Dotsrc.org USENET News
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News
2017-15-10: This server is now a virtual machine running FreeBSD 11.1.
2005-04-09: The news server was successfully upgraded.
2005-04-08: We are planing an upgrade of the newsserver software
this Saturday (2005-04-09) at 15.00 CEST. We only expect
minor service interrupts, if any at all.
2005-02-24: The signup-system is running again. Username and pasword
have been sent to all new users.
2005-02-23: We are currently having some trouble with the news-signup
system. We will send username and password to new users
when the problem is fixed.
2004-08-28: The news server was successfully upgraded and the news
service was back online from around 1430, local time.
2004-08-23: The news server will be updated next Saturday (2004-08-28)
and thus a few hours of service downtime is to be expected.
2004-08-06: The problems have been fixed and the newsservice is now
back online. No articles were lost.
2004-08-05: We are currently having some problems with the newsserver!
We hope to have cleared the issues within short time.
2004-05-07: We have added a new page with screenshots of
news reader configuration examples.
2004-05-01: We encurage all users to point their news
clients to news.sunsite.dk as soon as possible.
2004-04-27: We are preparing the new usenet server...
2004-04-27: Aalborg University has donated a new dedicated
USENET news server to SunSITE.dk. The server
will be put in production on May 2nd 2004.
Registration
To be able to use the new usenet server (read and post articles)
you must register!
Just send an empty email to: news-signup@sunsite.dk and we will
email you a username (which is your email) and a password.
This username/password pair must be entered in your newsreader
and then you will have access to read and post articles.
Help to configure your newsreader can be found here.
Please notice:
* If you're using this server, you accept our rules of usage!
* There is no right to be granted access. Access can be
withdrawn at any time without further notice.
* Your email address will be put into the X-Trace: header of
your postings, but to keep it from being harvested, this
header will be encrypted.
* Our privacy policy is that your news registration will not be
sold, published or used for anything except for validation
against our newsserver.
Rules
Users of the SunSITE.dk USENET news server are required to
follow this set of rules. Disregarding the rules may cause
termination of access privileges without further notice!
Real Name:
It is required to use the accurate personal name
(also called "real name") in each posting, particularly in the
From: or Sender: field. It is not sufficient to include your
name in the signature solely.
Accurate Sender Address:
The e-mail address in From: or Sender: fields must belong to
you. Using identifiers of other individuals is not permitted.
Netiquette:
Most hierarchies of Usenet have their own netiquette and
guidelines. Users should pay attention to the relevant
policies.
No Commercial Usage:
This server is liable to the rules of Darenet, the Danish
research Nework. Therefore particularly commercial or
for-profit activities are prohibited.
No SPAM:
It is inadmissible to use this server to post SPAM. (To spam
Usenet means to send many identical or nearly-identical
messages separately to a large number of Usenet newsgroups.)
No Control Messages:
Users are not allowed to post control messages at this
server. The only exception is to cancel your own articles.
No Third-Party Cancels:
No user is allowed to cancel any article other than his or her
own.
Policy
Sunsite.dk have a strong policy against any binary material or
HTML in usenet postings. We believe that Usenet is for
communication - not for binary exchange.
As a consequence of this, we do not carry any binary group and
we do have a rather aggressive anti-spam filtering system which
also cleans out binaries, HTML postings etc.
The filter also ensures compliance with RFC1036 - especially
with regard to using Re: (and not Sv:) in the Subject line in
replies to postings.
Campus Users
As Aalborg University has sponsored the SunSITE.dk USENET News
server, we offer extended access to the University users.
Campus users can access all the newsgroups, but your computer will
have to be located on campus. To gain access from outside
of campus, you must register as others, and if you are a campus
user, you will be granted access to our campus-local groups. You
will have to use your university email address to sign up to get
access to the local groups.
Once you receive your username/password, you must enter this in your
newsreader software.
Related to the introduction of the new newsserver and the recent name
change from auc.dk til aau.dk, the campus-local newsgroups have been
cleaned up and reorganized. Mapping between the old and new hieracy
can be found here (campus users only).
Server Info
The server was kindly sponsored by Aalborg University.
HP compaq proliant DL380G3:
2x 2.8GHz Pentium 4 XEON CPU's w. 512KB L3 cache
3GB RAM
2x 1Gbit integrated network
Smart Array 5i Plus RAID controller (integrated, 2 SCSI channels)
Battery-Backed Write Cache Enabler for the Raid controller
2x Power Supplies
6x 72 GB/10K U320 hotswap SCSI disks
Running Diablo 5.0 on FreeBSD 4.10
FAQ
Q: Why can't I read or post articles anymore?
A: From May 2004 every user has to authenticate to get access
to the server. Please see the registration section.
Q: Why do I get access denied when I try connecting to the server?
A: From May 2004 every user has to authenticate to get access
to the server. Please see the registration section.
Q: I can't connect with Mozilla/Opera?
A: There has been some bugs with authentication in some old versions
of these news readers. Please upgrade to the newest available version.
Q: How do I configure my news reader to access the news server?
A: There are some screenshots here.