Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 10:15:16 -0400 (EDT) From: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley) 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: <m0sLtDw-0006SmC@bagend.atl.ga.us> 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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Michael Smith wrote: > Julian Howard Stacey stands accused of saying: > > > > 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. > cnews and nntp are stagnant. INN is _the_ news tool of choice. This is totally bogus. C news is *not* stagnant and is *the* choice of many thousands of sites. It depends on what the individual site needs are. For a low volume site, INN is overkill, an unnecessarily large drain on system resources. > > I have looked in FAQ/Text & various mans, but would much appreciate > > a friendly pointer .. do I start with nntp, or cnews, or inn or ... ? There are FAQs for C news and INN posted in news.software.b that will answer most of your questions better than anyone can without knowing all of the details of your site and your expected news transport load. -- Jan Isley | If you couldn't find any weirdness, jan@bagend.atl.ga.us | maybe we'll just have to make some! - Hobbes
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