Hi there,

I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create
an account to the gateway?

Augusto Baffa

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Re: UseNet
By: Abaffa to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Sun May 02 2021 07:24 pm

Hi there,

I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create
an account to the gateway?

I'm not sure what you mean by "gateway" in this context, but you need to have an account on an USENET server. There are very inexpensive plans at https://www.astraweb.com/
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El 2/5/21 a las 19:24, Abaffa escribió:

Hi there,

 I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create
an account to the gateway?

I get newsgroups from nntp.aioe.org, my newslik.cfg is:

; Synchronet NewsLink configuration file
SERVER nntp.aioe.org
;AREA intcode newsgroup [flags]
AREA VNEWSC.L.PYTH comp.lang.python
AREA VNEWSCOMPOSLX comp.os.linux
AREA VNEWSALT.BBS alt.bbs
AREA VNEWSALTBBSAS alt.bbs.allsysop
AREA VNEWSALTMAJOR alt.bbs.majorbbs
AREA VNEWSSOCARGEN soc.culture.argentina
AREA VNEWSALTCULAR alt.culture.argentina
AREA VNEWSALTBBSLI alt.bbs.lists
AREA VNEWSALTGAMP2 alt.games.video.sony-playstation2
AREA VNEWSTALK.BIZ talk.bizarre
AREA VNEWSCOMP4DOS comp.os.msdos.4dos
AREA VNEWSCOMPDJGP comp.os.msdos.djgpp
AREA VNEWSCOMP2MIS comp.os.msdos.misc
AREA VNEWSCOMPPROG comp.os.msdos.programmer
AREA VNEWSMICDOS microsoft.public.basic.dos
AREA VNEWSDECOMMSO de.comm.software.crosspoint
AREA VNEWSALTASCII alt.ascii-art
AREA VNEWSALTBBSAD alt.bbs.ads
AREA VNEWSALTBBSDO alt.bbs.doors
AREA VNEWSALTBBSGE alt.bbs.general
AREA VNEWSALTBBSIN alt.bbs.internet
AREA VNEWSCOMPBBSM comp.bbs.majorbbs
AREA VNEWSBBSMISC comp.bbs.misc
AREA VNEWSALT2600 alt.2600
AREA VNEWSALT2600H alt.2600.hackers
AREA VNEWSALTCOMPO alt.comp.os.windows-nt4
AREA VNEWSALTPHP alt.php
AREA VNEWSCOMPLANG comp.lang.php
AREA VNEWSCLPHP alt.comp.lang.php
AREA VNEWSAMDOSPRO alt.msdos.programmer
AREA VNEWSAOFDOS alt.os.free-dos
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On Mon, 3 May 2021 18:05:19 -0300
"Ragnarok" <ragnarok@VERT/DOCKSUD> wrote:

El 2/5/21 a las 19:24, Abaffa escribi_:

Hi there,

I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create an account to the gateway?

I get newsgroups from nntp.aioe.org, my newslik.cfg is:
...

aioe.org is a good, responsive and free provider. You're welcome to use i2pn2.org, which is also free (and also a peer of aioe).

Once you get synchronet and newslink configured, you connect to a "gateway" or usenet provider just like a newsreader. Newslink pulls new articles and posts as a news client would.

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