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Re: Off-Line NNTP?



On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 12:34:42AM +0200, Neilen Marais wrote:

> I'm looking for a simple solution allowing me to fetch only the
> newsgroups I want through a PPP link, and then having it served locally
> as NNTP so that I can use any reader.
> 
> In fact, I'm looking for leafnode.  I did use leafnode before, and it
> suited my needs perfectly, but I had to change ISPs, and leafnode does
> not seem to want to work with the new isp...  It connects to the
> server, fetches 2 messages, and then does nothing further....
> 
> So, if anyone has A) Any ideas on leafnode B) an alternate solution,
> that is hopfully simple to set up (for someone who has never really set
> up a news server before) I'd be very glad to hear about it.

I don't know leafnode but I'd use inn and nntpget / suck for fetching
the groups.  Well I'd also prefer uucp but maybe your ISP doesn't
provide it.

Regards

	Joey

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