From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 14 23:39:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA26560 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:39:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA26555 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:39:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA06078; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 18:09:01 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA21081; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 18:09:00 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980315180900.64077@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 18:09:00 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Jordan Blanchard Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Chris D." Subject: Re: looking for a NNTP Server program References: <19980315152143.25555@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Jordan Blanchard on Sat, Mar 14, 1998 at 11:57:22PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 14 March 1998 at 23:57:22 -0600, Jordan Blanchard wrote: > > > Ok Thanks.. Another quick question.. the system I'm on only has a 33.6 > connection to the internet at the moment, is that enough bandwidth to run > a news server ok, That depends on how much news you want to transfer and what else you're doing with the link. It'll certainly transfer a whole lot more news than you'll be prepared to read. > and if yes, were can I get one that will run on a freeBSD system? A 33.6 kb/s link? Any street corner, I would have thought. You might like to read my book "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm), which will give you all the information you need on Internet connections, but not on news. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message