Author: Mathieu Pagé
Date: 12:04:37 09/09/04
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On September 09, 2004 at 13:28:10, Mathieu Pagé wrote: >Hi, > >We all know that the future of CCC is not sure, so I tought of eventual >alternative and I would like to know you opinions about it. If enought people >tell me that this could be great, maybe I'll implement it. > >So this is my idea an NNTP server, yes, like the old rgcc, but with some >modification: > >o Authentication : In order to post on the group you must be authenticated I >don't think the NNTP protocol had any functionalities to do this, so we could >(This is just an idea) begin our message like this : > >u:mathieup >p:monpassword > >of course thoses lines would not appear on the newsgroup messages. > >o Moderation : A web interface would allow the moderators to access the NG >database so, like on CCC the messages would always be posted as soon as they are >sent, but the moderators could delete them anytime after (unlike actuel Usenet >Moderation) > >o Search engine : ok, if we do our own nntp server we will not be able to search >it on Google Groups or other service of this kind. It is why we should be able >to export the message in the same format as CCC use, so Andrei's engine would >still be usable. > >This would of course imply that we had to program a new NNTP server (I'm willing >to do it, just for the fun of it) and to host it (I'm sure someone will >volunter) > >So tell me what you think, tell me your idea or tell me it is the badest idea >you ever heard about CCC futur if it is the case. > >I would personnaly prefer this kind of forum, since we could all use it with our >prefered news reader. > >Mathieu Pagé Looking to another post I just thought that the server could parse the messages for a «[D] fen» and convert thoses messages to html in order to include the diagram. every other post would be in plain text.
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