On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:14:46 +0200, kdog <dogfromhell666@mail2tor.com> wrote:
>Check it out:
>http://www.eternal-september.org/
(using Tor Browser 13.5.3)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eternal-september.org
>eternal-september.org
>A private project providing free access to text-only newsgroups. SSL
>encryption and a web gateway based on the open source NewsPortal
>software, as well as UUCP batches on demand are offered.
[end quote]
very popular free newsserver, not tor-friendly, requires login, but the
very name of the server & nom de guerre of the sysadmin have provenance . . .

the first occurrence of the phrase "eternal september" is attributed to
john william chambless <chambless@whale.st.usm.edu> in a usenet article
posted wednesday 9 february 1994 00:23:47 UT to "alt.folklore.computers"
under the namesake subject header "the eternal september", which begins:
"here we go again... isn't it lovely that usenet isn't just the 'toy of
the intellectual elite' anymore?" . . . the author of this famous title
(b. 10 april 1959, gulfport) is apparently still living but considering
the unintended "never ending" meme which became the trademark of usenet,
has probably heard more about this quip than anyone could possibly need
(although commercial usenet providers might owe this guy some royalties)
>"Motzarella -> Eternal-September" (2009)

(using Tor Browser 13.5.3)
https://web.archive.org/web/20090725122840/http://www.eternal-september.org/
>Welcome to news.eternal-september.org
>...
>2009-07-01 04:54:04 Motzarella servers shut down
>As of today, Motzarella.org servers have been replaced by
>eternal-september.org servers.
>2009-06-30 20:52:37 feeder.motzarella.org has been terminated
>All peers who haven't switched to feeder.eternal-september.org yet,
>please do so anytime now.
>2009-06-29 09:53:00 [Update] Eternal-September online again
>Eternal-September is back online ----------------------------------
>------------------------------------------ Eternal-September failed
>last night with file system error that is currently being analyzed
>and will remain offline until 2:00 p.m. CEST. Motzarella servers are
>fully operational.
>2009-06-16 09:18:55 Motzarella -> Eternal-September
>For various technical reasons the Motzarella reader servers
>news.motzarella.org, reader80.motzarella.org and
>reader443.motzarella.org
>will be replaced by the following servers:
>news.eternal-september.org reader80.eternal-september.org and
>reader443.eternal-september.org
>To make the transition as smooth as possible, the
>*.eternal-september.org servers are available as of today.
>All accounts will remain valid, as well as all registered FQDNs in
>the motzarella.org and eternal-september.org domains
>2009-05-02 20:59:35 Number of connects per day limited
>The number of connections per day and per user has been limited to
>1200.
>2009-02-03 10:06:35 NNTP access on port 80
>NNTP access on port 80 has been moved to the host name
>reader80.motzarella.org for technical reasons.
[end quoted plain text]

(using Tor Browser 13.5.3)
https://web.archive.org/web/20061010183828/http://news.motzarella.org/en/index.php
>motzarella Usenet News
>Server status for Motzarella News servers
>Server NNTP Port 119 NNTPS Port 563 Login(LDAP)
>news.motzarella.org
>news2.motzarella.org
>Cleanfeed
>Welcome to news.motzarella.org
>news.motzarella.org is a private project providing free access to Usenet
>News. The server has a 100MBit connection to several Internet backbones
>and is integrated into the Usenet via more than 20 peers.
>Free access to the news server
>news.motzarella.org provides free read and write access to all
>newsgroups. It requires a registration that can be done online.
>Please read the terms of use before you register.
>Hierarchies and Groups
>Apart from de.* (including de.alt.dateien.*) news.motzarella.org carries
>the Big 8, alt.* (approx. 9000 groups) and several regional hierarchies
>(more than 200). A list of available hierarchies can be found here.
>For tests, information and support for users of news.motzarella.org the
>local hierarchy motzarella.* is open to unregistered users, too.
>The local hierarchy posenet.* is also open to unregistered user for
>reading and posting.
>Peering with news.motzarella.org
>news.motzarella.org is looking for additional peers.
>Prerequisites: static IP address, availability 24/7
>Motzarella.org welcomes news servers looking for their first peering.
>Please send email to peering@motzarella.de
>UUCP batches
>news.motzarella.org offers UUCP Batches on demand.
>Please send email to peering@motzarella.de for details.
>news.motzarella.org submits path information to the TOP1000 project
>daily

(using Tor Browser 13.5.3)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ted+benoit
>...
>https://en.wikipedia.org
>Ted Benoit
>Thierry "Ted" Benoit (25 July 1947 � 30 September 2016) was a French
>comic artist, graphic novelist and prominent figure in the stylish
>Franco-Belgian ligne claire comics scene in the 1980s. His influences
>included Edgar P. Jacobs, Moebius, Robert Crumb and to a lesser extend
>Jacques Tardi.[1]
>Among his works from the 1980s are Bingo Bongo et son Combo Congolais,
>a series about aspiring novelist Bingo B. Bongo and his travails; and
>Ray Banana, a film noir pastiche. Some of these were published in
^^^ ^^^^^^ cf. <rayban@raybanana.net>
>English in Heavy Metal.
>Benoit illustrated two books in the Blake and Mortimer series, both
>written by Jean Van Hamme: The Francis Blake Affair, 1996; and The
>Strange Encounter, 2001. Benoit died on 30 September 2016 at the age
>of 69.[2][3]

see also:
>https://www.tcj.com/he-walked-the-line-thierry-ted-benoit-1947-2016/
>https://www.2dgalleries.com/art/ted-benoit-ray-banana-159463?lang=en
>https://www.2dgalleries.com/ted-benoit/comic-art/814
>>https://www.2dgalleries.com/ted-benoit/comic-art/814?timespan=4&order=1&catid=2&typeofart=all&offset=12
>...

http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=contact&language=en
>Contact:
> Wolfgang M. Weyand <wolfgang(at)eternal-september.org>
>Address
> Berliner Strasse 26
> D-61348 Bad Homburg v.d.H.
>ICQ 335794777

https://web.archive.org/web/20061010192134/http://news.motzarella.org/en/contact.php
>Contact:
> Wolfgang M. Weyand <wolfgang@motzarella.org>
>Address
> Berliner Strasse 26
> D-61348 Bad Homburg v.d.H.
>ICQ 335794777

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=berliner+strasse+26+d-61348+bad+homburg
>...
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