Re: mixmin's newsserver - no sysop?

On 20 Jun 2025 20:08:01 +1000, noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:11:47 -0400, D wrote:

i've never used mixmin's newsserver for posting, but while it's still
available that active link shows 39371 y /5812 m /6 n, 45189 in total,
and not only plaintext newsgroups, since "alt.binaries.*" for example,
shows 2567 y /50 m, 2617 total (low retention, neodome is more active)
it does seem odd that no announcement has been made about the sysop's
whereabouts for three months and counting (steve crook, zax, is world
famous in the anonymous remailer community) . . .  another well-known
sysop whose unexpected departure was confirmed thom miller, retro guy of
novabbs and i2pn2 (rocksolid) news servers, their announcement was made
and confirmed within a couple of days . . . but three months and not a
peep from anyone anywhere? that's mighty "damn peculiar"jtk/lhm

>
There is no rule that says we have to post, I can go for 6 to 12 months
without saying boo.
There is often this damn nuisance thing called "a life" that often gets
in the road :)
there was only weeks ago no route to host on mixmin, it was fixed within
hours though by our alert systems, now whether that was Steve doing
emergency maint, or a network path in between us that doesnt have
redundant routing and it took it out, who knows.

all sounds reasonable  . . . mixmin lasted longer than most, and sure got
used (afaik, dizum retains the world record for anonymous remailer usage)

also, a couple of new yamn remailers have emerged in the wake of mixmin's
remailers going kaput, certainly a tribute to this remailer guru's legacy

p.s. quite a coincidence putting the phrase "a life" in contextual quotes