Re: [TCLUG:23145] accessing newsgroup

[Adam Maloney <adamm@sihope.com>]

I've used Leafnode at home - very easy to setup and very efficient.  But
you still need a news server for it to feed from.  You'll have to try and
find one of the freebies, but they're becoming scarce because spammers are
[ab]*using them.

Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> > I don't have access to a newsgroup (nntp) server. What is the best
> > (easiest) way to be able to use pan as my newsreader. Can I run some
> > daemon that is easy to step up that will just forward nntp requests to the
> > necessary server -- and let pan to use localhost? The less configuration
> > the better.
> 
> do you mean that you want to set up your own news server? if you don't have
> access to a news server, how will your proxy get to one?
> 
> leafnode may be what you're looking for. it's a one-way NNTP server (it acts
> like a news server to the clients; but is a client to the main news server
> itself). it will dynamically subscribe/unsubscribe from groups, based on
> whether or not you access them. 
> check freshmeat for URLs.
> 
> Carl Soderstrom
> -- 
> Network Engineer
> Real-Time Enterprises
> (952) 943-8700
> 
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