From owner-freebsd-chat Tue May 8 6:26:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 22A4237B423 for ; Tue, 8 May 2001 06:26:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 78136 invoked by uid 100); 8 May 2001 13:26:31 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15095.62470.978304.686969@guru.mired.org> Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 08:26:30 -0500 To: Brad Knowles Cc: Rakhesh Sasidharan , freebsd-chat Subject: Re: Hosting an NNTP server In-Reply-To: References: <15095.58155.785819.365229@guru.mired.org> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brad Knowles types: > At 7:14 AM -0500 5/8/01, Mike Meyer wrote: > > While it's possible to get news to your server with the same > > mechanism, it sounds like you're planning to get all the news, or > > close to that. For that, you're better off getting a feed. That's a > > push mechanism, as the feeding server decides which articles to offer > > you. You should check with your ISP to see if they offer that service. > When contemplating getting a feed, keep in mind that many sites > (who may be willing to offer you feeds) may require that you have a > fixed IP address that they can enter into the configuration of their > server. Indeed, some servers effectively require fixed IP addresses While we're on the topic of requirements for a feed, the idea of running a full feed over a residential-class broadband connection seems a bit iffy. It has been nearly a decade since I looked at the bandwidth requirements of a full feed, so it may not be as bad as I expect. Brad, what do you think about this? Thanx, http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message