John Adey wrote:
> hi all, i am looking for a free newsserver, i use aioe & eternal september, i
> was wondeing if there are anymore.
>
> any help appreciated
>
It's a hard life now, for free server operators.
They're facing the Hipcrime bomber.
Neodome was incinerated.
netfront.net went read-only after one Hipcrime attack.
And anyone starting a server today, better be ready for
Hipcrime, before advertising for new customers to test their server.
This is what sporging a free server looks like.
Now, multiply by 7000 postings, for your "average" attack.
It makes an awful mess.
<sample posting>
http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3Cs26jgu%241lil%241%40adenine.netfront.net%3E
If there are free servers out there, I hope they're ready
for posts of that kind.
The
netfront.net staff didn't screw around, they shut down
immediately when the abuse was reported.
Neodome operator thought he could deal with it,
but the neodome server isn't responding right now,
so I would guess it's toast.
That's the thanks you get for running a free server.
Just be happy you have AIOE and E-S.
Paul