News Server

News Server

Post by Miquel van Smoorenbu » Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:00:00




>How do I setup a news server on my linux box

You need to download, install and configure a news server such as INN
or Cnews. For INN, see http://www.isc.org/ and read the FAQ.

Quote:>after setup, frm where will I
>download the news??

You don't download news- news gets sent to you by other friendly people.
You need to find some neighbour sites that want to provide you with
a newsfeed. If you have a small system and want to get news from your
Internet provider, use newsx or suck to download news from their server.

If this is for a home dialup system, you'd be better off with a small
client system such as "leafnode".

Mike.
--
 Miquel van Smoorenburg |  The dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac lay in his bed

 
 
 

News Server

Post by Ahme » Sat, 21 Feb 1998 04:00:00


How do I setup a news server on my linux box, after setup, frm where will I
download the news??

 
 
 

1. help:feeding news to local news server

Hi all;

I am running redhat 6.2. My ISPs news server is news.adelaide.on.net
and my local news server is gtech. My news server is setup with innd
and pine and I can connect to my ISPs news server with slrn -h
news.adelaide.on.net.

How ddo I setup my system so my local news server will be feed news
from my ISPs news server. I perferr to only use whats available from
the redhat cdrom.

--Regards       David. E. Goble
             goble [AT] kin.net.au
          http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

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