From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 24 03:11:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E15F6106564A for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:11:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B39BA8FC17 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:11:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from tim-kellerss-macbook-pro.local (www.smsd.tv [96.57.143.18]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KN900K0FNJNUS80@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:11:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:11:47 -0400 From: Tim Kellers In-reply-to: <4A6919C0.8080709@ibctech.ca> To: Steve Bertrand Message-id: <4A692673.8000906@wallnet.com> MIME-version: 1.0 References: <4A691563.5000509@wallnet.com> <4A6919C0.8080709@ibctech.ca> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: INN configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:11:49 -0000 Thanks for the reply. My server has a static IP (optonline.net) that has no ports blocked. From my laptop client I can connect to news.optonline.net and grab a full feed of all the newsgroups. What I'm trying to do is setup my own news server using news.optonline.net as a peer. The error I get from my client when I connect to my local news server is: "No newsgroups found" even though I have the full list of newsgroups from isc.org installed. I haven't been able to find a how-to on the internet (The FreeBSDDiary has a workable how-to that only addresses a local news server) and the instructions listed on the isc-inn site don't seem to address my issue. /var/log/messages show no errors that relate to inn* Has anyone set up a n INN server on freebsd, successfuly? Steve Bertrand wrote: > Tim Kellers wrote: > >> I've spent couple of days getting /usr/ports/news/inn set up on a >> dedicated server and most of the local features are working. I've >> loaded the newsgroups and the active files from >> ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG, restarted the server and set up an >> upstream peer collect articles. >> But my client claims I have no newsgroups installed. Does anyone have a >> hint on further configuration or can someone point me to a resource that >> might clarify the steps to proper configuration? >> > > I've no experience on configuring a news server, but perhaps it would > help if you could share your existing config that you believe works. > > Perhaps your client is on a network that forbids direct access to port > NNTP. If your client is on a different network than the one you are > serving off of, perhaps port NNTP is being blocked or otherwise filtered. > > ${networks} sometimes filter/rate limit/block outright ports that they > *claim* to be overloading their network [0], but no proof has yet been > supplied. Some ${networks} say that specific ports/protocols that may be > used for illegal file sharing are to blame. [1]. > > Start by stating the *exact* error message your client is getting... if > you can extract such a thing from (him|her), then provide anything you > can find in your NNTP server logfile(s). > > Steve > > > [0]: http://tinyurl.com/l8lo9z > [1]: personally, I use uTorrent frequently to download/re-upload FreeBSD > releases, whitepapers, books and other legitimate content. If I was > throttled because I'm using a certain protocol to perform legitimate > tasks, I'd be PISSED >