>My original question was:
>I have to set up net news on my OSF/1 Vs 3.2 box. Any suggestions as to
where >I can get software etc and tips on setting it up.
The main solution put forward was to get INN. Several were careful to
ensure that I read the FAQs very carefully. The text of several of the
replies follow as there were some good tips as well.
Thank you very much as I was looking at B News and C News as per the
O'reilly book "Managing UUCP and Usenet". My need is for a national network
of 50 Unix hosts ( Digital and HP ... mine is a Digital) which is not
connected to the internet at large.
Thanks again. I will let those who asked know how I get on.
Alby
>From: Kevin J Walters <k.j.walters_at_lpac.ac.uk>
>
>I have recently set-up a usenet news server on a DEC3000 300X running OSF/1
>3.2a. It's not something you can expect to set-up and get working in a day
>or two (more like a week or two), but there isn't anything particularly
>difficult.
>
>The most popular news server seems to be Rich Salz's INN - this is the one
>i compiled. The best thing to do is to read the FAQ a few times to get a
>feel for it. The installation manual is pretty good too.
>
>The only real problem with installing INN is a somewhat tedious hand
>editing of the config file. I took a reasonable amount of care over mine,
>but moved a lot of the paths to stuff almost everything into /usr/local/news.
>If you end up compiling INN, i'll mail you it, if you like.
>
>My local copy of INN, a document on a quick (and necessary hand patch),
>and someone else's config file...
>
>ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/usenet/software/transport/inn/inn1.4sec.tar.Z
>
>ftp://ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/INN/patches/inn-on-DEC-alpha
>
>ftp://pirates.cs.swt.edu/pub/usenet/inn/inn1.4sec/config
>
>You'll want to pick up a local copy of the FAQ, too...
>
>Once news is running it seems to look after itself. INN generates some very
>good daily summaries too...
>From: Peter Clark <pclark_at_pclark.pcix.com>
>Personally, I think you will find that INN (InterNetNews) is one of the
>easiest ways to go.
>
>Our system came with it. If yours doesn't have innd then you can always
>grab it via anonymous FTP from ftp.uu.net.
>
>Take care and best of luck!
>
>From: Keith Lewis <keith_at_mukluk.cc.monash.edu.au>
> I've done that. It was pretty straightforward. I'd recommend the
>streaming nntp patch.
>From: Doug Hall <doug_at_akula.demon.co.uk>
>I'm sorry but i don't have the ftp site to hand, but if you read the INN
>FAQ (part 1 i think), someone has compiled INN 1.4 sec2 for the dec
>alpha, worked like a charm on my alpha :)
>
>its pirates.cs.swt.edu /pub/usenet/inn
>
>doesn't compile to cleanly but it works :)
>
>Sorry i can't be more help right now, but i'm typing this up at home and
>I'm late for work!!
>
>BIG TIP: read the inn faq's real good - everything you need is in them.!!
>From: Michael Matthews <matthewm_at_sgate.com>
>Get INN 1.4sec.
>
>Don't use advfs for the news spool. I find a UFS partition with 1536
>bytes/inode works pretty well. Matter of fact, you can probably get away
>with 1200ish bytes/inode.
>From: Dave Sill <de5_at_sws5.CTD.ORNL.GOV>
>I use and highly recommend INN. Read the FAQ for info about running
>it on Alphas. If you can't find the FAQ, let me know and I'll send
>you a copy.
>From: Harold March <MARCH_at_mtl.marconi.ca>
Also recommended INN
Received on Mon Jul 03 1995 - 05:33:10 NZST