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** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

- Carrying Forward Retro Guy's Legacy**

We are proud to announce that the first **go-pugleaf** NNTP node
is now online and operational!

** Access Information:**
- **Web Interface:** https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net
- **NNTP Server:** Coming within the next few days
- **Coverage:** Full rocksolid.* hierarchy + additional groups

** Current Status:**
**ONLINE** - Web interface fully functional
**BACKFILLING** - Importing articles from legacy rslight installations
**FETCHING** - Automated article retrieval via cron jobs

** Development Roadmap:**
- **Next Few Days:** NNTP server for reading access
- **In Progress:** Incoming article peering setup
- **TODO:** Posting access and full bidirectional peering

** Tribute to Retro Guy:**
This project carries forward the legacy of **Retro Guy** @novabbs.com
The visionary lead developer of rslight.
Though he sadly cannot see this evolution of his work... RIP!
We are committed to keeping the rocksolid.* community alive and thriving.

The fresh, modern interface and robust Go-based architecture represent
our dedication to honoring his contributions while building for the future.

**🔧 Technical Highlights:**
- Built with modern Go architecture for performance and reliability
- High-speed parallel article fetching and processing
- Efficient database design for large-scale article storage
- Full NNTP protocol compliance

** Community Notes:**
We're in the exciting phase of bringing historical rocksolid.* content
back online!
The migration from legacy rslight installations is proceeding smoothly, ensuring no community history is lost.

** Mission:**
To provide a stable, modern, and efficient platform for the rocksolid.* community and beyond!

Stay tuned for NNTP access announcements and peering updates!

Testing stability and preparing open source release!

**The go-pugleaf Development Team**
*Honoring the past, building the future*

We are not responsible for this spam in news.admin.peering...
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On 15.07.2025 19:53 Uhr Billy G. (go-while) wrote:

** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

- Carrying Forward Retro Guy's Legacy**

We are proud to announce that the first **go-pugleaf** NNTP node
is now online and operational!

Thanks!
First bug discovered!
Showing 200 of 19 items (Page 1 of 1) https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/hierarchies?page_size=200&page=1

If you need any support, feel free to ask in the appropriate groups.

Will this software be open-source, so various people can self-host it?

Does the name has a real meaning?


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Marco

Send spam to 1752602033muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de

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On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:53:53 +0200, Billy G. (go-while) wrote :

We are proud to announce that the first **go-pugleaf** NNTP node
is now online and operational!

Thank you for kindly setting that up for folks to be able to use.
We all should also thank Retro Guy for all the kind work he did for us.

As a mere user (& not as an admin), may I ask for the following if you have
the bandwidth - which you may not have - so I understand if you can't.

1. Please continue the legacy of the Usenet archive if you can.
Why? It's just about the only reliable web-searchable archive
out there which does not require registration and which allows
us to send a link to a Usenet thread or post to our grandma.
All our grandma has to do to read the post is click on the link.

An example for this newsgroup is the following no-registration URL:
<https://www.novabbs.com/usenet/thread.php?group=news.admin.peering>

Unfortunately I couldn't provide a link to this thread or even the
first post of this thread as the archive seems to have stopped working.

An example of a link would be this one though, which Retro Guy made.
<https://www.novabbs.com/usenet/article-flat.php?id=2189&group=news.admin.peering#2189>

2. It would be nice if there is a no-registration (or easy registration)
way to post using server:port (but I don't think Retro Guy did that).

Something like:
pugleaf.usenet.net:119 uname=pug passwd=leaf

Most important are the archives, as there are no good archives otherwise.

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On 15.07.25 21:37, Marion wrote:

1. Please continue the legacy of the Usenet archive if you can.

...

An example of a link would be this one though, which Retro Guy made.
<https://www.novabbs.com/usenet/article-flat.php?id=2189&group=news.admin.peering#2189>

just have a look that's already working :)

https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/hierarchies

2. It would be nice if there is a no-registration (or easy registration)
way to post using server:port (but I don't think Retro Guy did that).

Posting will be possible when everything else works.

NNTP server code is ready but not enough tested and not public yet.

Most important are the archives, as there are no good archives otherwise.

Yes that's our primary goal.



Please don't post follow-ups to the 5 groups i posted too.

Instead stick answers only to rocksolid.help from now on!

Thank you!


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On 15.07.25 21:17, Marco Moock wrote:

First bug discovered!
Showing 200 of 19 items (Page 1 of 1) https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/hierarchies?page_size=200&page=1

Thanks! Will fix that.
We've talked before via dev@ ;)

Will this software be open-source, so various people can self-host it?

Yes when it's rocksolid :D

Does the name has a real meaning?

Sure... it's the rocksolidbbs.com favicon

See https://www.rocksolidbbs.com/spoolnews/files.php

Retro Guy -> pugleaf.jpg

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Am 15.07.2025 um 21:17 schrieb Marco Moock:

On 15.07.2025 19:53 Uhr Billy G. (go-while) wrote:

** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

- Carrying Forward Retro Guy's Legacy**

We are proud to announce that the first **go-pugleaf** NNTP node
is now online and operational!

Thanks!
First bug discovered!
Showing 200 of 19 items (Page 1 of 1) https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/hierarchies?page_size=200&page=1

Where are the messages retrieved from?

Groups in the de-hierarchy are listing very old threads while current
ones are missing.
e.g.
https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/groups/de.alt.soc.verschwoerung/threads

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On 15.07.25 21:48, Billy G. (go-while) wrote:

Please don't post follow-ups to the 5 groups i posted too.

Instead stick answers only to rocksolid.help from now on!

Thank you!

ayay sorry should have been: rocksolid.nodes.help -..-


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On 15.07.25 21:53, Stefan Schmitz wrote:

Where are the messages retrieved from?

Groups in the de-hierarchy are listing very old threads while current
ones are missing.
e.g.
https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/groups/de.alt.soc.verschwoerung/threads

Thanks! Found a bug!

This should fetch the last 5 years.. not all...

I posted answer before only to rocksolid.nodes.help

This:

Import is running =) Fetches 4k articles per group and jumps to next.

Source is a privately hosted archive @ newsdeef.eu

Path: rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net!archive.newsdeef.eu!mbox2nntp-de.alt.soc.verschwoerung.mbox.zip!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dredi7-212-144-253-038.arcor-ip.NET!not-for-mail



To everybody:
please don't post much more follow-ups to the 5 groups like i did.

Answer to rocksolid.nodes.help

You'll find me there!


Printing of german umlauts works mostly.

Other languages can have problems too.

If you find any weird encoding issues -> need links

Where you see binary signs.. mostly on very old articles

they arrived like that...


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On 15.07.2025 21:53 Uhr Stefan Schmitz wrote:

Am 15.07.2025 um 21:17 schrieb Marco Moock:

On 15.07.2025 19:53 Uhr Billy G. (go-while) wrote:

** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

- Carrying Forward Retro Guy's Legacy**

We are proud to announce that the first **go-pugleaf** NNTP node
is now online and operational!

Thanks!
First bug discovered!
Showing 200 of 19 items (Page 1 of 1) https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/hierarchies?page_size=200&page=1

Where are the messages retrieved from?

Groups in the de-hierarchy are listing very old threads while current
ones are missing.
e.g.
https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/groups/de.alt.soc.verschwoerung/threads

rslight had problems on my system to spool/fetch all articles. The
archive I gave to Billy is incomplete. It is reasonable to import a
real archive from spool, e.g. from blueworldhosting.

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Marco

Send spam to 1752609198muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de

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"Billy G. (go-while)" <no-reply@no.spam> posted:

** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

Interesting. A couple of quibbles:
- The article display does not show the Subject line.
- AFAICS it doesn't seem to do threading.

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Marion <marion@facts.com> posted:

1. Please continue the legacy of the Usenet archive if you can.
Why? It's just about the only reliable web-searchable archive
out there which does not require registration and which allows
us to send a link to a Usenet thread or post to our grandma.
All our grandma has to do to read the post is click on the link.

You might like to know that I'm currently working on improving the archive search facility of my newsgrouper.org site so that you will be able to
send links to articles/threads found via search to other people. These
will be viewable without registration.

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Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

"Billy G. (go-while)" <no-reply@no.spam> posted:

** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

Interesting. A couple of quibbles:
- The article display does not show the Subject line.
- AFAICS it doesn't seem to do threading.

Sorry, I see now it defaults to a non-threaded list of posts but there's
a "Threads" button which switches to a threaded view. Is the [T] in that
button supposed to indicate that pressing 'T' should invoke it? If so that doesn't work for me.

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Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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"Billy G. (go-while)" <no-reply@no.spam> wrote:

** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

- Carrying Forward Retro Guy's Legacy**

We are proud to announce that the first **go-pugleaf** NNTP node
is now online and operational!

<le sneep>

Please sir, do tell me if it has tradspool storage option and not just database.

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Billy G. (go-while) <no-reply@no.spam> wrote at 17:53 this Tuesday (GMT):

** ANNOUNCEMENT: First go-pugleaf NNTP Node Online

- Carrying Forward Retro Guy's Legacy**

We are proud to announce that the first **go-pugleaf** NNTP node
is now online and operational!

** Access Information:**
- **Web Interface:** https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net
- **NNTP Server:** Coming within the next few days
- **Coverage:** Full rocksolid.* hierarchy + additional groups

** Current Status:**
**ONLINE** - Web interface fully functional
**BACKFILLING** - Importing articles from legacy rslight installations
**FETCHING** - Automated article retrieval via cron jobs

** Development Roadmap:**
- **Next Few Days:** NNTP server for reading access
- **In Progress:** Incoming article peering setup
- **TODO:** Posting access and full bidirectional peering

** Tribute to Retro Guy:**
This project carries forward the legacy of **Retro Guy** @novabbs.com
The visionary lead developer of rslight.
Though he sadly cannot see this evolution of his work... RIP!
We are committed to keeping the rocksolid.* community alive and thriving.

The fresh, modern interface and robust Go-based architecture represent
our dedication to honoring his contributions while building for the future.

**🔧 Technical Highlights:**
- Built with modern Go architecture for performance and reliability
- High-speed parallel article fetching and processing
- Efficient database design for large-scale article storage
- Full NNTP protocol compliance

** Community Notes:**
We're in the exciting phase of bringing historical rocksolid.* content
back online!
The migration from legacy rslight installations is proceeding smoothly, ensuring no community history is lost.

** Mission:**
To provide a stable, modern, and efficient platform for the rocksolid.* community and beyond!

Stay tuned for NNTP access announcements and peering updates!

Testing stability and preparing open source release!

**The go-pugleaf Development Team**
*Honoring the past, building the future*

We are not responsible for this spam in news.admin.peering...
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Best of luck to this project, it seems extremely useful!
RIP Retro Guy.
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On 16.07.25 18:24, Colin Macleod wrote:

Sorry, I see now it defaults to a non-threaded list of posts but there's
a "Threads" button which switches to a threaded view. Is the [T] in that button supposed to indicate that pressing 'T' should invoke it? If so that doesn't work for me.

cool to see you here!

keyboard navigation was an idea but does not work.

you can view articles: https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/groups/alt.arts.poetry.comments

or threads: https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/groups/alt.arts.poetry.comments/threads

open a thread: https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/groups/alt.arts.poetry.comments/thread/60407

then you have option "Tree View": https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/groups/alt.arts.poetry.comments/tree/60407

! I found a styling problem there: article text is unreadable.

This tree view needs an update or rewrite without javascript...


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