[45601] in Cypherpunks
Re: redirect of newsgroups
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Holiday)
Tue Dec 19 01:09:42 1995
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 00:56:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Ben Holiday <ncognito@gate.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199512190221.VAA20286@homeport.org>
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> | For those of us sitting behind a firewall that blocks out all of the
> | alt, rec, etc.. newsgroups...is there another way to access these
> | groups? For example, redirecting the contents of alt.2600 to, say,
> | comp.2600 (because this firewall allows the comp.xxx groups through).
> | Or any other hacks around this inconvenience?
( im gonna work this back onto topic.. just watch. :) )
There is a rather lengthy FAQ that explains about a zillion different
ways to get your paws on whichever newsgroups you desire. Its called
"How to Receive Banned News Groups FAQ" and you can find it at:
http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jg11772/banned-groups-faq.html
(here it comes..)
In addition to covering topics relating to finding what you want in the
way of usenet news, it also has a pretty well thought out anti-censorship
rant towards the end, and gives pointers to some open NNTP servers,
and freenets where you can obtain free access to usenet news. There is
also a short list of mail to news gateways, which is useful if you would
like to post to usenet via a remailer (or if your sysadmin censors which
groups you have access to).
(Ok.. maybe not totally on topic.. i tried.. blegh)
have a day.
