* Robert Land ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > As having great difficulties in setting up a offline > newsreader system for various users on a debian box > I would grately appreciate some guidance. > > My intention is to have a systemwide spool directory > where each user on this box may access his beloved > newsgroup he has subscribed to. > > Some people recommended to use slrn as I wanted to have > a text based newsreader. To enable offline newsreading > slrnpull.deb might be helpful. > > To my understanding all desired newsgroups that have to > be replicated have to be defined in > /var/spool/slrnpull/slrnpull.conf > but nothing seems to help me to define where each slrn > user saves _his_ newsgroup subscriptions, the newsgroups > he is only interested in. I'm not thinking of the contents, > the message bodies hereby, only the name of the newsgroup. >
slrn does this automagically - if youfollow the setup/install steps, it'll go find out newsgroup names (from the spool in your case) and then write a .newsrc for each user. the user then uses slrn to choose which groups to subscribe to, and this is saved in their .newrc. (it's a versatile little file!) > Having the replication of a few newsgroups in mind (< 12) > and to install a local newserver apt-cache suggested: > > + leafnode > + cnews+nntp > i'm currently using slrnpull and slrn, but i'm the only user so you might be better off with a bigger local server. iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
