Rocksolid Light (rslight) - a web based Usenet news client

Visit https://www.novabbs.com to try Rocksolid Light

Screenshots: https://www.novabbs.com/rocksolid-light/screenshots/

Rocksolid Light is based on NewsPortal, which discontinued development in 2008, and was developed by Florian Amrhein https://florian-amrhein.de/newsportal/

rslight contains some major code and feature changes, but would not exist without NewsPortal as a basis for development.

Rocksolid Light is a php web forum interface that basically uses nntp as a backend. Forums can be Usenet newsgroups, or any groups you wish to create. Forums can be synchronized with other rslight installs, or other nntp servers.

• Uses sqlite3 database. No configuration required
• Does not require Javascript
• Built in nntp server
• Synchronize with inn or another rslight site, or run standalone
• Read and post using a news client
• SSL encryption
• Tested with Claws Mail, Thunderbird, Knews, tin, Pan and some others
• NoCeM and Spamassassin support
• Message expiration by site or by group
• Send/Receive mail to/from users at other Rocksolid Light sites
• Search article bodies
• Display body snippet in overboard and search results
• Email authentication if enabled
• Protect poster email addresses if enabled
• Interface works reasonably well on small devices
• Colors in CSS are in a separate file for easy testing and modification
• Groups can be renamed for cleaner display
• Configuration options may be set for each individual 'section'

See INSTALL.md for installation instructions.

If you have trouble, post to rocksolid.nodes.help (www.novabbs.com) and we'll try to help.

Retro Guy retroguy@novabbs.com