From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Dec 21 12:36:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA21000 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:36:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.realtime.net (mail1.realtime.net [205.238.128.217]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA20942 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:36:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gee2@realtime.net) Received: (qmail 8380 invoked from network); 21 Dec 1998 20:34:23 -0000 Received: from pit.bga.com (HELO pit) (205.238.164.35) by mail1.realtime.net with SMTP; 21 Dec 1998 20:34:23 -0000 Message-ID: <367EB18D.47B0@realtime.net> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:37:33 -0600 From: George Wenzel Reply-To: gee2@realtime.net Organization: Real/Time Communications X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-KIT (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: spork CC: richard , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Usenet performance issues (was Re: RAID solutions?) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org spork wrote: > > We're currently using Dnews, and we're happy with it for the most part, > our news machine was up and running for 344 days before I had to put more > memory in... We are also considering moving to Typhoon, as it has support > for external anti-spam progs, and it lets us specify which hierarchies go > where, which would be a great help to us. > > The only problem is, it only runs on 3.0... Anyone have any experience > with this product under FreeBSD? Dnews has been very stable, but I really > like some of the additional features Typhoon has. > Did you ask the Dnews guys to add a feature or two? Last time I told them I needed a feature, they added it before I was ready to use it. It might be easier than switching. The transaction went something like this... I sent a mail request asking for what I needed, then went on to explain why everyone really needed the feature. Two days later I got a mail message saying they would think about it and get back to me, then about 8 hours after that I got a mail message saying "download a beta with your new feature at http://..." Current word is new features are on delay untill January, due to the holiday. But it is clear that their policy is to try to do anything that is asked of them. If you are already using their product, and are moving to another just because of a feature or two, you should ask them. On the other hand, Typhoon does sound like a good product... George To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message