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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!204.27.65.11!news-out.communique.net!communique!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!news-dc.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news From: John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: INN 1.5.1 pull feed, Second hard drive Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 11:14:08 -0400 Organization: University of the Virgin Islands Lines: 31 Message-ID: <33B91EC0.167EB0E7@jnet.vi> References: <33b1c8ff.30828709@news.dftl.com> <5p28to$o0q$3@klemm.gtn.com> <slrn5ree3t.r09.mjm@praetor.hna.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: goby.uvi.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Cache-Post-Path: mama.uvi.edu!unknown@lazlo.uvi.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43774 Matt McLeod wrote: > > 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. > Another alternative might be "nntpcache" a caching NNTP proxy. I use it to combine the local news server (which handles local groups only) and the NNTP server run by our ISP (for all 30,000 non-local groups). It transfers only articles requested by newsreaders and caches them locally for additional read requests. I understand that is what DNews does also (although it may do other things too). ftp://ftp.nntpcache.org/pub/nntpcache/ -- | John Lucas jlucas@jnet.vi | | Information Technology NIC Handle: JL423 | | University of the Virgin Islands (809) 693-1216 | | St. Thomas, VI 00802 http://www.jnet.vi/jlucas.html |