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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: News question
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 06:58:54 -0500
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In article <5ofagc$6uk@quail.swcp.com>, Charlie Sorsby <crs@swcp.com> wrote:
>
>Here's what I would like to do:
>
>Set things up so that cron will go to my ISP and retrieve a limited
>number of news grousp.  This one (obviously :), rec.hunting, and a
>few other groups.  Not much volume--only a small fraction of what's
>out there.
>
>What are the prerequisites (other software the slurp or whatever
>depends upon being available)?

The simplest, most painless solution is leafnode.  Very easy to use,
virtually maintenance-free.  I've been using it for months now, and
*love* it.  Check it out.

http://www.troll.no/freebies/leafnode.html

Let me know if you need any help getting started.
-- 
Conrad Sabatier
http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads