From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 18 15:21:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9833514C8F for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:21:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.198.197]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAB4376; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:20:49 +0100 Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by daemon.ninth-circle.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA24401; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:16:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:16:28 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: David Fuchs Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NNTP & CNEWS Message-ID: <20000119001628.Y12908@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <002801bf615b$a389d2a0$0201a8c0@uniserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <002801bf615b$a389d2a0$0201a8c0@uniserve.com>; from beastie@beastie.net on Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 06:28:00PM -0800 Organisation: Ninth-Circle Enterprises Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [Lines properly wrapped at 72 chars will increase readability] -On [20000118 04:02], David Fuchs (beastie@beastie.net) wrote: >Does anyone know where I can get some definitive information for CNEWS? >I've installed > >nntp-1.5.12.2.tgz and >cnews-cr.g.tgz > >on FreeBSD 3.2 and I've got the news server working, but everything >with CNEWS comes in a multitude of batch files. The information I'm >looking for is essentially this: One question before we start answering, why on earth are you using CNEWS? The design of CNEWS cannot cope with modern day newsfeeds, since CNEWS uses a batch method. I strongly urge you to use INN or likewise server or in case of not needing a full feed, something like leafnode(+) or suck. -- Jeroen Ruigrok vd W/Asmodai asmodai@[wxs.nl|bart.nl|freebsd.org] Documentation nutter/B-rated Coder BSD: Technical excellence at its best The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project Necessity is the mother of invention... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message