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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
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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/

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