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From: peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much)
Subject: Re: NNTP and CNews ports/pkg
Organization: Buero fuer Sektenforschung und Qualitaetspruefung in der Esoterik
Message-ID: <D98trs.2LK@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>
References: <D91p18.DxF@mv.mv.com> <3ptutb$1b5@agate.berkeley.edu> <D95Cr3.121@mv.mv.com> <id.B97K1.2PJ@nmti.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 15:31:04 GMT
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In article <id.B97K1.2PJ@nmti.com>, Peter da Silva <peter@nmti.com> wrote:
>In article <D95Cr3.121@mv.mv.com>, Coranth Gryphon <shaman@mv.mv.com> wrote:
>> Enough people have already recommended I drop those and go with INN
>> (which BTW compiled _much_ simpler :-)
>
>Speaking of INN, how do you use it with UUCP? Simple description, short
>sentences. I've browsed TFM but it's not obvious.

Incoming stuff:
   Building INN will give a "rnews" binary and manpage. Put it somewhere
   uucp will find it.
Outgoing stuff:
   Building INN will give a "batcher" binary and manpage.
   The "send-uucp" shellscript in the INN-distribution shows an example
   of how to use this when calling it from cron. Adapt it to Your needs.
   Important: The feed needs appropriate flags in "newsfeeds" to generate
   the "pathname size" format for the out.going-list.

Summary:
   Administration of n NNTP-feeds is easier with INN.
   Administration of n UUCP-feeds is easier with C-News.

Peter
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