Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:38:55 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Mission Control <root@indiemedia.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: News Message-ID: <199803130038.AAA12343@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Mar 1998 20:57:31 %2B1000." <Pine.BSI.3.95.980312205439.14135A-100000@python.shoal.net.au>
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> > > I am attempting to set up a news server....does anyone know where I start!
> > > :-)))
> > >
> > > Thanks is advance!
> >
> > The leafnode and knews ports aren't bad for beginners.
>
> I'm currently looking at nntpcache. How does this compare? Or am I talking
> about apples and oranges?
Not sure - I haven't looked at nntpcache :-)
leafnode is a news server with a 3 line config file that fetches news
based on requests made by clients and expires it based on threads not
having been read/written for a configurable number of days. It runs
from inetd and is *really* easy to set up.
knews is just a nice X based reader. It does the best threading I've
seen and has all the features you'd want.
This is all, of course, just my opinion :-)
> thanks in advance
>
> Andrew Perry
>
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