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From: randymon <randymon@tilde.club>

Subject: Re: Remote access on cosmic

Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 19:04:21 -0000 (UTC)

References: <114lobd$qd6p$1@cosmic.voyage>

On 2026-08-01,  James Tomasino  wrote:
>I think I pulled it off!  I'm posting this remotely,  connecting to cosmic
>via ssl and logging in with username / pass.  This is fantastic.  You can
>still read-only connect anonymously to cosmic,  but if you have a local
>account you should be able to use it to post now as well.  

The more I think about it the more I think this is a great compromise: you
can read from the outside,  but posting is limited to actual community
members.   Free/unfettered access appears to just about universally be a
calamity,  because people suck.