From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 13 14:43:48 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA18716 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jun 1995 14:43:48 -0700 Received: from ns1.win.net (ns1.win.net [204.215.209.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA18708 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 1995 14:43:46 -0700 Received: (from bugs@localhost) by ns1.win.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA29972 for hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:46:38 -0400 From: Mark Hittinger Message-Id: <199506132146.RAA29972@ns1.win.net> Subject: re: news software - which to use ? To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:46:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 851 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Question: > Which manuals should I read for which tools, to get my host to > download a few newsgroups from my IP provider to read off line ? > It seems FreeBSD offers a choice between at least nntp, cnews, & inn. > I have current src & ports > I connect via slip daily for a short time to my IP provider, > I really do want those newsgroups local & off line, not read on line. > Our current setup allows our customers to dial in both as uucp and ppp/slip. They can then subscribe to the favored groups and download that news via uucp (compressed batches). Email is also easily handled this way. They can use netscape/nnrp via their ppp/slip access to look for new news groups to get hooked on. This is actually a good mix of old and new. You might check to see if your provider can do the same. Regards, Mark Hittinger bugs@win.net