Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:16:28 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: David Fuchs <beastie@beastie.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NNTP & CNEWS Message-ID: <20000119001628.Y12908@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <002801bf615b$a389d2a0$0201a8c0@uniserve.com>; from beastie@beastie.net on Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 06:28:00PM -0800 References: <002801bf615b$a389d2a0$0201a8c0@uniserve.com>
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[Lines properly wrapped at 72 chars will increase readability] -On [20000118 04:02], David Fuchs (beastie@beastie.net) wrote: >Does anyone know where I can get some definitive information for CNEWS? >I've installed > >nntp-1.5.12.2.tgz and >cnews-cr.g.tgz > >on FreeBSD 3.2 and I've got the news server working, but everything >with CNEWS comes in a multitude of batch files. The information I'm >looking for is essentially this: One question before we start answering, why on earth are you using CNEWS? The design of CNEWS cannot cope with modern day newsfeeds, since CNEWS uses a batch method. I strongly urge you to use INN or likewise server or in case of not needing a full feed, something like leafnode(+) or suck. -- Jeroen Ruigrok vd W/Asmodai asmodai@[wxs.nl|bart.nl|freebsd.org] Documentation nutter/B-rated Coder BSD: Technical excellence at its best The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; Necessity is the mother of invention... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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