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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: NNTP for FreeBSD
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Even the latest Ports Collection uses 1.5.11.5...I've installed a
tweaked slightly newer version,but the one now at ftp.academ.com
is 1.6.1.

Is there a reason the same version of NNTP has been in the ports
collection for so long while new ones have been released?