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[TESTFEED 08/05/2004 ] detects bad open nntp servers

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=== TESTFEED 1.80 by Sebastien WILLEMIJNS (seba...@willemijns.com) ===


Date of test: 08/05/2004






Downloads dates of every article posted on several public nntp servers (thanks
to the "XHDR DATE 0-" command) to detect lost messages and bad messages feeds.



IMPORTANT NOTE:
========= =====
This method is not the best method to estimate the feed quality of the nntp
server you're using because it doesn't include possible interval (about
1 or 2% from large traffic newsgroups) due to no-spam, no-dupes and
no-binaries filters on newsgroups who don't accept it.

Note several news servers censors (!) some type of messages:
- No HTML messages (news.free.fr)
- No alt.binaries crossposted messages (news.cis.dfn.de)
...etc...etc...




Add a open nntp server to the list ?
=== = ==== ==== ====== == === ==== =
Please verify this server have updated fr.* groups and write me...





dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu
201 dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu NNRP Service Ready (no posting).
211 2790 67947 70736 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs

news.individual.net
200 The server welcomes 80.119.167.167. Authorization required for reading and posting.
211 1663 215852 217546 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs

news.alphanet.ch
200 news.alphanet.ch InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.3.2 ready (posting ok).
211 1693 210654 212379 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs

news.free.fr
200 news8-e.free.fr NNRP Service Ready - newsm...@proxad.net (posting ok).
211 3881 209161 213041 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs

newsreader.mailgate.org
200 Welcome to Mailgate Newsreader Server. Authorization required for reading and posting.
211 1074 73429 74521 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs

freenews.netfront.net
200 news.netfront.net InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.3.5 ready (posting ok).
211 512 73978 75189 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs

biggulp.readfreenews.net
201 NNRP BIGGULP (purple) - Octanews/RFN Testing - email ne...@octanews.net (no posting)
211 1034 226537 227570 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs

pubnews.gradwell.net
201 pubnews.gradwell.net NNRP Service Ready - newsm...@gradwell.net (no posting).
211 978 55621 56598 fr.reseaux.internet.fournisseurs




dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 1 08/05/2004
news.individual.net 1 08/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 1 08/05/2004
news.free.fr 1 08/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 1 08/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 1 08/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 1 08/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 54 07/05/2004
news.individual.net 54 07/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 54 07/05/2004
news.free.fr 54 07/05/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 54 07/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 55 07/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 55 07/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 54 07/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 34 06/05/2004
news.individual.net 34 06/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 34 06/05/2004
news.free.fr 34 06/05/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 34 06/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 35 06/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 35 06/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 34 06/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 37 05/05/2004
news.individual.net 41 05/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 41 05/05/2004
news.free.fr 41 05/05/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 41 05/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 42 05/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 47 05/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 41 05/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 41 04/05/2004
news.individual.net 41 04/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 41 04/05/2004
news.free.fr 41 04/05/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 41 04/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 41 04/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 41 04/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 41 04/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 66 03/05/2004
news.individual.net 66 03/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 66 03/05/2004
news.free.fr 65 03/05/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 64 03/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 69 03/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 67 03/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 66 03/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 86 02/05/2004
news.individual.net 86 02/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 86 02/05/2004
news.free.fr 86 02/05/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 86 02/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 89 02/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 88 02/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 86 02/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 51 01/05/2004
news.individual.net 54 01/05/2004
news.alphanet.ch 54 01/05/2004
news.free.fr 52 01/05/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 55 01/05/2004
freenews.netfront.net 56 01/05/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 55 01/05/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 54 01/05/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 73 30/04/2004
news.individual.net 73 30/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 73 30/04/2004
news.free.fr 73 30/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 73 30/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 74 30/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 76 30/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 73 30/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 36 29/04/2004
news.individual.net 36 29/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 36 29/04/2004
news.free.fr 36 29/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 36 29/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 33 29/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 38 29/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 36 29/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 32 28/04/2004
news.individual.net 32 28/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 32 28/04/2004
news.free.fr 32 28/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 32 28/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 33 28/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 32 28/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 34 27/04/2004
news.individual.net 34 27/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 34 27/04/2004
news.free.fr 34 27/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 33 27/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 37 27/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 34 27/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 28 26/04/2004
news.individual.net 28 26/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 28 26/04/2004
news.free.fr 27 26/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 28 26/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 29 26/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 28 26/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 46 25/04/2004
news.individual.net 46 25/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 46 25/04/2004
news.free.fr 45 25/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 46 25/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 3 25/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 42 25/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 46 25/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 31 24/04/2004
news.individual.net 31 24/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 31 24/04/2004
news.free.fr 31 24/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 31 24/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 1 24/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 32 24/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 31 24/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 41 23/04/2004
news.individual.net 40 23/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 41 23/04/2004
news.free.fr 40 23/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 40 23/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 45 23/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 41 23/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 43 22/04/2004
news.individual.net 43 22/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 44 22/04/2004
news.free.fr 41 22/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 45 22/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 2 22/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 54 22/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 43 22/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 32 21/04/2004
news.individual.net 32 21/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 32 21/04/2004
news.free.fr 32 21/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 31 21/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 1 21/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 32 21/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 32 21/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 61 20/04/2004
news.individual.net 61 20/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 60 20/04/2004
news.free.fr 60 20/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 60 20/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 62 20/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 61 20/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 65 19/04/2004
news.individual.net 65 19/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 65 19/04/2004
news.free.fr 65 19/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 65 19/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 1 19/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 67 19/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 65 19/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 54 18/04/2004
news.individual.net 52 18/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 52 18/04/2004
news.free.fr 51 18/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 52 18/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 1 18/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 55 18/04/2004
pubnews.gradwell.net 47 18/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 37 17/04/2004
news.individual.net 37 17/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 37 17/04/2004
news.free.fr 37 17/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 37 17/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 2 17/04/2004
biggulp.readfreenews.net 31 17/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 77 16/04/2004
news.individual.net 74 16/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 74 16/04/2004
news.free.fr 73 16/04/2004
newsreader.mailgate.org 23 16/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 2 16/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 71 15/04/2004
news.individual.net 70 15/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 70 15/04/2004
news.free.fr 66 15/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 43 14/04/2004
news.individual.net 43 14/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 43 14/04/2004
news.free.fr 43 14/04/2004
freenews.netfront.net 1 14/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 86 13/04/2004
news.individual.net 85 13/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 86 13/04/2004
news.free.fr 83 13/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 101 12/04/2004
news.individual.net 101 12/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 101 12/04/2004
news.free.fr 101 12/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 123 11/04/2004
news.individual.net 122 11/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 122 11/04/2004
news.free.fr 121 11/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 61 10/04/2004
news.individual.net 61 10/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 60 10/04/2004
news.free.fr 61 10/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 93 09/04/2004
news.individual.net 93 09/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 93 09/04/2004
news.free.fr 93 09/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 57 08/04/2004
news.individual.net 23 08/04/2004
news.alphanet.ch 55 08/04/2004
news.free.fr 57 08/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 109 07/04/2004
news.free.fr 106 07/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 78 06/04/2004
news.free.fr 78 06/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 81 05/04/2004
news.free.fr 80 05/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 28 04/04/2004
news.free.fr 27 04/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 38 03/04/2004
news.free.fr 38 03/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 32 02/04/2004
news.free.fr 32 02/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 32 01/04/2004
news.free.fr 32 01/04/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 60 31/03/2004
news.free.fr 54 31/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 51 30/03/2004
news.free.fr 47 30/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 78 29/03/2004
news.free.fr 77 29/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 89 28/03/2004
news.free.fr 87 28/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 36 27/03/2004
news.free.fr 36 27/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 60 26/03/2004
news.free.fr 58 26/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 75 25/03/2004
news.free.fr 74 25/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 119 24/03/2004
news.free.fr 122 24/03/2004

dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu 1 23/03/2004
news.free.fr 99 23/03/2004

news.free.fr 99 22/03/2004

news.free.fr 62 21/03/2004

news.free.fr 111 20/03/2004

news.free.fr 71 19/03/2004

news.free.fr 103 18/03/2004

news.free.fr 76 17/03/2004

news.free.fr 76 16/03/2004

news.free.fr 42 15/03/2004

news.free.fr 59 14/03/2004

news.free.fr 53 13/03/2004

news.free.fr 93 12/03/2004

news.free.fr 87 11/03/2004

news.free.fr 57 10/03/2004

news.free.fr 39 09/03/2004

news.free.fr 78 08/03/2004

news.free.fr 1 07/03/2004





================= LIST OF BAD NEWS SERVERS:
Lost or filter too many messages compared to others news servers:
(18/12/99) news2.kabelfoon.nl
news.ausmail.com


================= FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
NEWS.FREE.FR is a French ISP who accepts French external connexions


================= LIST OF CRASHED NEWS SERVERS:


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