User contributions for Tristan Miller
From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
25 August 2023
- 16:5116:51, 25 August 2023 diff hist +1,001 N Minutes/2023-08-25 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM has pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go. * Infrastructure ** Starting on 21 August, {{news|comp.ai}} has been experiencing a flood of hundreds of binary articles with randomized Subject and From lines. STUMP's blocking mechanism is ineffective for this, so TM added a rule to .procmailrc that sends the submissions to /dev/null. The articles appear to originate from Newsgroup Ninja. An abuse report sent to the e-mail a..." current
- 16:4316:43, 25 August 2023 diff hist +1,450 Getting Started with Usenet Subscribe to real newsgroups
- 16:2416:24, 25 August 2023 diff hist +12 Getting Started with Usenet fix formatting
- 16:2316:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist +9 Getting Started with Usenet →Summary
- 16:2116:21, 25 August 2023 diff hist +210 Getting Started with Usenet →Task 4: Post your first newsgroup article
- 16:1916:19, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:New message.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:New message.png current
- 15:3015:30, 25 August 2023 diff hist +4 Getting Started with Usenet →Task 3: Subscribe to your first newsgroups
- 15:2515:25, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:Subscribe.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:Subscribe.png current
- 15:2315:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:View settings.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:View settings.png current
- 15:2315:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:Account wizard.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:Account wizard.png current
- 15:2115:21, 25 August 2023 diff hist +733 Getting Started with Usenet →Task 2: Set up Thunderbird
18 August 2023
- 16:3516:35, 18 August 2023 diff hist +24 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
- 16:3516:35, 18 August 2023 diff hist +892 N Minutes/2023-08-18 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL received many replies to his post on {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}}cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use. RL to summarize the relevant information in the Board's wiki. ** TM has not yet pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go but will do so soon. * Infrastructure ** TM was to post Paul Schleck's sample .newsrc file on our Getting Started with Usenet tutorial but discovered..." current
- 15:4315:43, 18 August 2023 diff hist +84 N File:Sample-newsrc.txt Sample .netrc file with some Big-8 newsgroups active as of August 2023
- 15:4015:40, 18 August 2023 diff hist −970 Getting Started with Usenet remove HTML cruft
- 15:2915:29, 18 August 2023 diff hist −2 Getting Started with Usenet No edit summary
- 15:2915:29, 18 August 2023 diff hist −1,141 Getting Started with Usenet remove HTML cruft
11 August 2023
- 17:0117:01, 11 August 2023 diff hist +607 N Minutes/2023-08-11 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL has posted to {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}} to ask about cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use ** No further communication from proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go; TM to ping the proponent in a few days * Infrastructure ** E-mail from Paul Schleck noting that {{news|alt.fan.usenet}} has finally been added to Panix's news server * Publicity ** E-mail from Paul Schleck with a sample .n..." current
4 August 2023
- 16:1416:14, 4 August 2023 diff hist +315 N Minutes/2023-08-04 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** RL has discovered that the webmail's upgrade script wants to uninstall system packages that are in use (e.g., our web server). Since none of the active Board members currently use webmail, it was decided that RL would simply deactivate it. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023" current
28 July 2023
- 20:2320:23, 28 July 2023 diff hist −51 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary