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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.cic.net!pauls From: pauls@cic.net (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: best news server for a limited feed Date: 29 Jan 1996 15:16:32 GMT Organization: CICNet, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4eiocg$lsm@news.cic.net> References: <4edrkm$q0b@news.be.innet.net> <4eh1lg$e0@prds-grn.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: locust.cic.net In article <4eh1lg$e0@prds-grn.demon.co.uk>, Thomas D.G. Sandford <t.d.g.sandford@prds-grn.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I use the INN software, which is available as a package/port, together >with a program called "slurp" which is a fast offline news gatherer. Don't be surprised if the newsadmin of the site you're planning to "slurp" off of decides to clobber you with a pipe for using that method. slurp is extremely abusive to news servers and is a target for hatred and derision among many ISPs. My experience also indicated that its performance was not very good; I suppose mileage may vary. Finding a method for extracting news from the server without using the "newnews" NNRP command would be advisable, IMO. I think "suck" avoids it, but "slurp" does not. --Paul