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Date:      Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:17:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usenet configuration
Message-ID:  <570307.51852.qm@web56204.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <44eipnurrr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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What is needed in order to run nntp? How does nntp connect to other news se=
rvers? Where do you define the news groups that the server would subscribe =
to?=0AAny pointers or suggested configuration?=0AThanks=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Or=
iginal Message ----=0AFrom: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well=
.ilk.org>=0ATo: Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com>; freebsd-question=
s@freebsd.org=0ASent: Thursday, October 1, 2009 10:12:56 AM=0ASubject: Re: =
usenet configuration=0A=0AOdhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> writes:=
=0A=0A> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yaho=
o.com>wrote:=0A>=0A>> Can someone point me to what software I need to insta=
ll in order to provide=0A>> a usenet service for internal users?=0A>=0A>=0A=
>=0A> cd /usr/ports=0A> make search key=3Dusenet=0A=0AOr better yet, "nntp"=
.=0A=0AI think cnews is still the standard server software, but there are a=
=0Abunch of alternatives that might be easier for a small installation.=0A=
=0A-- =0ALowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area=
=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/=0A=0A=0A=0A      



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