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From: John F. Morse on 14 Dec 2009 00:16 Keith Keller wrote: > On 2009-12-14, barnabyh <invalid(a)address.org> wrote: > >> It needs to do secure news and authorization, because most ISP's here >> have stopped offering usenet access now. >> > > leafnode does authorization, but I don't know if it does ssl. There is > a workaround for leafnode 1, which probably works for the current > leafnode 2 beta: > > http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/doc_en/FAQ.html#nntps > > --keith I never used Leafnode, but Stunnel is what I used to pull from an NTTPS site, using RumorMill on a Mac, and INN on Debian. http://www.stunnel.org I also used Stunnel for POP3S and SMTPS. Very easy to configure and then forget. -- John When a person has -- whether they knew it or not -- already rejected the Truth, by what means do they discern a lie?
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 14 Dec 2009 00:40 On 13 Dec 2009 23:38:54 GMT, Ewald Pfau wrote: > When using software, ... as slrn or tin, you may access the news-spool > directly (in /var/spool/news) and exchange news with slrnpull, part of > slrn. I can second the recommendation for slrnpull in this context. I used that for a long time when using dialup, to permit me to read and post netnews without tying up my phone line. Slrnpull is not so much a news "server", though, as it is a means towards permitting a small number of users to have access to netnews via a local spool. To the server at the other end, it looks like a regular NNTP ("reader") client. For what's wanted here, though, I suspect it's a good match. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: andrew on 14 Dec 2009 01:56 On 2009-12-14, Sylvain Robitaille <syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca> wrote: > I can second the recommendation for slrnpull in this context. I used > that for a long time when using dialup, to permit me to read and post > netnews without tying up my phone line. Slrnpull is not so much a news > "server", though, as it is a means towards permitting a small number of > users to have access to netnews via a local spool. To the server at the > other end, it looks like a regular NNTP ("reader") client. For what's > wanted here, though, I suspect it's a good match. As a sidenote here not many people realise how truly flexible slrnpull and slrn can be: http://www.andrews-corner.org/usenet/slrnpull.png Andrew -- Do you think that's air you're breathing?
From: Peter Chant on 14 Dec 2009 13:56 Lew Pitcher wrote: > > Slackware comes with INN, which is an "industrial strength" news server. > Useful for large communities, but requires a moderate amount of setup, > including storage space and peering agreements. I used Inn years back. It is a right pain to configure if you only look at it every other year, like I found I needed to on slack. What was the final nail in the coffin was an inability, after a fresh install, to get it to pick up a newsfeed using slurp or suck. Pete -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk
From: Peter Chant on 14 Dec 2009 13:58
andrew wrote: > As a sidenote here not many people realise how truly flexible slrnpull > and slrn can be: > > http://www.andrews-corner.org/usenet/slrnpull.png I assume if you find slrn too bloaty you can read the news spool using less.... ;-) -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk |