FUR: Everyfur switch to FUR.*
AberDeen Foxx
Attention Everyfur...
Peter Da Silva has set-up wonderful SPAM-FREE furry newsgroups and I would
like to do my part to help bring furry fans over to this wonderful system.
First, I have linked all of the newsgroups on my Furry Newsgroups link page
to news.fysh.org so that anyone with a decent news-reader and web-browser
can have access to them. (news.fysh.org is a public news server, you don't
need to sign-up first.) The Furry Newsgroups page is at
http://www.mlinks.com/furry/links/FF_UUCP.htm for your viewing pleasure.
Second, any new furry posts I will post to the appropriate fur.* newsgroup
as well as cross-post it to the appropriate alt*furry* newsgroup. I ask
that you all do the same. If you post a new message to alt.fan.furry or
alt.lifestyle.furry, for example, also cross-post it to fur.misc or
fur.lifestyle even if your provider does not carry them, they will
eventually find their way to fur.*. Also set the distribution to "fur"
(lowercase) or put "fur:" in the subject.
Third, I will participate in any furry discussions on fur.* that I can
intelligently respond to. Some discussions will only be on fur.* so don't
only cross-post over from alt*furry*, come and check out fur.* personally
if you can.
My hopes is that the fur.* newsgroups will become the main discussion area
for the furry fandom and we'll leave the alt*furry* newsgroups to the
spammers. It kinda sounds like a Missions Statement doesn't it?
-AberDeen Foxx
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Here are the newsgroups, so you can cross-post to the appropriate area.
(This is directly from the [FAQ] Introduction to the Furrynet (fur.*)
newsgroups.
The several important `top level' newsgroups that all of Furrynet depends
on:
fur.announce ... Something worth howling to the world
fur.answers .... Frequently asked questions and answers
fur.config ..... Discussions about Furrynet
fur.control .... For Furrynet monitor control messages only
fur.test ....... For testing posts and Furrynet propagation
The following parallel existing Usenet newsgroups:
fur.artwork.misc .. Furry art with inoffensive content
fur.artwork.erotica Furry art with adult themes/situations
fur.lifestyle ..... Being furry in your own life
fur.mucks ......... For discussing all of the furry multi-user
roleplaying environments
fur.misc .......... Random furry discussion not fitting elsewhere
fur.toons ......... Animation and cartoon discussions
...and now some others, just for fun:
fur.artwork.artists .. Art techniques, materials, and media
fur.artwork.discuss .. Criticism, praise, raving fanboys
fur.comics ........... Publications from 'Albedo' to the 'Zoo Crew'
fur.conventions ...... Discussing/Announcing Furfen gatherings
fur.stories.discuss .. Criticism, praise, raving fanfic-fans
fur.stories.erotica .. Furry stories with adult content
fur.stories.misc ..... Furry fictions you could show to your mother
fur.stories.storyboard Online collaborations
fur.stories.writers .. About writing
J.M. Donaldson
In <01bbe013$f378c7c0$5552...@deanh.mlinks.com> "AberDeen Foxx"
<Fo...@mlinks.com> writes:
>
>Attention Everyfur...
>
>Peter Da Silva has set-up wonderful SPAM-FREE furry newsgroups and I
would
>like to do my part to help bring furry fans over to this wonderful
system.
>
>First, I have linked all of the newsgroups on my Furry Newsgroups link
page
Well, that's all fine and good for most people, but what about us who
have anal servers who refuse to carry any new newsgroups? I know that
Netcom won't carry it, dispite requests. Some of us still need to be
able to get their furry news... please don't leave the ones who can't
get it behind :(
-JMD
<jm...@ix.netcom.com>
Joe Ekaitis
J.M. Donaldson wrote:
>
> Well, that's all fine and good for most people, but what about us who
> have anal servers who refuse to carry any new newsgroups? I know that
> Netcom won't carry it, dispite requests. Some of us still need to be
> able to get their furry news... please don't leave the ones who can't
> get it behind :(
I subscribe to Netcom and although nntp.ix.netcom.com doesn't have
access to the fur.* groups, you CAN reach the news.fysh.org server from
Netcom. Pull down the File menu, select "Open News Host. . ." and type
news.fysh.org into the box. Voila! You're THERE! And I'm headed over
there! :)
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Joe Ekaitis
AberDeen Foxx wrote:
>
> Attention Everyfur...
>
> Peter Da Silva has set-up wonderful SPAM-FREE furry newsgroups and I would
> like to do my part to help bring furry fans over to this wonderful system.
Well, I've figured out how to get there from Netcom, so, as they say,
"There goes the neighborhood". :)
Wayne S Garmil
AberDeen Foxx wrote:
>
> Attention Everyfur...
>
> Peter Da Silva has set-up wonderful SPAM-FREE furry newsgroups and I would
> like to do my part to help bring furry fans over to this wonderful system.
I've been subscribed there for two weeks and I've seen a combined
total of 6 postings in the entire FUR.* heirarchy. Have I not been
getting posts or is this heirarchy still being developed?
Wayne
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Ronald Hello
Hi,
It looks like I only get the cross-posted articles here. If fur.* is
send out, it problably stops somewhere .... :-(
Is there a way to get a feed from someone?
Regards,
Ronald.
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Perry Rovers
A flock of rogue penguins inspired Ronald Hello (he...@cs.utwente.nl) to tell fur.config:
: It looks like I only get the cross-posted articles here. If fur.* is
: send out, it problably stops somewhere .... :-(
: Is there a way to get a feed from someone?
Herman Miller
>My hopes is that the fur.* newsgroups will become the main discussion area
>for the furry fandom and we'll leave the alt*furry* newsgroups to the
>spammers. It kinda sounds like a Missions Statement doesn't it?
I'd like to see more stuff in the fur.* newsgroups too, but that doesn't mean
we have to, or should, abandon the traditional furry newsgroups to the
spammers. What will everyone think who decides to visit alt.fan.furry to find
out what "furry" is all about, and finds it taken over by spammers? At the
very least our FAQs ought to be posted there.
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Tim Gadd
pe...@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
>Have your news admin send a request to fur-c...@taronga.com
They did, and got no response. Further investigation revealed there's
apparently no way to get a feed in Oz at the moment anyway.
Tim
Ronald Hello
In article <584pnc$e...@bonkers.taronga.com>, pe...@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
rh>In article <58461q$h...@pandora.cs.utwente.nl>,
rh>Ronald Hello <he...@cs.utwente.nl> wrote:
rh>>It looks like I only get the cross-posted articles here. If fur.* is
rh>>send out, it problably stops somewhere .... :-(
rh>>Is there a way to get a feed from someone?
rh>
rh>Have your news admin send a request to fur-c...@taronga.com
rh>--
rh></peter>
Thank you. Just asked myself and know what? I cooperated :-)
Joe Ekaitis
J. Olsen wrote:
>
> "I've had the fur.* groups coming through the newsserver for a week+ now, and
> I've yet to see any posts anywhere. Even after Joe Ekaitis posted his story
> to fur.stories.misc, I've not seen anything."
You should also be seeing the images from my web page showing up in
fur.artwork.misc, one image per day.
J. Olsen
In article <582d1f$q...@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, jm...@ix.netcom.com(J.M. Donaldson) wrote:
>>Attention Everyfur...
>>Peter Da Silva has set-up wonderful SPAM-FREE furry newsgroups and I
>>would like to do my part to help bring furry fans over to this wonderful
>system.
>>page
>have anal servers who refuse to carry any new newsgroups? I know that
>Netcom won't carry it, dispite requests. Some of us still need to be
>able to get their furry news... please don't leave the ones who can't
>get it behind :(
"I've had the fur.* groups coming through the newsserver for a week+ now, and
I've yet to see any posts anywhere. Even after Joe Ekaitis posted his story
to fur.stories.misc, I've not seen anything."
The panther scratches his head and considers kicking the SPARC5 out of
frustration. "I'm starting to wonder if my feed is messed up or what. So
don't feel too horrible, the kinks ain't worked out for a mass migration
yet....." He pauses and glances again at his screen. "Interesting.....I'm
crossposting this to fur.config, which doesn't even show on my listing. Only
fur.control. ARGH!"
-Merow!
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Perry Rovers
A flock of rogue penguins inspired Tim Gadd (tjg...@southcom.com.au) to tell fur.config:
: pe...@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
: >Have your news admin send a request to fur-c...@taronga.com
: They did, and got no response. Further investigation revealed there's
: apparently no way to get a feed in Oz at the moment anyway.
Hmmm, is there no site near the westcoast of the US? Networkwise, .au is
about as far as you can get from here so I don't think feeding from here is
an option except fur.* only and for a limited time until there's a closer
site.
AberDeen Foxx
Ronald Hello <he...@cs.utwente.nl> wrote in article
<58461q$h...@pandora.cs.utwente.nl>...
> It looks like I only get the cross-posted articles here. If fur.* is
If you are not stuck with a single news-server, just point your news-reader
over to news.fysh.org, that's what I did... And you can also link directly
from my web-site at http://www.mlinks.com/furry/links/FF_UUCP.htm if you
have Microsoft News or other comprehensive news-reader/browser.
mtmoleda
Unfortunately, I do not know of any way to change the newsreader Unix
program tin.
AberDeen Foxx (Fo...@mlinks.com) wrote:
: Ronald Hello <he...@cs.utwente.nl> wrote in article
Herman Miller
In article <585eju$k...@bonkers.taronga.com>, pe...@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
>In article <5859nc$1...@nntp-2.io.com>, Herman Miller <hmi...@io.com> wrote:
>>I'd like to see more stuff in the fur.* newsgroups too, but that doesn't mean
>>we have to, or should, abandon the traditional furry newsgroups to the
>>spammers.
>
By "here", do you mean fur.config, alt.fan.furry, or alt.lifestyle.furry? I
wasn't aware that there was any spam-canceling in the old furry groups, but if
there is, I agree you should continue the practice.
Bill Marcum
In article <58ba18$1a...@news.goodnet.com>, mtmoleda wrote:
>Unfortunately, I do not know of any way to change the newsreader Unix
>program tin.
>
(ksh or bash)
$ NNTPSERVER=news.fysh.org tin -r -f fyshrc
(csh/tcsh)
% setenv NNTPSERVER news.fysh.org; tin -r -f fyshrc
If that works, you can make it into an alias in your .profile or .cshrc .
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Mer'rark
Joe Ekaitis (jeka...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: J.M. Donaldson wrote:
: >
: > Well, that's all fine and good for most people, but what about us who
: > have anal servers who refuse to carry any new newsgroups? I know that
: > Netcom won't carry it, dispite requests. Some of us still need to be
: > able to get their furry news... please don't leave the ones who can't
: > get it behind :(
: I subscribe to Netcom and although nntp.ix.netcom.com doesn't have
: access to the fur.* groups, you CAN reach the news.fysh.org server from
: Netcom. Pull down the File menu, select "Open News Host. . ." and type
: news.fysh.org into the box. Voila! You're THERE! And I'm headed over
: there! :)
What about us poor shell users? Alt.fan.furry is about the -only-
group I get. =P
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Walk like a dog, like anybody can.
A Super Genius...
Mer'rark (mer...@netcom.com) wrote:
: : I subscribe to Netcom and although nntp.ix.netcom.com doesn't have
: : access to the fur.* groups, you CAN reach the news.fysh.org server from
: : Netcom. Pull down the File menu, select "Open News Host. . ." and type
: : news.fysh.org into the box. Voila! You're THERE! And I'm headed over
: : there! :)
: What about us poor shell users? Alt.fan.furry is about the -only-
: group I get. =P
Well I guess I answered my own question. To see how I did it please
look for another post I made just earlier this morning. Uhm, I still
can't do it from a Netcom shell though. =P
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Malcolm McMahon
On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 08:08:19 GMT, mer...@netcom.com (Mer'rark) wrote:
>Joe Ekaitis (jeka...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>
>--
>-- Mer'rark Walk like a dog, talk like a man.
> Walk like a dog, like anybody can.
Written, I suspect, by someone who hasn't tried it.
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Tobias Koehler
Does a European news server exist which allows reading the fur.*
newsgroups and posting to them?
unci
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t...@urz.tu-dresden.de (Tobias Koehler) wrote:
>Does a European news server exist which allows reading the fur.*
>newsgroups and posting to them?
Guess who ;-)
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