https://en.wikifur.com/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=64.178.138.25WikiFur - User contributions [en]2026-10-09T13:29:10ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.23.16//en.wikifur.com/wiki/FurrynetFurrynet2006-07-18T21:47:32Z<p>64.178.138.25: /* Servers */</p>
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<div>The fur.* (furrynet) hierarchy is a set of [[Wikipedia:Usenet|newsgroups]] which were intended to provide Furry Fandom with specific message areas, protected from the rest of usenet. Furrynet was the primary and central distribution method for furry art in the mid to late 1990's before the rise of [[FurNation]], [[FurAffinity]], and other website archives. Today artwork is still exchanged on the fur.* newsgroups, but many artists have started keeping their works on their personal homepages or on a website archive, making keeping up with new art across the [[Furry Fandom]] more challenging.<br />
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==Servers==<br />
Originally there were the following servers:<br />
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*news.critter.net (velox, now urocyon)<br />
*news.chameleon.net (tiger)<br />
*news.lightbearer.com (dogma)<br />
*news.fur.com (snowfox)<br />
*news1.tigerden.com (bengal)<br />
*news2.tigerden.com (siberian)<br />
*furry.ao.net<br />
<br />
Only [nntp://news.critter.net Critter] & Tigerden are left from the first servers. NNTP access to news.critter.net remains open to the public while news.tigerden.com is by request/invatation only. There are two newer servers avalable as well:<br />
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*news.furhome.net/news.tigress.com (husky)<br />
*news.furnation.com (phoenix)<br />
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NNTP access to [nntp://news.furhome.net Furhome.net] and [nntp://news.tigress.com Tigress.com] (same news server) is read-only & requires the user name '''fur''' & password '''net''', with full access avalable via an email request. The Furnation.com domain is up for renewal is September (2006), but for now the [nntp://news.furnation.com news server] is open NNTP access server.<br />
<br />
It is notable that fur.* newsgroups and postings often reached the wider Usenet through incorrectly configured gateways, bringing spam and new readers back to the Furrynet servers. The spam was mostly dealt with by cancelbots (automated software which issues NetNews cancel messages -- one of which may still be active, if slow) which deleted any post that did not have "fur" (any capitalisation) in either the '''Subject''' or '''Distribution''' header. Cancelbots were also set up to delete certain artists' work after a period of time, often a week, out of respect for their distribution rights; [[Wookie]] was among the artists who recieved this privelege.<br />
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==Newsgroups==<br />
The fur.* newsgroups are:<br />
<br />
*fur.announce<br />
*fur.answers <br />
*fur.config <br />
*fur.control <br />
*fur.test <br />
*fur.artwork.misc<br />
*fur.artwork.erotica <br />
*fur.artwork.adult <br />
*fur.lifestyle <br />
*fur.mucks <br />
*fur.misc <br />
*fur.toons <br />
*fur.artwork.artists <br />
*fur.artwork.discuss <br />
*fur.comics <br />
*fur.conventions <br />
*fur.stories.discuss <br />
*fur.stories.erotica <br />
*fur.stories.misc <br />
*fur.stories.storyboard <br />
*fur.stories.writers <br />
<br />
Most newsgroups receive little to no traffic except for [news://fur.artwork.erotica fur.artwork.erotica] and [news://fur.artwork.misc fur.artwork.misc]. However, the fur.stories hierarchy was also popular for some time, and many archived posts can be found within those newsgroups.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/furrynet.html Furrynet introduction (some of the infomation here is outdated)]<br />
* [http://groups-beta.google.com/groups/dir?lnk=gh&hl=en&sel=33604363 fur.* hierachy] on Google Groups (Note that these archives are incomplete, spam-laden, and lacking all binary files - see above for the reasons why.)<br />
* [http://critter.net/ critter.net]<br />
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[[Category:Newsgroups]]</div>64.178.138.25//en.wikifur.com/wiki/FurrynetFurrynet2006-07-18T21:45:24Z<p>64.178.138.25: /* Servers */</p>
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<div>The fur.* (furrynet) hierarchy is a set of [[Wikipedia:Usenet|newsgroups]] which were intended to provide Furry Fandom with specific message areas, protected from the rest of usenet. Furrynet was the primary and central distribution method for furry art in the mid to late 1990's before the rise of [[FurNation]], [[FurAffinity]], and other website archives. Today artwork is still exchanged on the fur.* newsgroups, but many artists have started keeping their works on their personal homepages or on a website archive, making keeping up with new art across the [[Furry Fandom]] more challenging.<br />
<br />
==Servers==<br />
Originally there were the following servers:<br />
<br />
*news.critter.net (velox, now urocyon)<br />
*news.chameleon.net (tiger)<br />
*news.lightbearer.com (dogma)<br />
*news.fur.com (snowfox)<br />
*news1.tigerden.com (bengal)<br />
*news2.tigerden.com (siberian)<br />
*furry.ao.net<br />
<br />
Only [nntp://news.critter.net Critter] & Tigerden are left from the first servers. NNTP access to news.critter.net remains open to the public while news.tigerden.com is by request/invatation only. There are two newer servers avalable as well:<br />
<br />
*news.furhome.net/news.tigress.com (husky)<br />
*news.furnation.com (phoenix)<br />
<br />
NNTP access to [nntp://news.furhome.net Furhome.net] and [nntp://news.tigress.com Tigress.com] (same news server) is read-only & requires the user name '''fur''' & password '''net''', with full access is avalable via an email request. The Furnation.com domain is up for renewal is September (2006), but for now the [nntp://news.furnation.com news server] is open NNTP access server.<br />
<br />
It is notable that fur.* newsgroups and postings often reached the wider Usenet through incorrectly configured gateways, bringing spam and new readers back to the Furrynet servers. The spam was mostly dealt with by cancelbots (automated software which issues NetNews cancel messages -- one of which may still be active, if slow) which deleted any post that did not have "fur" (any capitalisation) in either the '''Subject''' or '''Distribution''' header. Cancelbots were also set up to delete certain artists' work after a period of time, often a week, out of respect for their distribution rights; [[Wookie]] was among the artists who recieved this privelege.<br />
<br />
==Newsgroups==<br />
The fur.* newsgroups are:<br />
<br />
*fur.announce<br />
*fur.answers <br />
*fur.config <br />
*fur.control <br />
*fur.test <br />
*fur.artwork.misc<br />
*fur.artwork.erotica <br />
*fur.artwork.adult <br />
*fur.lifestyle <br />
*fur.mucks <br />
*fur.misc <br />
*fur.toons <br />
*fur.artwork.artists <br />
*fur.artwork.discuss <br />
*fur.comics <br />
*fur.conventions <br />
*fur.stories.discuss <br />
*fur.stories.erotica <br />
*fur.stories.misc <br />
*fur.stories.storyboard <br />
*fur.stories.writers <br />
<br />
Most newsgroups receive little to no traffic except for [news://fur.artwork.erotica fur.artwork.erotica] and [news://fur.artwork.misc fur.artwork.misc]. However, the fur.stories hierarchy was also popular for some time, and many archived posts can be found within those newsgroups.<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/furrynet.html Furrynet introduction (some of the infomation here is outdated)]<br />
* [http://groups-beta.google.com/groups/dir?lnk=gh&hl=en&sel=33604363 fur.* hierachy] on Google Groups (Note that these archives are incomplete, spam-laden, and lacking all binary files - see above for the reasons why.)<br />
* [http://critter.net/ critter.net]<br />
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