my own Leafnode server for my wife and I. I > currently purchase a feed from Newsguy. I've been doing this for > decades. I used to be ihnp4!stolaf!bungia!foundln. If I had a static > IP and lots of bandwidth I could set up a public server. >
Which means you need access to a different server. And that goes back to my original statement - there are free usenet servers out there. > That's irrelevant to the original posting, though. It's quite feasible > to set up an island server with one or a few special-purpose > newsgroups. It will do everything a Web forum does but better. > Sure. But such newsgroups have very limited exposure - and very limited participation. The groups which get participation are those carried by thousands of servers around the world. The (very) few exceptions are servers run by large companies such as Microsoft. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54374c6e.8000...@attglobal.net
