Update

Server Information

Servername        news.doubleslash.org (aka news5.open-news-network.org)
Organization      doubleSlash Net-Business - OSS Solutions
Contact           Jan Schubert
Abuse-Handling    abuse@doubleSlash.org
Hierarchies       de.*,at.*,ch.*,oesterreich.*,\
                  belwue.*,fido.*,ger.*,hamster.*,maus.*,posenet.*,schule.*,spline.*,z-netz.*,\
                  allgaeu.*,anhalt.*,bln.*,boerde.*,braunschweig.*,bremen.*,bremnet.*,chemnitz.*,deceiver.*,\
                  europa.*,feuerwehrmann.*,ffm.*,franken.*,hamburg.*,hanau.*,hannet.*,hannover.*,hanse.*,hildesheim.*,\
                  ingolstadt.*,ka.*,kassel.*,kiel.*,kl.*,luebeck.*,muc.*,muenster.*,nbg.*,nord.*,nrw.*,oecher.*,owl.*,\
                  posenet.*,pbinfo.*,rhein.*,ruhr.*,rwth.*,saar.*,sachsnet.*,spline.*,stgt.*,thur.*,\
                  ufra.*,ulm.*,westf.*,witten.*,wolfsburg.*,wuppertal.*,\
                  alt.*,comp.*,news.*,rec.*,sci.*,gnu.*,linux.*
Restricted        doubleslash.*
Exclude           @unidata.*,@junk,@local.*,\
                  @*.bain*,@*.binar*,@*.binaer*,@*.binai*,@*.binati*,@*.b*n*r*s,@*.pict*,@*.bilder*,@*dateien*,@*.warez*,@*.mp3*,\
                  @alt.sex.*,@alt.sex,@alt.bin.*,@alt.funk-you,@alt.dvdnordic.org,@alt.fan.cristi,@alt.pantyhose,@*.*pedophil*,@*.pedofil*
Binaries          No 
max. Size         200000 Byte
Feed-To           news.doubleslash.org
Accept From       news.doubleslash.org
Path Exclude      news.doubleslash.org
Connection Limit  50
Hardware          P4, 2GHz
Software          INN 2.4.1
Spamfilter        cleanfeed, NoCEM
Group Info        newsgroups, active
Statistics        nntp stats inpath Chart
Top 1000          #392 (20081024) #310 (20070807), #365 (20070107), #489 (20060925), #631 (20060607), #837 (20060207), #1000 (20060123), #2123 (Dec 2005)

Active Peers as of 20080617

Note for new Peers

• uses cleanfeed or any other spam protection method (must have)
• having none or only one active feed to the Open-News-Network (check chart above for participating hosts)
• submits to top1000.org and having a better position than doubleslash.org :-)
• providing de.* and some other German hierchies
• willing to exchange groups in German language that are not widely spread (check also http://news.doubleslash.org/de-groups)

You match at least 3 criteria? Fine, please send an eMail to the adress mentioned above (including the matching criteria) and make sure you do _not_ send any Binaries and add the max size! Sorry, had too much trouble with binary sites in the past...

Sample config entries for INN:

etc/newsfeeds:
doubleslash/news.doubleslash.org:\
        de.*,at.*,ch.*,oesterreich.*,\
        belwue.*,fido.*,ger.*,hamster.*,maus.*,posenet.*,schule.*,spline.*,z-netz.*,\
        allgaeu.*,anhalt.*,bln.*,boerde.*,braunschweig.*,bremen.*,bremnet.*,chemnitz.*,deceiver.*,\
        europa.*,feuerwehrmann.*,ffm.*,franken.*,hamburg.*,hanau.*,hannet.*,hannover.*,hanse.*,hildesheim.*,\
        ingolstadt.*,ka.*,kassel.*,kiel.*,kl.*,luebeck.*,muc.*,muenster.*,nbg.*,nord.*,nrw.*,oecher.*,owl.*,\
        posenet.*,pbinfo.*,rhein.*,ruhr.*,rwth.*,saar.*,sachsnet.*,spline.*,stgt.*,thur.*,\
        ufra.*,ulm.*,westf.*,witten.*,wolfsburg.*,wuppertal.*,\
        alt.*,comp.*,news.*,rec.*,sci.*,gnu.*,linux.*,\
        @unidata.*,@junk,@local.*,\
        @*.bain*,@*.binar*,@*.binaer*,@*.binai*,@*.binati*,@*.b*n*r*s,@*.pict*,@*.bilder*,@*dateien*,@*.warez*,@*.mp3*,\
        @alt.sex.*,@alt.sex,@alt.bin.*,@alt.funk-you,@alt.dvdnordic.org,@alt.fan.cristi,@alt.pantyhose,@*.*pedophil*,@*.pedofil*\
        :Ap,Tm,<200001:innfeed!

etc/incoming.conf:
peer doubleslash {
                   hostname:  news.doubleslash.org
}

etc/innfeed.conf:
peer doubleslash {
                   ip-name:   news.doubleslash.org
}