On 1/19/20 9:57 AM, _I🇬🇠usenetted:
> se= """ this Python-3 script finds open news servers to anonymously post into via torsocks / TORnet
>
news.netfront.net
> paganini.bofh.team
>
news.aioe.org
>
news.woody.ch
>
news.neodome.net
>
news.eternal-september.org
>
news.gmane.io
>
>
gegeweb.org
>
news.gegeweb.eu
>
>
ddt.demos.su
>
news.bbs.nz
>
news.eisp.pl
>
news.tlt.ru
>
news.szaf.org
>
news.tng.de
>
news.alt.net # rip-off $ 6 / month
>
>
aspen.stu.neva.ru
>
dictatorshandbook.net
>
feed.usenetsys.com
>
geiz-ist-geil.priv.at
>
news.in-chemnitz.de
>
hirsch.in-berlin.de
>
>
news.e-liance.net
>
news.killfile.org
>
news.mixmin.net
>
news.mooli.org.uk
>
news.schuster.priv.at
>
weidegrund.szaf.org
>
>
news.albasani.net
>
news.samoylyk.net
>
news.atman.pl
> wtf.not.gonna.work.LOL
>
uucp.gnuu.de
>
news.bawue.net
>
news.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de
>
news.uni-weimar.de
> dummy2"""
> /# find open nntp server with "posting ok" then post updates onto news://
news.aioe.org/alt.free.newsservers/
>
> /#
https://www.elfqrin.com/hacklab/pages/nntpserv.php works after manual restart of Thunderbird v.68 though ThuBi sucks at this/
> /# for targets see
http://top1000.anthologeek.net/top1000.current.txt/
> /# run this script as torsocks python3 findFreeNews.py # leave out torsocks for speed subscribe alt.free.newsservers/
>
> /#
https://alt.free.newsservers.narkive.com/Sgz91d6n/were-have-all-the-free-servers-gone#post1/
>
> import nntplib
> loop= 0
> os= 0
> ser= se.split("\n")
> print("\n\nhit Ctrl + C in case of slow response by server \n\n")
> *for* serv*in* ser:
> loop+= 1
> *try*:
> *if* "." *in* serv :
> /#print("line number " , loop)/
> s= nntplib.NNTP( serv , readermode=True )
> pok= s.getwelcome()
> s.quit
> *if* 'posting ok' *in* pok :
> os+= 1
> print(str(loop).zfill(3) ," " , serv ,"\t\t", pok )
> *else*:
> *pass*
> print(" forbidden !! " , serv , pok )
> *except*:
> *pass*
> print(" no connect " , serv )
> /#pass/
>
> print(" \nnumber of open servers: " , os )
> /'''/
>
> /news://
news.woody.ch/de.talk.tagesgeschehen/
>
>
> /'''/