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Roland Perry · October 12th 16, 12:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 10:11:55 on Wed, 12 Oct
2016, d remarked:
Yes, all the thousands of users who use aioe get a server to themselves!
For free!

It'd be a virtual server, obviously.

Ah, mais oui! Everytime someone posts something they start up an entire VM
+ NNTP server just to make sure the posting host field is different.
Why didn't I think of that??

What would your preferred name for the random looking string part of
the posting host's name be? ...

Anyway, looking closer at your headers the posting-hostname is

random looking string.user.gioia.aioe.org

Fascinating.

But what would a numbskull know eh?

The difference between a server and a virtual server?

You're right, I have no idea.

.... I expect we can at least agree it's not a physical server.

When I was a sys admin I just used to wing it.

You might be surprised how many do.

Why don't you try posting from the site yourself and see what pops up. Since
you're such an expert on NNTP you don't need to reconfigure your client, you
can do it just using telnet.

Why reinvent the wheel when I can ask ?

Why do you assume I am conversant with the operational setup of a free
news service based in the netherlands?

By examining their headers.

Interestingly through your domain name I've just found out your wifes name,
your home address and what car you drive.

Blue Saab? No not any more.

Thats not a clever thing to allow these days.

Don't be too quick to admit to stalking me. In any event with the same
domain and wife for more than 20yrs there's not much scope for putting
those genies back in the bottle.
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Roland Perry