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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:11:23 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Chris Piazza <cpiazza@jaxon.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cnews? (was: cvs commit: ports/misc Makefile ports/misc/instant-server - Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr pkg-message pkg-plist) 
Message-ID:  <200103122111.f2CLBNh45942@mobile.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010312120114.A25135@skriver.dk> 

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Jesper Skriver wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:08:35AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> > > BTW: cnews ????  On a generic "server" configuration? What crack are you
> > > smoking?? :-)
> > 
> > Hmm.  You can tell how long it's been since I ran a news server, can't
> > you?  What should I replace it with?
> 
> inn, lacking anything better ...

That's what I was thinking.   inn (reader/transit) or diablo (transit only)
or something.

cnews these days is best suited for a small to medium leaf feed.  eg: getting
a small feed for your machine at home.

Sigh. I remember the days of a 50MB news spool lasting a few days... :)

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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