RE: [cobalt-users] How to set the Usenet

["H.P. Noordam" <bno@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> > 
> >      Our server is Cobalt raq4r.  I want to set with the Usenet
> > getway.. Can anyone give me some idea - what is the 
> startup.. I read 
> > on Usenet/NNTP. But not getting how and from where to start to set 
> > up this
> 
> >>Heh, you do of course realise you're going to be pulling 
> down absolute 
> >>masses of data (I'm talking gigs, and gigs, and gigs daily)?
> 
>  Our requirement is - we want to  post it to only ONE 
> newsgroup  and we want to read only ONE news group..
> 
>  So for that do you think we need to pull down masses of 
> data? It will be 
>  really helpful if you suggest some pointer according to my 
> requiment...
> 
> Thanks again..
>  
>    

There is no need to use a full feed. You can run a workgroup NNTP server
on the cobalts like leafnode, which will only retrieve the newsgroups
that you actualy use.

The official website for leafnode is here;   http://www.leafnode.org/
A sample install on cabalt hardware can be found here;
http://cobalt.depopo.net/html/leafnode_nntp.asp

B.