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Re: other news questions



If you're just setting up a news server for yourself or a small LAN
(family & friends type of thing), you probably don't need INN at all.
Nntpcache is very simple to set up.  It is, however, shareware.  A
single-user license is about $10, I think.  The next step up is 10 users
for like $90 or something stupid like that... then you go up to 100
users... blah blah blah (shareware sux :-)

But, it's fairly simple to set up.

There's a new package now, too, called NewsCache which is basically the
same idea as nntpcache, except it's GPL (check freshmeat for a source
tarball).  I've compiled it but have not yet tried to configure it, so I
don't know how easy it is to use or if it's even usable--it's still in
beta (version 0.99.14).  According to the homepage, a 1.0 release is
expected by the end of this year. 


On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Nate wrote:

> I have been following the thread about news, inn, nntpcache, etc.
> 
> I would also like to set up a news server.  I currently have installed
> but have not configured inn and nntpcache.  I would like to have
> my setup mirror they way an isp would setup a news server.
> 
> What is the best way of going about doing this.
> 
> I know there is a huge O'Reilly book on news so this is probably not
> a simple matter.  Is there some good documentation or an online primer
> I can look at?  Thanks.
> 
> O ya, what is a newsfeed?
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