On 2021-3-8 23:24, VanguardLH wrote:

I thought the NNTP bridge died several years ago. I recall trying it
for a very short time -- because it was VERY flaky.

https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=communitybridge

Users are to download the NNTP bridge after 2021-JUL-1 from:

https://github.com/JochenKalmbach/communitybridge

Well, obviously Jochen Kalmbach decided to take up the codebase, because
Microsoft decided to drop that NNTP access method. 3 years ago the
project stalled. However, Kalmbach's code is a clone and has a
datestamp of 5 years ago, so the NNTP bridge stalled that long ago. He
grabbed the stale code before it disappears from CodePlex. Microsoft is
not supporting it, and hasn't supported for many years.

Considering how flaky it was several years ago when it was supported,
but has been stale for several years, I wouldn't bother with it. Did
they ever fix the Message-ID or References header problems? Does their
web-based forum even bother to insert a References header to allow NNTP
client to view hierarchy? Just use a web browser to their web forums
instead of trying to interface your NNTP client to their forums.

The link I give is communitybridge3 (the third incarnation?), which has
last commit 16 months ago. Anyway, I am just curious about it, not meant
to try it; and since it needs .NET 4.6.2, my XP laptop should not run.

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