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reply ketmar via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
Hello.

is there any "officially dead" newsgroups on dlang.org that nobody
sees, yet they still working and can be used to test my simple nntp
code?

yes, i know that i can setup local nntp server and play with it, but i
want to test it on dlang groups to see if it's really working, and i
can't up local dfeed, sorry.

so is there some forgotten group which aren't used anymore, and server
owners don't mind if someone spam it with various test messages? i've
seen alot groups in nntp list, can i...
Jan 20 2015
parent reply Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:
On 1/20/15 8:54 AM, ketmar via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 Hello.

 is there any "officially dead" newsgroups on dlang.org that nobody
 sees, yet they still working and can be used to test my simple nntp
 code?

 yes, i know that i can setup local nntp server and play with it, but i
 want to test it on dlang groups to see if it's really working, and i
 can't up local dfeed, sorry.

 so is there some forgotten group which aren't used anymore, and server
 owners don't mind if someone spam it with various test messages? i've
 seen alot groups in nntp list, can i...


http://forum.dlang.org/group/D

Vladimir already uses it for testing.

-Steve
Jan 20 2015
parent ketmar via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:22:52 -0500
Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com>
wrote:


 On 1/20/15 8:54 AM, ketmar via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 Hello.

 is there any "officially dead" newsgroups on dlang.org that nobody
 sees, yet they still working and can be used to test my simple nntp
 code?

 yes, i know that i can setup local nntp server and play with it, but i
 want to test it on dlang groups to see if it's really working, and i
 can't up local dfeed, sorry.

 so is there some forgotten group which aren't used anymore, and server
 owners don't mind if someone spam it with various test messages? i've
 seen alot groups in nntp list, can i...


=20
 http://forum.dlang.org/group/D
=20
 Vladimir already uses it for testing.


aha, i see. thank you very much.
Jan 20 2015