David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries" <nimue@databasix.com>
>
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "Dustin Cook" <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> You purchase a seperate usenet account from a 3rdparty.
>>>>
>>> Tell me about Dustin. You'll soon see me on a new NSP :-(
>>
>> Are you going to use a free one or a paid one, Dave? The best
>> non-commercial server I know is news.individual.net, and it costs
>> less than USD$15/year. Most of the truly free servers don't have
>> great retention, and they miss a lot of posts.
>>
>
> My requirements are thus...
>
> I don't mind paying a modest yearly fee. Here's what I am looking
> for...
>
> 1. Binaries. I won't be downloading that much per month.
> Definitely less than 200MB/month
This is the problem. You might want to get an individual.net account and
then buy a block from octanews:
http://www.octanews.com/pricing.php
I don't do binaries, so I just don't know.
> 2. Allows obfuscating email address as I do here.
See above.
> 3. Doesn't too aggressively block spam. I need to see the BS to
> find malware and malicious activity, etc.
Well, there goes individual.net, I think. You might need to go to
Altopia.
Me, I'm very happy with DataBasix, but I don't think it would suit your
specific needs, although you could discuss it with support and see what
can be worked out. DataBasix is pretty flexible, and if it's possible to
accomodate you, it will.
> 4. Does not append a NSP spam signature to every post.
Yeah, ain't that annoying?
<groups snecked>
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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will
scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will
refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something
which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he
will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is
explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell