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Date:      Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:57:22 -0600 (CST)
From:      Jordan Blanchard <averix@flare.dynip.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Chris D." <root@flare.dynip.com>
Subject:   Re: looking for a NNTP Server program
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314235527.17819A-100000@flare.dynip.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980315152143.25555@freebie.lemis.com>

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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, and if yes, were can I get one that will run on a
freeBSD system?

On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Sat, 14 March 1998 at 20:58:41 -0600, averix@flare.dynip.com wrote:
> > Hello.. I was wondering if someone could email me with the where abouts of
> > a good nntp server program would be, or a nntp server that has public
> > read/write access would be??
> 
> Take a look in /usr/ports:
> 
> $ cd /usr/ports
> $ make search key=nntp
> Port:   dnews-4.5i
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/dnews
> Info:   commercial nntp server with feature and speed enhancements over inn and cnews
> Maint:  andreas@FreeBSD.ORG
> Index:  news
> B-deps:
> R-deps:
> 
> Port:   knews-0.9.8
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/knews
> Info:   A threaded nntp newsreader for X.
> Maint:  andreas@FreeBSD.ORG
> Index:  x11 news
> B-deps: xpm-3.4j
> R-deps: xpm-3.4j
> 
> Port:   newsfetch-1.0
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/newsfetch
> Info:   download news articles from NNTP server.
> Maint:  itojun@itojun.org
> Index:  news
> B-deps:
> R-deps:
> 
> Port:   nntp-1.5.11.5
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/nntp
> Info:   NNTP with NOV support.
> Maint:  adam@veda.is
> Index:  news
> B-deps: cnews-cr.g
> R-deps:
> 
> Port:   nntpbtr-1.7
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/nntpbtr
> Info:   NNTP bulk transfer
> Maint:  dk@farm.org
> Index:  news
> B-deps:
> R-deps:
> 
> Port:   nntpcache-2.3.2
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/nntpcache
> Info:   News caching/anti-spam/server-merging system.
> Maint:  nntpcache@nntpcache.org
> Index:  news
> B-deps: gmake-3.76.1 pgp-2.6.2 rsaref-2.0 unzip-5.3.2
> R-deps:
> 
> Port:   slurp-1.10
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/slurp
> Info:   A passive NNTP client that retrieves Usenet news articles from a remote server.
> Maint:  jraynard@FreeBSD.ORG
> Index:  news
> B-deps:
> R-deps:
> 
> Port:   suck-3.9.1
> Path:   /usr/ports/news/suck
> Info:   Receives/sends news to/from localhost via NNTP.
> Maint:  jseger@FreeBSD.org
> Index:  news
> B-deps: gmake-3.76.1
> R-deps:
> 


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