Re: Review of NNTP Server Listing (Request for Corrections)

On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 14:55:38 -0500, SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> wrote:

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 14:55:37 +0200
Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> wrote:

Op 29-9-2024 om 17:31 schreef SugarBug:

I am performing a review of the free NNTP server list located
at https://sybershock.com/#usenet. I have re-formatted the list and
provided it in this article. Please review this NNTP server listing
for errors or  omissions.
This is a list of free providers of NNTP server access. If you know
of any that should be added to the list please post a correction or
addition in this thread.
### General Usenet Servers (BIG8 & alt.* hierarchies)

 
freenews.netfront.net
(I do not know if you can post here)
(is this one Hongkong based?)

>
This has been suggested to me in the past. I find no information about
a free Usenet server there, and I'm not investigating any further. If
anyone has a link to a page that shows registration for POST access
I'll look but I am not hunting around for anything.

out of curiosity . . .

in news:talk.politics.china, the "freenews.netfront.net" server currently
shows about ~ 7875 articles (since 16 may 2020); "blueworldhosting" shows
~ 144583 articles (since 30 june 2003); a sample header w/ "netfront.net":

Path: news.netfront.net!.POSTED.117.143.154.157!not-for-mail
From: "fireball" <fireball@nivana.com>
Newsgroups: talk.politics.china
Subject: Analyze China
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 08:06:32 +0800
Organization: Netfront http://www.netfront.net/
Lines: 1
Message-ID: <rldo1p$1htt$1@adenine.netfront.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed;
charset="gb2312";
reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 00:06:17 -0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info: adenine.netfront.net; posting-host="117.143.154.157";
logging-data="51133"; mail-complaints-to="news@netfront.net"
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
Importance: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8089.726
Xref: news.netfront.net talk.politics.china:379

(using Tor Browser 13.5.6)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=usenet+site%3Anetfront.net
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nntp+site%3Anetfront.net

...

https://www5.netfront.net/?lang=en

...
https://www5.netfront.net/members-area/?lang=en
Member Email Area
...
https://www5.netfront.net/aboutus/?lang=en
About us
2012 Limited is a spin-off from the former Netfront Information Technology
Limited. Netfront was established in 1995 and started offering Internet
access service to residential and corporate customers in Hong Kong since
early 1996. It is one of the few in the local ISP community that earned
the reputation of technical expertise and customer service, as first
selected by South China Morning Post technology column as the "Best
Service ISP" in Oct-1998. 2012 Limited was formed to take over all the
IP businesses of Netfront Information Technology Limited in Hong Kong due
to an acquisition restructuring.
...

https://home.netfront.net/members/engpersonal.htm

...
Check e-mail
Email forwarding( current setting , change setting )
Spam filter( current setting , change setting )
Change my dial-up and e-mail password
Check my monthly access usage hour
Check my disk usage
Change my Temporary Username
Read Usenet/Clarinet News
Check invoices & PPS Payment Number
Learn about IPass (Internet Roaming)
Fax To Email
Service Termination
...
https://home.netfront.net/support/engsupport.htm
...
proxy.netfront.net Port: 8080.
3. Enter your user name and passward which is given by NETfront

[end quoted excerpts . . . these pages look very old, "xp" era]

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.netfront.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.netfront.net (47477)

great read-only server . . . probably must be a member to post