Eternal September Review
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Eternal September- 2 years for de,160 days for the Big 8, 130 days for alt, and 90 days for other hierarchies days binary retention |
Pricing Plans
Retention
- 2 years for de,160 days for the Big 8, 130 days for alt, and 90 days for other hierarchies Days of Binary Retention
- Unknown Days of Text Retention
Plan Types
- Monthly Plans: No
- Block Plans: No
- Metered Plans: No
Misc
- Completion: unknown
- Newsgroups: Unknown
- Connections: Up to 4 connections
- Payment Options: : Unknown
- Support Info: ICQ: 335794777 and email
- Support Email: wolfgang (at) eternal-september.org
News Server Addresses
- news.eternal-september.org (port 119 NNTP, 563 NNTPS)
- reader80.eternal-september.org (port 80)
- reader443.eternal-september.org (port 443 NNTPS)
Review Of Eternal September
The Usenet provider with interesting name (formerly known as motzarella.org) is a private project providing the free access to the text-only Usenet News. Before the user decides to perform the registration to use their services, he or she is encouraged to read the terms of use. The registration itself can be performed by filing the online form. Regarding the available newsgroups, they provide the comprehensive list of all the groups available, sorted in the hierarchies. Further, more than 60 peers are available and if the user’s account is inactive for 180 days, it will automatically be canceled.
Servers
There are 3 servers available, with addresses and available ports as listed:
- news.eternal-september.org (port 119 NNTP, 563 NNTPS)
- reader80.eternal-september.org (port 80)
- reader443.eternal-september.org (port 443 NNTPS)
The number of concurrent connections to the server is limited to 4. Also, there is a server status available online, as well is the graph for current bandwidth utilization.
Retention
Retention is currently
- 2 years for de.
- 160 days for the Big 8
- 130 days for alt.
- 90 days for other hierarchies.
Terms of use
Since they have somehow unique service and as they encourage the user to read the terms of use prior to the registration, let’s say a few words about these terms. If the user does not follow the rules as stated in the terms of use, his or her account will be terminated immediately without prior notice. Let’s list some of the most important rules:
- sender address: the e-mail addresses given in “From:”, “Reply-To:”, and “Sender:” should be from the user and should be valid as well
- spam: no spam is allowed, meaning, it is not allowed to send many identical or nearly identical messages to a large number of groups
- other prohibited actions: it is not allowed to post links to the child pornography, posting against the charter, forging approval headers or cancels and to perform other similar actions
- binaries: it is not allowed to post binary files (for example images, sound files, videos) to any group that is not classified as the binary
- article length: it is not allowed to post messages larger than 1000 KB
- redistribution of account Information: every user is obligated to keep the account information secret and it is not allowed to give that information to the third side.
Recommendation
Certainly, this is very interesting solution for many users only seeking the read/write access and although the retention times are not spectacular, for this price, you can hardly expect more.
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