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From: mjm@SPAMMERS.hna.BUGGER.com.OFF.au (Matt McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: INN 1.5.1 pull feed, Second hard drive
Date: 30 Jun 1997 04:45:01 GMT
Organization: Hunter Network Association, Australia
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On 28 Jun 1997 05:54:00 GMT, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> wrote:
:In article <33b1c8ff.30828709@news.dftl.com>,
:	rickt@interlog.com (Rick Tomaschuk) writes:
:> Does anyone know how to setup INN 1.5.1 with a pull feed.  I know 
:> "Suck" ?? 2.6.2 can be added but is their a simpler way?  The docs for
:> INN are a little confusing (for me <g>).  Are there any other "free"
:> NNTP servers which don't require a computer science degree to setup?  
:> 
:> I'm currently trying out DNEWS on FreeBSD, which is fantastic, but I
:> want to give INN another shot before I fork over $$$ for something I
:> may not use for very long.

There is the obvious candidate - leafnode.

Or, if you've got INN working OK, just not the pull part, then there are a
couple of other pull packages around, including newsx, which apparently uses
your INN configs to set itself up.

-- 
Matt McLeod,  <mjm(at)hna.com.au>
"Please try to understand before one of us dies".