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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 1997 19:19:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: News...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.970415191836.16789A-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970415201014.006ad5fc@linus.intrastar.net>

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On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Jacob Suter wrote:

> After looking over recent messages about news servers, it appears as if
> NNTP is a very wasteful use of system resources.  Has there been any
> advances in the replacement of this waste-o-bandwidth?

Yep. It's called asking your upstream NNTP feeds to *NOT* send you
alt.binaries.* or alt.sex.*

Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
Memra Software Inc.              -                  Fax: +1-250-546-3049
http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael@memra.com




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