Re: Setting Up Newsgroups

[Jiri Baum <jiri@baum.com.au>]

Hello,

> > How do I go about setting up newsgroups on my hamm box?  I installed
> > the news servers, but I'm unsure of what to do next.  I just want to
> > pull maybe 10 groups down to my local box.
...
> The simplest news server is probably leafnode.  I've never used it, so
> can't give you specific instructions, but it is designed for exactly this
> situation.  It provides a news server, and downloads those groups you
> have subscribed to with your newsreader from an upstream server.  You
> don't have to deal with the intricacies of inn or anything like that.

Seconded recommendation of leafnode - but get the slink version (use
--force if necessary). With hamm leafnode and tin, tin would hang when
attempting to access a newsgroup for the first time (afterwards it was OK,
so it was not a major problem, but it's nicer when it works as it should).


HTH

Jiri