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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
To: Julian Howard Stacey <jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
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On Tue, 13 Jun 1995, Julian Howard Stacey wrote:

> I have looked in FAQ/Text & various mans, but would much appreciate
> a friendly pointer .. do I start with nntp, or cnews, or inn or ... ?

  You need to use something like slurp (sp?).  It acts as a news reader, 
updating a local news spool.  inn, cnews, or nntp will not be enough.  
Usenet is a push distribution system.

Tom