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At 2003-05-09T13:41:15Z, "Rob O'Donnell" <robert@aphnet.co.uk> writes:

> requirements are basically...  ability to fetch via NNTP from several
> configured news servers (ie, not using a push feed) automatically
> fetch groups that are used; ignore groups that are not accessed.
> (this all to reduce bandwidth requirements!)

Leafnode.

> have script-configurable user accounts with arbitary monthly download
> limits.

Not sure about that; I don't know of any newsservers that handle this.

> be secure enough to open a port through the firewall to it from the
> Internet

I run Leafnode inside its own jail.  I've never had a problem with (or read
a security report of) the daemon, but I decided to play it safe anyway.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

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