From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 2 04:24:48 2005 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 1F05316A4CF for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2005 04:24:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E26543D1D for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2005 04:24:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j024OZj11239; Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:24:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Eric F Crist" , "Erik Trulsson" Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:24:35 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal cc: Sergei Gnezdov cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: RE: News from several NNTP Servers 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: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 04:24:48 -0000 search google for keywork "open nntp server list" Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Eric F Crist > Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 4:19 PM > To: Erik Trulsson > Cc: Sergei Gnezdov; FreeBSD-Questions > Subject: Re: News from several NNTP Servers > > > On Jan 1, 2005, at 2:59 AM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > > There are two different ways of getting news from upstream. The first > > is to have them send everything to you. This requires some kind of > > agreement with the upstream-server. > > The other is to pull articles one by one from the upstream just like a > > normal nntp-client. > > Most nntp-servers can be configured to pull data from upstream just as > > if it was a client which means that you do not need any sort of special > > agreement with upstream. > > Where can I go to find upstream newsfeeds? I'm working on setting up a > local news server and I want to obtain a few specific blocks of > newsgroups for local users. I don't know what they're going to want to > access at this point, but I think you get the idea. > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________________ > Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" > Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson >