Welcome to NNTP4.net!

The news server news.nntp4.net is a privately operated and non-commercial server, which can be used for free after registration.

As an alternative to registering via nntp4.net, my news server is also available to users of Open-News-Network.org. (ONN Registration)
- However, login credentials from Open-News-Network.org do not allow login on this site!

If the server news.nntp4.net is used for prohibited purposes, such as SPAM, please notify me via the abuse form. The abuse form (Abuse) can be found under the menu item Abuse!

Since February 20, 2025, only TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3 are supported for TLS connections!
You can find a list of newsreaders on the subpage Newsreader!


Details of news.nntp4.net

 Server details:
 NNTP Status:  IPv4:
 IPv6:
 NNTPS Status (TLS):
 TLS1.2 and TLS1.3 only!
 IPv4:
 IPv6:
 Service Online since:  December 2015
 From Dec 2015 to Oct 2020 as freedyn.de.
 Since Oct 2020 as nntp4.net.
 System:  INN 2.7.1
 on Debian
 Hostname IN:  news.nntp4.net
 Hostname OUT:  news.nntp4.net
 Path:  news.nntp4.net
 Additional hostname:  lim1.tschaffert.com
 Port:  119
 SSL- / TLS-Port:  563
 IPv4 address:  54.36.109.115
 Reverse DNS: news.nntp4.net
 IPv6 address:  2001:41d0:700:1273::
 Reverse DNS: news.nntp4.net
 Server contact:
 Abuse:  abuse@nntp4.net
 Contact:  newsserver@nntp4.net
 Peering:  peering@nntp4.net
 Security:  security@nntp4.net
 Server configuration:
 SPAM-Filter:  Clearfeed, NoCeM
 Max. article size:  256 KB
 Cancel-Lock:  enabled, RFC8315
 Hold time:  1825 days
 Spool:  unlimited
 Autoreflector Groups:  Autoreflector disabled
 Peers:  21
 Newsgroups:   41.674
 Articles: 3.459.129
 Top1000.org:
 (http://top1000.anthologeek.net)
 daily submit
 Hardware / Network:
 Location / Provider:   Limburg, Germany (Europe)
 OVH SAS, AS16276
 Server uplink status:   1000 Mbit
 CPU:  Intel Xeon D1520
 4c / 8t - 2.2 GHz / 2.6 GHz
 RAM:  32 GB ECC DDR4
 DDR 2133 MHz
 HDD:  4 x 2.0 TB
 SATA HDD RAID 1