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From: ceharris@mal.com (Carl Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Caching NNTP server?
Date: 30 Nov 1995 00:44:53 GMT
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Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen (lawrence@combdyn.com) wrote:
: Is there such a thing as a caching NNTP server?  If so, how would I got about
: setting one up?

I happen to known that a group in computer science here at Virginia Tech 
is working on a caching NNTP server.  It's in (what appears to be) an alpha 
test state at this point.  At some point in the near future, they'll be 
looking for test sites.  For more info, contact bicknell@ufp.org.

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