Re: "I also installed "newsd", a kind of private news-server,…"
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what is your top subspace? ah, you mentioned gemini. in theory i think it is possible to ask the group of usenet maintainers to create something like:
net.protocols.gemini and assign to your server.
secondly, do you only have to post by using email? is there an other way to identify and represent yourself?
my understanding is that lemmy groups work like that. there are also guppe groups and tootik groups and they all are compatible, i. e. you mention a "subspace" account and it forwards to all subscribed.
i'd like to try but a bit discouraged that most of activity pub software doesn't support utf usernames.
what are your conclusions now, after some time?
🐙 norayr
May 17 · 6 days ago
🐦 roughnecks [OP] · May 18 at 21:35:
Hello,
unfortunately "newsd" is completely "private". I mean, is publicly accessible but it's not in sync with any other of the standard NNTP servers.
Even if I wanted, I couldn't serve any new hierarchy on the public servers. I'd have to run something like "INN", which, from my understanding - I read all of the docs - is far too complicated to set up than what I like.
So, yes, my instance is basically on its own and no one is actually using it, but me. There were a couple posts from some friends, but that's it.
My impressions are still positive. I have also installed "TIN" as a terminal client and it's really really well done, especially compared to "slrn" - can recommend it.
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🐦 roughnecks:
I also installed "newsd", a kind of private news-server, yesterday. Created a few hierarchies, among which a "gemini.bolla" one, dedicated to the bubble instance I'm running for Italian people., Everything it's new and shiny.. and empty, lol, but I'm having lots of fun.
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