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From: david@terra.igcom.net (David B. Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: DNEWS NNTP News Server Binaries Available
Followup-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.sun.misc
Date: 17 May 1996 14:58:48 GMT
Organization: InterGlobal Communications
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Question: Since DNEWS has different file/configuration structures,
I would assume that the sources for the basic UNIX news readers
would need to be re-configured.  For instance, on my distrib of bsdi bsd/os
tin,rn,trn,etc... look for /var/news/etc/active among other files and 
directories such as the spool /var/news/spool.  Is there a way to configure
DNEWS to use the same type of configuration files as INN? I have messed
with the setting and can get directory structures pretty close, but not 
good enough to be able to use a non nntp news reader.


David

Chris Pugmire (chrisp@marc.cri.nz) wrote:
: Announcing DNEWS binaries now available for
:         AIX, Digital Unix, BSDI, SunOS, Solaris, Linux and SGI

: DNEWS is a news server which can be used to replace 
: INN or CNEWS and generally results in better user response,
: much lower system overhead and much less management.

: Features of DNEWS.
: Dynamic sucking feed.
: 	A sucking feed may use as little as 10% of the normal
: 	disk space and network bandwidth.
: 	By only getting news items that people usually read 
: 	very large savings are possible particularly for small
: 	sites & workgroups.  A hundred users can be supported
: 	on 100 MB depending on their reading habbits!
: 	I run a single user server on my NT as a background
: 	service, it's using less than 5MB.
: Flexible expire settings 
: 	By allowing expiration by 'number of items' low volume groups
: 	become much more useful.  Also by allowing settings 
: 	which change with disk space the system is much more
: 	stable to large influxes of news.
: Flexible access restrictions
: 	Reading and Posting access can be given separately to
: 	to different users and selections of news groups.
: Binarys available for common platforms
: 	On many platforms you do not need to build the binary
: 	yourself, e.g. Windows NT (Intel & Alpha) 
: 	VMS, (VAX & ALPHA, Multinet only), Solaris, Linux.
: Email confirmation of posts
: 	DNEWS can be configured to send email confirmations as it
: 	sends items up to a main news server.  This gives users 
: 	a clear record of a posted item and its successful 
: 	transfer into the 'net'.
: Items stored in a database
: 	Items are stored in a database which puts items together
: 	in blocks of 100.  This saves directory entries, inodes,
: 	and the empty space usually wasted due to blocking factors.
: 	Also file open and closes are minimized, this is essential
: 	on systems where this is a 'costly' operation, e.g. VMS.
: Installation easy, totally configurable without recompiling
: 	DNEWS can be configured without recompiling and all
: 	the configuration scripts have been simplified where 
: 	possible.
: Supported & Documented
: 	DNEWS is a commercially supported product.
: 	EMAIL support is available for help with installation
: 	and management.

: FTP Binaries 	ftp://netwinsite.com/dnews
: Web page: 	http://netwinsite.com/
: FAQ 		ftp://netwinsite.com/dnews/install.txt
: Mirror Site 	ftp://ftp.std.com/ftp/vendors/netwin/dnews/
: EMail:		netwin@world.std.com
: 						


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