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From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: newsgroups for freeBSD
Date: 5 Dec 1995 01:27:32 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD box
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Message-ID: <4a0764$2ar@parody.tecc.co.uk>
References: <DJ2Kv8.MDn@mtnlake.com>
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In article <DJ2Kv8.MDn@mtnlake.com>,
Eugene Kulinek  <kulinek@mtnlake.com> wrote:
>
>I am new to freeBSD and I need to install newsgroups under freeBSD. 
>What s/w should I select and from which site?
>
>The one I would prefer would
>include installation and administration documentation.

Presumably you intend to set up a news server, in which case INN is
probably the best way to go (a port comes with FreeBSD). If you just 
want to read news, there are several news readers in the 'ports'; which
one is best is a matter of taste (I use trn as you may have noticed from the
headers).

James
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