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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 1995 11:45:43 +0800 (HKT)
From:      "Raju M. Daryanani" <raju@rssd.hk.olivetti.com>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: news software - which to use ?
Message-ID:  <199506140402.AA27441@hk.super.net>
In-Reply-To: <199506140247.MAA25978@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jun 14, 95 12:17:47 pm

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According to Michael Smith:

> If your provider is too incompetent to configure their news server to
> send for you via UUCP, then you'll have to look at scheduling your 
> connections to match their setup.  (NNTP is sender-driven, not receiver-
> driven)

The alternative is to use Slurp to get the news from your provider.  That
requires the provider to give your system nnrp access to their system
because Slurp gets mail as though it was just another reader, as
well as host access for outgoing postings the usual NNTP way.  Then you
can schedule connections for when you want to send and receive news and
also doesn't require the ISP's intervention when you want to change your
newsfeeds.

Raju
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