On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:16 PM, J.A. Terranson
- Some subset of nodes should commit to carrying all messages
Thats going to be strictly up the node owners.
I mean ethically someone should do it. But unless a filtering node agrees to forward messages filtered from its own list through its backend and out to all the other nodes for them to make their own choices, there will be holes... unless a user cross posts. A node committed to carrying all user posted messages should advertise itself as such. Similarly for carrying all backend received messages. carries posted: yes/no carries backend: yes/no despam mechanism [posted/backend]: describe here moderation [posted/backend]: policy here peers with: who
From an administrative point of view, nntp is a *major* PITA.
Been there. I meant to carry one group called cypherpunks. There are even private nntp clouds of their own groups existing in the anon nets. NNTP use does not have to imply 'usenet' connection.
maildirs for every user
No, just one for the list. But for that archive use rotated mbox.7z is far better.
then put up a box on a permanent connection
I do consider making an archive box.