Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:39:08 -0500 From: "Drew J. Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com> To: 'Shawn Ramsey' <shawn@cpl.net>, Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Typhoon? (was: newsgroup server recommendation) Message-ID: <B1A7D9973EBED3119ADD009027DC8649180940@mailman.thenap.com>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C069EA.F8CBE670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" We had the same problem with the Linux version of Typhoon, long live solaris and its little annoying changes (note: ps -ef). -Drew -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Ramsey [mailto:shawn@cpl.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:26 PM To: Tom Samplonius Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no; freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Typhoon? (was: newsgroup server recommendation) On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 09:12:08AM -0800, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > > Has Highwind Software (now bCandid) dropped support for FreeBSD? They > > > make great news software (see www.highwind.com). The used to have a beta > > > of Typhoon for FreeBSD available for downnload, but no longer. Various > > > developers at @highwind.com also used to participate on the lists. > > > > Yes, they have. Supposedly because FreeBSD's thread system isn't good > > enough. As a result of this, we're moving away from Typhoon to an all- > > Diablo solution. > > > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > Yes, but as far as I can tell, Diablo doesn't support article > compression. In fact, as far as I know, only the Typhoon family supports > spool compression. I want to use article compression to extend my spool > space a bit. Of course I'm hoping that a dual 1ghz machine with a GB of > RAM can actually compress and uncompress that much data each day. I hope your not planning on using the Linux version. After weeks of frustration, we finally switched to Solaris x86. The Linux version is a joke. Maybe someone with more knowledge of Linux could get it running, but bCandid support could not even tell us how to fix it. 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(was: newsgroup server recommendation)</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P> <FONT SIZE=3D2>We had the = same problem with the Linux version of Typhoon, long live solaris and = its little annoying changes (note: ps -ef).</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-Drew</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Shawn Ramsey [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:shawn@cpl.net">mailto:shawn@cpl.net</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:26 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Tom Samplonius</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no; = freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: Typhoon? (was: newsgroup server = recommendation)</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 09:12:08AM -0800, Tom = Samplonius wrote:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 sthaug@nethelp.no = wrote:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > > Has Highwind Software = (now bCandid) dropped support for FreeBSD? They</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > > make great news software (see = www.highwind.com). The used to have a beta</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > > of Typhoon for FreeBSD available for = downnload, but no longer. Various</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > > developers at @highwind.com also used = to participate on the lists.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Yes, they have. Supposedly because = FreeBSD's thread system isn't good</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > enough. As a result of this, we're moving = away from Typhoon to an all-</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Diablo solution.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, = sthaug@nethelp.no</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Yes, but as far as I can tell, = Diablo doesn't support article</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> compression. In fact, as far as I know, = only the Typhoon family supports </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> spool compression. I want to use article = compression to extend my spool</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> space a bit. Of course I'm hoping that a = dual 1ghz machine with a GB of</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> RAM can actually compress and uncompress that = much data each day.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I hope your not planning on using the Linux version. = After weeks of</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>frustration, we finally switched to Solaris x86. The = Linux version is a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>joke. Maybe someone with more knowledge of Linux = could get it running, but</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>bCandid support could not even tell us how to fix = it.</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body = of the message</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C069EA.F8CBE670-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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