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.*,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        innpeer stats nntp stats inpath Chart
Top 1000          #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.*,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
}