From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 9 06:58:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1FA637B401 for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 06:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zim.0x7e.net (zim.0x7e.net [203.38.184.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D3EE43F3F for ; Fri, 9 May 2003 06:58:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listone@deathbeforedecaf.net) Received: from goo.0x7e.net ([203.38.184.164] helo=goo) by zim.0x7e.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19E8MB-00041Y-00; Fri, 09 May 2003 23:26:15 +0930 Message-ID: <003501c31632$c1e0fff0$a4b826cb@goo> From: "Rob" To: "Rob O'Donnell" References: <5.1.1.6.0.20030509142425.02992210@aph2k> Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 23:26:14 +0930 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: news server recommends X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 13:58:03 -0000 Have a look at http://www.nntpcache.org - we used it to replace innd at a University. It makes a huge difference to bandwidth/diskspace requirements. I can't comment on the security, though they do seem to pay attention to it. Free licensing for most non-commercial environments (as far as I can tell). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob O'Donnell" To: Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:11 PM Subject: news server recommends > > Hi All, > > In an effort to avoid creating problems for myself, I'm asking first before > diving in ... > > I have a requirement to set up a nntp server. Partially as a local cache, > to provide as huge a retention time as I can afford disc space for, but > also to give out external access to. > > requirements are basically... > ability to fetch via NNTP from several configured news servers (ie, not > using a push feed) > automatically fetch groups that are used; ignore groups that are not accessed. > (this all to reduce bandwidth requirements!) > have script-configurable user accounts with arbitary monthly download limits. > be secure enough to open a port through the firewall to it from the Internet > > I've been looking at Dnews, but the price is a touch off-putting, and I've > not delved far enough > into the docs to determine if I can set download limits on user account yet.. > > So.. basically, is there anything anybody can recommend that will do what I > want? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rob. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >