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On 8/12/07, Bill Horne <billhorne-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion: I just installed the nntp package, and tried > to use nntpxmit instead of rnews, but it's yet another learning curve to > climb. It seems the spammers are the only ones that know how to post to > newsgroups without having an NNTP server and associated files in perfect > order :-(. Oh, merely posting? I thought you wanted to run a full-blown nntpd service! Posting is easy and there are tons of apps. For text, try pan. If you want to automate binary posting, try newspost. I use newspost to upload stuff all the time, like Linux ISOs. If you want a free service, there are some, but usually your ISP offers a limited access NNTP server for all customers... > What I'm looking for is a "stand alone" program that I can use for > one-by-one submissions from text files that contain one article per > file, or perhaps something with a batch capability that will allow me to > cat the files together. If tornado has such a capability, I'll use it. newspost for sure... > Comp.dcom.telecom isn't high traffic, just 5 to 20 posts/day, but the > real work happens before posting, since the moderator gets ~600 service > messages a day, all blowback from Joe-job spam. Still, stuff piles up. spam will be spam. Now, maybe there is a google algorithm/paper on nntp spam fighting??? ;-P -- Kristian Erik Hermansen -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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