Re: [cobalt-users] Usenet on a RAQ3

["Dylan Smith" <dyls@xxxxxxx>]

> Does anybody has an NNTP Server running on a RAQ3? Which software
> is best for that purpose?

I'd suggest Leafnode. I don't use it myself, but a friend of mine does.
Leafnode on his system connects to another NNTP server to get newsgroups.
However, I don't know whether you can set up your own local group with it
since I've not used it. It can't hurt to download it and see what its
capabilities are.

> I want to give my customers the possibility to chat and get information on
a
> local newsgroup and maybee import some newsgroups from Usenet. Is this
> possible with a RAQ or is it to slow...? How much bandwith do you think I
> will need?

I run my own NNTP server on a RaQ2, but it's not doing Usenet. I wrote it in
Perl. I have a web board on my site, and to give more advanced users/regular
readers/posters faster access, I wrote the server. The web board (also
home-grown) uses a MySQL database for storage, and the NNTP server just
hooks into this. It works quickly enough, but then again, it's only doing
one group <g>

I have some debugging to do, then I'm going to GPL the whole caboodle.