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From: andreas@knobel.GUN.de (Andreas Klemm)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: CNEWS & NNTP for NetBSD1.0
Date: 21 Jan 1995 17:23:52 GMT
Organization: Solaris 2.4 research kitchen, D-41469 Neuss
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Message-ID: <3frfv8$2b0@knobel.gun.de>
References: <access.41.2F148DD3@fcdc.org> <D2C7tn.7tA@nemeton.com.au>
NNTP-Posting-Host: knobel.gun.de
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]

Giles Lean (giles@nemeton.com.au) wrote:
: access@fcdc.org (Ken/MIS Access Office) writes:

: >Hi.
: > 
: >I've been unable to compile Cnews & NNTP on our NetBSD1.0 machine -
: >Has anyone else had problems or does anyone know where I could get binaries? 

: Are you using the cleanup release?  It is easier to setup than
: previous versions, including the performance release.

: Below is the conf/quiz.def file that I used.  Sing out if you
: have more trouble.

: I havn't build NNTP so can't help there.

I suggest choosing inn. Then you have NNTP automatically.
As Newsreader you can easily use: rtin, xvnews, Netscape, ....

The config file for inn (FreeBSD) is on the freebsd cdrom
or look onto a ftp server (suggest ftp.freebsd.org).

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