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From: Grant on 15 Dec 2009 15:00 On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:08:11 +0000, Barnabyh <barnabyh(a)fakingit.org> wrote: >* Barnabyh <invalid(a)address.org> wrote: >> What would be a good local news server to run at home, apart from >> leafnode? Years ago around 2001 or so I ran hamster on Windows, >> something similar would be sweet. >> Heh, the one windows program I've not yet found a replacement for is Forte Agent -- pan is loosely based on FreeAgent from the '90s > >Thanks for all your responses. I'm only reading two groups, one of which >has had no postings for around two months (but I expect that to pick up >again once a new game in the series has been released). > >AFAICS there are four possible solutions: >1.) Leafnode- this would probably come closest to the local news server >setup I once had on Windows, but may need more configuration than no.2. >This solution would also be the most independent one from any reader. I tried leafnode to attempt t6o overcome a really sloppy ISP new server, leafnode didn't cope -- so I went back to eternal-september > >2.) slrn & slrnpull- spool can also be read from any other reader, not >necessarily slrn only? > >3.) stunnel- provides for SSL and would broaden the choices as to what >reader to use as also the plain non-SSL capable ones could be used. > >4.) NN and Nmaster - Don't know much about this at the moment, have to read up more. Haven't tried others, e-s as a server been very good, now that I'm using nntps (snews?). Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.id.au
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 15 Dec 2009 16:09 Barnabyh <barnabyh(a)fakingit.org> writes: >Sorry about the confusion, I meant snews: as a protocol, which is just >news access via SSL. Ah, for that you can use any client over stunnel. Aaron W. Hsu -- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
From: John F. Morse on 16 Dec 2009 02:01 Barnabyh wrote: > * Aaron W Hsu <arcfide(a)sacrideo.us> wrote: > >> barnabyh wrote: >> >> >>> Didn't get tin to work with this particular server, I think it's because >>> it does not support snews. >>> >> Could you explain a little more about Snews? Some clients may not >> support it natively, but it may be possible to tunnel it. If it is like >> SSL Usenet, then I know that you can tunnel it. I use Giganews, which >> offers SSL usenet, and I use NN with it via stunnel. >> >> Aaron W. Hsu >> > > Sorry about the confusion, I meant snews: as a protocol, which is just > news access via SSL. > > Barnabyh > I believe you are grasping for NNTPS. -- John When a person has -- whether they knew it or not -- already rejected the Truth, by what means do they discern a lie?
From: barnabyh on 16 Dec 2009 09:51 * John F. Morse <john(a)example.invalid> wrote: > > I believe you are grasping for NNTPS. > That's the one! > > -- > John > > When a person has -- whether they knew it or not -- already rejected the Truth, by what means do they discern a lie? Barnabyh -- The general public is a bunch of morons who destroy the fun and life in everything it collectively touches. Disney is what the public wants. NASCAR is what the public wants. Windows is what the public wants. (Comment on Slashdot, Monday March 28 2005, @11:02AM, Gnome Removed From Slackware.)
From: Stew Sphincter on 16 Dec 2009 19:09
Joe <joe(a)mailinator.com> trolled: > Aaron W. Hsu wrote on 12/14/09 19:23: > >> barnabyh <invalid(a)address.org> writes: >> >>> I may get away just with slrn, will see, but having a local server would >>> probably be better as it would free me up to use different clients. >> >> What sort of filtering do you need? > > Leafnode works fine for filtering idiots like rm. Apparently not. But you're free to pretend it does while you get back to the drawing board. cordially, as always, rm |