Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:32:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]) by glockenspiel.complete.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) id 1HefB9-0002Nd-JV for gopher@complete.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:32:40 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id s2so682205uge for <gopher@complete.org>; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:32:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=bB1+dzjPRYNv+6hs5IUfjts44spS+38pf87NBjriPO5BZVsxRu8csUrrYEoOwRNO+JUeH3BzQawuv0UiedOw5pORnRHwI+1KhsUEHPvTTCyx5u9vzsNg6SOF6lCnz5EZLoJUzgQw8P0kEIdl/crfa77HTuXAnjB8DlB53nanz/s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=CZE5qiV+wW2SVItlzs8vHr0w1reDrYM6Vj3zv7s92x6daHDq0rggs2exSiY1Mq0ISGuYhRMowpunUj42ZniNuBlGv4yqcFN18Ru1ePwk8WhLOpeyWM4BA6Eb32SRfGeHfM9uBu7rAVCEXZ2QfumlhcKYzkbzf5MU612uNw7uDsQ= Received: by 10.67.50.7 with SMTP id c7mr2335374ugk.1177021956650; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:32:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.50.1 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <ae9679470704191532n836d797q5364cddfb3011a0a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:32:31 -0500 From: "Benn Newman" <newmanbe@sdf.lonestar.org> To: gopher@complete.org Subject: [gopher] Re: Content for a gopher server? In-Reply-To: <354248.90510.qm@web35511.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070419120105.GA19365@pongonova.net> <354248.90510.qm@web35511.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 68df8e6a04fa9ad0 X-Spam-Status: No (score 0.0): AWL=0.000 X-Virus-Scanned: by Exiscan on glockenspiel.complete.org at Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:32:40 -0500 X-archive-position: 1602 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: newmanbe@sdf.lonestar.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

When I had a computer to run a Gopher server on and had problems with the content part, I hosted logs for a few IRC channels. (It was gopherd on freenode)

The nice thing about the web is that you can use shiny tools to fool yourself and make things that say nothing.

On 19/04/07, JumpJet Mailbox <jumpjetinfo@yahoo.com> wrote: > Anything that makes a good FTP candidate is a great Gopher candidate. > > Cruise some FTP sites for ideas. > brian@pongonova.net wrote: > This was bounced from the m/l because I had the audacity to embed the > word "s u b s c r i b e" in my original post :) So here's retry #2: > > ===================================================================== > > I've been playing with gopher for some time now, and am ready to go > live, if not just to show some support...however, I really can't come > up with an idea of what kind of content to host. I don't have any > archives to speak of, belong to a few mailing lists that I've > thought about hosting, but beyond that, I'm stuck. > > Actually, I'm not averse to simply setting up a gopher server for the > sake of doing so, but it would be nice to actually host something > along the way! > > Any suggestions? Ideas? Things that haven't been done yet? > > --Brian -- Benn Newman