Newsgroup server
Chris
chrisra at concentric.net
Sat Jan 11 14:28:10 EST 2003
Hmmmm......... never thought that I would have to get a feed from any place
apart from the internet... I figured it was just a broadcast and that anyone
could receive it.... I'll have to try to set something up and see what happens.
Thanks
Randy Edwards wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> > There are certain newsgroups that my ISP doesn't carry, what kind of
> > software would I need to be able to receive them on my Linux system, and
> > how do I go about setting it up?
>
> The big software to do this is "inn". It's an industrial-strength package
> that is pretty easy to set up for small feeds (optimizing it is a bit more
> involved). Since it's just you, inn is probably overkill. There's another
> popular package called "leafnode" which is a news server aimed at end-users
> and small sites. It has features like auto-dropping unread newsgroups and
> other nice touches.
>
> But the critical piece is to get your initial feed. If your ISP doesn't
> carry the groups, do you have another feed in mind that will let you link in?
>
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