Re: newbie Usenet config question

From: Monique Y. Mudama (spam_at_bounceswoosh.org)
Date: 07/29/04

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    On 2004-07-29, Dave Hathaway penned:
    > I am trying to configure suck and cnews to provide a local copy of
    > news, so that I can pull it at night or during the times when
    > roadrunner is not jam packed.

    I can't answer your actual configuration questions, but have you looked
    at leafnode? It seems to provide the functionality you want. Just set
    up a fetchnews cronjob for whenever you'd rather pull it.

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