Re: NNTP server

2011-12-01 Thread Chris Davies
Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Can anyone advise me on which package(s) to install [for NNTP], bothe > on my desktop, and on the VPS? I'd strongly recommend leafnode for the NNTP server - but make sure you go for version 2.0.0.alpha rather than the "stable" version 1.11. (It&#

Re: NNTP server

2011-11-29 Thread Bob Brewer
Tony van der Hoff wrote: > My ISP blocks NNTP traffic. To get round this, I propose to use my > Squeze VPS, which has direct access to the Internet, to collect news > articles from a few selected groups, and access these over SSH (or > something like that). > > Can anyone advise me on which packa

Re: NNTP server

2011-11-29 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:52:35 +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > My ISP blocks NNTP traffic. To get round this, I propose to use my > Squeze VPS, which has direct access to the Internet, to collect news > articles from a few selected groups, and access these over SSH (or > something like that). > >

Re: NNTP server

2011-11-29 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:52:35 +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > My ISP blocks NNTP traffic. Wow... is the ISP giving you any good reason for such policy? > To get round this, I propose to use my Squeze VPS, which has direct > access to the Internet, to collect news articles from a few selected >

NNTP server

2011-11-29 Thread Tony van der Hoff
My ISP blocks NNTP traffic. To get round this, I propose to use my Squeze VPS, which has direct access to the Internet, to collect news articles from a few selected groups, and access these over SSH (or something like that). Can anyone advise me on which package(s) to install, bothe on my des

Re: Upgrade to etch kills nntp server authentication

2007-04-12 Thread Haines Brown
Kushal, Thanks for the reply. I find that for some reason I can now access the NNTP server, and so the problem disappeared. Now I'm on to address other problems as you will see in my second query to the group. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Upgrade to etch kills nntp server authentication

2007-04-12 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On 4/12/07, Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As either root or user I start gnus and it seems to hang for a while, but eventually I get the message: nnetp (news.snet.sbcglobal.net) open error: ''. continuue? If I continue, my subscribed newsgroups are listed, but without any readab

Upgrade to etch kills nntp server authentication

2007-04-12 Thread Haines Brown
As either root or user I start gnus and it seems to hang for a while, but eventually I get the message: nnetp (news.snet.sbcglobal.net) open error: ''. continuue? If I continue, my subscribed newsgroups are listed, but without any readable messages. For example: * linux.debian.user On

Re: OT: anyone offer web hosting AND nntp server?

2004-11-04 Thread Rogério Brito
On Nov 04 2004, S.D.A. wrote: > News.Individual.NET is one of the best around and free (no binaries of course). > You'll find the subscription sign up page via Google/Yahoo/MSN search engines. To the original poster, I also use news.individual.net for reading newsgroups like comp.theory and sci.ma

Re: OT: anyone offer web hosting AND nntp server?

2004-11-04 Thread S.D.A.
ting. > I'm looking for inexpensive web hosting to host my personal web site. I would > also like access to an nntp server to read a few newsgroups in the comp and sci > hierarchies. Does anyone know of a company that offers both services together? > I did a good amount of research on thi

OT: anyone offer web hosting AND nntp server?

2004-11-04 Thread John Fry
Hi, Sorry for the OT post but I didn't know where else to turn. I'm looking for inexpensive web hosting to host my personal web site. I would also like access to an nntp server to read a few newsgroups in the comp and sci hierarchies. Does anyone know of a company that offers bot

Re: NNTP server.

1999-12-03 Thread Peter Schuller
> I want to install an NNTP server and news reader so that I can read some > news groups I am interested in. The machine I have runs on Hamm, and has > very little free disk space (about 145 M in /usr and 20 M in /var). > However, I am interested only in a few newsgroups, mainly c

NNTP server.

1999-12-02 Thread N. Raghavendra
Hi, I want to install an NNTP server and news reader so that I can read some news groups I am interested in. The machine I have runs on Hamm, and has very little free disk space (about 145 M in /usr and 20 M in /var). However, I am interested only in a few newsgroups, mainly comp.text.tex. Could