Mail --> News gateways

Are there any alive and functional mail-to-news gateways other than
anon.penet.fi? What format do they use? In particular, is there one 
which can be put at the end of a chain of Cypherpunks remailers? 
I tried the two mentioned in the "Hal's Instructions" file, posting 
to alt.test, and they didn't work. How does one post to a group with 
a - in the name, such as alt.fan.david-sternlight?
 
To whoever sent that huge message for BlackNet: please read the
responses to this question and use news gateways to post messages
for BlackNet to alt.extropians.forbidden.topics or 
alt.fan.david-sternlight. Neither group has much traffic anyway,
and it's kind of annoying to receive large messages you can't
read, especially when you're paying for the download time.
 
To BlackNet: until alt.w.a.s.t.e or a similar group is created,
why not use alt.test for anonymous communication? Nobody really 
cares what's posted there, since nobody reads it except to find 
their own test posts. The poster could put a recognizable string, 
such as your hex key id, in the subject, allowing you to find it
quickly with the newsreader's search command.
 
                                  < MikeIngle@delphi.com >

> Are there any alive and functional mail-to-news gateways other than
> anon.penet.fi? What format do they use? In particular, is there one 
> which can be put at the end of a chain of Cypherpunks remailers? 
> I tried the two mentioned in the "Hal's Instructions" file, posting 
> to alt.test, and they didn't work. How does one post to a group with 
> a - in the name, such as alt.fan.david-sternlight?

Ok, so far as I know, both of those remailers are still active, but at
least one of them blocks posts from all the anonymous remailers that the
operators know of. (I don't think they know of mine yet.) To post a
message to alt.fan.david-sternlight use the address of
alt-fan-david-sternlight
when posting to the remailer. Or so I've heard, someplace on this list a
while back I think. BTW, My remailer is still haveing trouble decrypting
messages sent to it, but unencrypted remailing requests still work fine.

> To BlackNet: until alt.w.a.s.t.e or a similar group is created,
> why not use alt.test for anonymous communication? Nobody really 
> cares what's posted there, since nobody reads it except to find 
> their own test posts. The poster could put a recognizable string, 
> such as your hex key id, in the subject, allowing you to find it
> quickly with the newsreader's search command.
>  
>                                   < MikeIngle@delphi.com >

I second the motion. Good Idea Mike.

Happy Hunting, -Chris.