Baen's Bar

Baen's Bar is an online community created around Baen Books' message board (originally BBS).

Related Topics:
Online community - Baen Books - Message board - BBS

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It has survived numerous crashes and the critical illness of Baen's original main webmaster. There are five ways of accessing it: via e-mail, via two separate NNTP (newsgroup) interfaces, and via two different website interfaces using the WebBoard software package from the Akiva Corporation—"Old style" (in use since at least 1997) and the default "New style" (in use since 2003).

Related Topics:
E-mail - NNTP - Newsgroup - Website - WebBoard - Akiva Corporation - 1997 - 2003

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The Bar's internal NNTP interface may be accessed by newsreader via bar.baen.com, using the same login ID and password one uses to access the bar's web interface. However, since it is only an interface to a non-NNTP bulletin board system, this is somewhat slow and may deliver incorrect article counts. A much faster NNTP mirror has been set up at news.sector14.net; this does not require use of the bar's userID and password to read; however, to post articles one must be a registered member of the Bar and be posting from the same e-mail address with which he subscribed.

Related Topics:
Newsreader - Password - Mirror

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Forum regulars include a number of New York Times bestselling writers (including David Weber, Eric Flint, and John Ringo), other writers who publish through Baen, founder/co-owner/CEO Jim Baen, various employees, and a growing number of readers. Members of this community are referred to as barflies.

Related Topics:
New York Times - Bestselling - David Weber - Eric Flint - John Ringo - Jim Baen - Barflies

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The bar is divided into several sections—some for administrivia, but most concerning specific authors and their fictional universes. Popular forums include Flint's 1632 Tech Manual, Ringo's Ringo's Tavern and Weber's Honorverse.

Related Topics:
1632 Tech Manual - Ringo's Tavern - Honorverse

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