Subj : Ideas to make Fidonet Great Again
To   : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Jul 02 2020 12:00 am

Hello Alan!

** On Monday 22.06.20 - 01:02, Alan Ianson wrote to MATT MUNSON:

 >> Perhaps maybe us running the forums as newsgroups and have a easy way for
 >> people to sign up for the nntp server might be the idea.

 AI> What I am thinking is something designed for what we want to do, FTN
 AI> netmail and echomail in an easy to install and use format for folks who
 AI> just want to chat and not need to learn what FTN is and how to set it up.
 AI> Does that make any sense?

Jamnntp sites offer a modest solution.

A newsgroup config only requires a small handful of things not much more  
complicated than signing up with other services that people are already  
familiar "registering" with.

[1] server name
[2] port
[3] user name, email address

Done.

I remember when simply accessing a link that begins with nntp:// would  
automatically launch the local program associated with that service. If it  
was a first-time access, the program would walk the user step by step to  
configure the account.

Maybe a simple first step would be an app that has preprogrammed Jamnntp  
supported BBSes that users can pick from and tie into an nntp service on  
their device.


  ../|ug

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