Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:12:43 -0400 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INN configuration Message-ID: <4A6BAD8B.5020007@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <4A6B0E64.2000607@wallnet.com> References: <20090725070336.GA12539@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4A6B0E64.2000607@wallnet.com>
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Tim Kellers wrote: > Michel Talon wrote: >> Tim Kellers said: >> >>> -Has anyone set up a n INN server on freebsd, successfuly? >>> >> >> Yes, no problem. Have you read the Inn install doc in >> /usr/local/share/doc/inn/INSTALL >> This is a step by step guide to the *long* configuration. >> >> Note that if you want to suck in news from another news server you also >> need some other software, the best one being newsx (in the ports). >> >> You also need to edit the "active" file to add newsgroups. >> >> >> > Thanks, > > I think my problem may be my not having other software to grab the > news from an upstream news server. I'll take a look at newsx. The > configuration is long for sure, but I've been through it so many times > in the past few days that I think I'm getting better at it. :-) > > I'll report my success/failures as soon as I can get back on it. > > Tim > > > Looks like newsx was the solution I was looking for. So far, it is pulling the articles from my active groups from my upstream provider. I assume from the docs I have to run rnews -U after this immense pull has completed. Thanks for all the help Tim
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