Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:30:23 -0800 From: "David Fuchs" <beastie@beastie.net> To: "Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai" <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: NNTP & CNEWS Message-ID: <001501bf620b$fe070b20$0201a8c0@uniserve.com> References: <002801bf615b$a389d2a0$0201a8c0@uniserve.com> <20000119001628.Y12908@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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:( Oops... sorry then, I'll give INN a try. It's only been 3 days since I decided to run a news server.. so I'm still learning. Thanks a lot for your help though, it's greatly appreciated!! -David Fuchs ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: David Fuchs <beastie@beastie.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:16 PM Subject: Re: NNTP & CNEWS > [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 <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; > Necessity is the mother of invention... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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