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- Configuration of Linux Slackware INN_PKG for use with DEMON INTERNET SERVICES
-
- Copyright (C) 1995,1996 Ivan A. Beveridge. ivan@dreamtim.demon.co.uk
-
- This package is freely distributable.
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-
- This was initially flung together on the request of two Linux/Demon users who
- requested information on how to get INN_PKG working with Demon; hence I have
- aimed it at the beginner.
-
- For those who are a little baffled, INN stands for InterNetNews and is the
- up-and-coming news agent. It is used instead of CNews and is designed to use
- the NNTP (Net News Transfer Protocol), rather than being patched to use it
- (as CNews is).
-
- This setup is being carried out using INN v1.4 with Slackware v2.3.0 and 3.0,
- although it should work fine with all later versions. This is included with
- John Phillips's slack2.3.0 package now, so that only one package must be
- found and downloaded for connection to Demon's services. As a result, I have
- only included the parts needed for News setup.
-
- The reasons that I used INN instead of CNews are as follows:
- * Once setup, INN is _very_ easy to administer.
- * Using NOV (News OverView) threading, all NOV-compatible news readers can be
- used, without separate threading details.
- * The INN_PKG in Slackware is _really_ well setup and described.
-
- Once INN has been setup with your node-name and news server, etc, all that is
- required is a shell script auto-run at Linux bootup and a cron job run every
- night. Admin details are setup to be emailed to root, although this is easily
- changed.
-
- Please bear in mind that you may need quite a lot of space for downloading
- news articles. As a guideline, I subscribe to 23 newsgroups (several of which
- are pretty dormant), and I have approximately 8-10Mb used (including the NOV
- database).
-
- The threading allows you to read articles on the same subject, one
- after another, rather than reading all articles in date order. The database
- for threading uses up approximately 10% extra.
-
- That's about it for an intro. Sorry if any of this seems a bit disjointed.
- Please let me know of spelling errors, unclear points, etc ... and, most
- importantly, any setup errors with this package.
-
- INN.ins describes the steps to go through for configuring INN with Demon.
-
- ******************
- Note - to those people who want the permissions and users correct (hopefully)
- for all of the config files I have put in this package, detar the package
- again, using:
-
- tar xzpvf inn-???.tar.gz
-
- (the "p" option tries to match all the permissions, so remember to detar
- using root user!) The permissions should be correct if you are installing
- this, as part of the Slack-help package, using the Slack-Demon script.
- ******************
-
- All that remains is the usual disclaimer for *all* of this package:
-
- THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
- Reproduction and distribution of complete and unedited copies is allowed
- without prior permission of the authors.
-