From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 19 10:28:34 2000 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 10:28:29 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mailman.thenap.com (mailman.thenap.com [209.190.0.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B49B837B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:28:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailman.thenap.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:39:08 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Drew J. Weaver" To: 'Shawn Ramsey' , Tom Samplonius Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Typhoon? (was: newsgroup server recommendation) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:39:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C069EA.F8CBE670" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01C069EA.F8CBE670 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Typhoon? (was: newsgroup server recommendation)

        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.



To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body = of the message

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