Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:42:18 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usenet configuration Message-ID: <44ab0bez1x.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <570307.51852.qm@web56204.mail.re3.yahoo.com> (Aflatoon Aflatooni's message of "Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:17:25 -0700 (PDT)") References: <832963.74091.qm@web56208.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <991123400910010704x7952ae73h13e1ce68d07a2773@mail.gmail.com> <44eipnurrr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <570307.51852.qm@web56204.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Don't top-post, please. Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com> writes: > What is needed in order to run nntp? How does nntp connect to other news servers? Where do you define the news groups that the server would subscribe to? > Any pointers or suggested configuration? NNTP is the protocol, not the software. Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com> writes: > From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> > To: Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com>; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2009 10:12:56 AM > Subject: Re: usenet configuration > > Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> Can someone point me to what software I need to install in order to provide >>> a usenet service for internal users? >> >> >> >> cd /usr/ports >> make search key=usenet > > Or better yet, "nntp". By which I meant "make search key=nntp" > I think cnews is still the standard server software, but there are a > bunch of alternatives that might be easier for a small installation. So install one and look at its documentation. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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