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From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: INNd for FreeBSD 2.0.5
Date: 27 Dec 1995 21:39:20 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD box
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In article <Pine.A32.3.91.951226230555.23694A-100000@dsu2.deltast.edu>,
Stacy Trippe  <strippe@dsu2.deltast.edu> wrote:
>Can anyone give me any tips/tricks/hints as to where I can get INNd for 
>FreeBSD 2.0.5 and what to watch out for when installing/configuring INNd?

It comes in the ports distribution with 2.0.5 (there's also a package, but
it's better to compile it yourself - in fact I believe the package has been 
dropped from 2.1.0 as it was too difficult to make one that was general 
enough).

The main 'gotcha' with INN on FreeBSD is that using MMAP is known to cause
occasional system crashes due to a bug in the MMAP implementation! However, 
the performance without MMAP is almost as good as with it, due to the very 
sophisticated FreeBSD VM system.

Apart from that, INN is one of those things for which you really do have to
read and understand all the documentation - fortunately there's a very good 
FAQ which is posted to the news.software.nntp newsgroup. Although from your 
.sig you probably knew that already 8-)

James
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