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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: How to Install News for NetBSD
Date: 21 Jul 93 01:50:39
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In-reply-to: tdwyer@nodecg.ncc.telecomwa.oz.au's message of Tue, 20 Jul 1993 03:20:58 GMT
In article <1993Jul20.032058.16216@nodecg.ncc.telecomwa.oz.au> tdwyer@nodecg.ncc.telecomwa.oz.au (Terry Dwyer 4915161) writes:
I am about to start researching the installation of News on my NetBSD-0.8
machine. As a news user I have only a vague understanding of what is
required and no idea where to get it.
I have not upgraded to NetBSD-current as I am not directly connected to
the net, (so upgrading is difficult), although I have indirect access
using mail requests to FTP mail servers.
I can arrange for a news feed from a machine on the same net as myself,
and there is at least one other that would like to take a mail feed from
me If I can set up a mail server. The reason behind this is that the
machine I get my news from at the moment has limited disk space, and I
often miss news in the groups I am interested in.
If this is an FAQ for 386BSD or NetBSD, could someone point me to a
place I can get the FAQ, if not, is there someone who could indicate
the packages and patches I need and where to get them from.
If there is sufficient interest in this, I will summarise the info I get
and post it.
Thank you for your attention.
Terry
I've just completed the installation of a news server on my machine
which runs 386bsd + pk 0.2.4.
I use inn-1.4 (walton.maths.tcd.ie and numerous others) as a server,
and although I currently feed no other machines, it is configurable.
This package needed no alterations but is fairly difficult to configure.
I use slurp (ftp.demon.co.uk) to receive news from a remote news server
at news.demon.co.uk. This package needed no alterations and is easy to
configure.
I use GNUS (an emacs package) to read and post news, although non-emacs
users would probably prefer rn (ask archie). GNUS needed no alterations
and practically no configuration.
My machine is standalone, and I use slip (a metamorphasised daemon version
of tip) to connect, log in and establish a SLIP line to demon.co.uk. This
package (originally csn) needed a fair bit of re-working and is fairly
easy to configure (tip style + a bit).
Tieing it all together, I have a script called connect containing the
following relevant lines:
slip gate # establish connection
su news # exchange news (as user news)
# The login script contains the following relevant lines
ctlinnd flush demon # Flush outgoing news
nntpsend -d # Send news (conf'd for news.demon)
slurp -d news # Receive new news
sendmail -q # exchange mail
pkill slip # If you want a quick call
# pkill kills the named process(es)
rnews -U # Un-batch news
ctlinnd flush ME # Flush incomming news
It also contains various flags to turn on and off various features etc.
If enough people are interested, I'll send the lot as one package to the
patck-kit people for inclusion in future releases.
Send me email <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> if you're interested in some
or all of these packages, or if you have any problems configuring them.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>