Re: news servers

Ian Smith wrote:
> I'd like to run a usenet server on my home machine.
> 
> Primarily, to pull news items from a number of newsgroups, including
> the spamcop groups and the general ones hosted on my ISP's nntp
> server and secondly, so I can access the same newsgroups from my
> laptop when I'm out and about (via this home server, and connecting
> via various other ISPs).
> 
> Is there a simple freeware or open source one that anyone can
> recommend? 

Many participants in news.software.readers luv Hamster.


-- 
Mike Easter

In article <fp9u78$r4k$1@news.spamcop.net>, Ian Smith
<news0807REMOVECAPS@orrery.e4ward.com> writes:
> I'd like to run a usenet server on my home machine.
> 
> Primarily, to pull news items from a number of newsgroups, including 
> the spamcop groups and the general ones hosted on my ISP's nntp 
> server and secondly, so I can access the same newsgroups from my 
> laptop when I'm out and about (via this home server, and connecting 
> via various other ISPs).
> 
> Is there a simple freeware or open source one that anyone can recommend?

I have good luck with ANU News for many years as a user.
It is freeware with source available (but I don't know where,

Mike Easter wrote:
> Ian Smith wrote:
>> I'd like to run a usenet server on my home machine.
>>
>> Primarily, to pull news items from a number of newsgroups, including
>> the spamcop groups and the general ones hosted on my ISP's nntp
>> server and secondly, so I can access the same newsgroups from my
>> laptop when I'm out and about (via this home server, and connecting
>> via various other ISPs).
>>
>> Is there a simple freeware or open source one that anyone can
>> recommend?
>
> Many participants in news.software.readers luv Hamster.

I'll second hamster.  Either that or hamster playground (newer version)
Use it at home to aggregate feeds from servers within cox and a few outside,
but mostly because it offers the best filtering available for groups like
news.admin.net-abuse.email that routinely see childish fits of posting.

Hamster is a spool so it's not for the shy of bandwidth.  I wouldn't
use it for the larger binary groups unless you have a massive hard
drive for the spool.

Currently running
Hamster Vr. 2.0 (Build 2.0.6.0)

Remember to set it up secure if your going to do outside access.  Some
ISPs block ports so it helps to have folks to test with.

-- 
DougW 

I'd like to run a usenet server on my home machine.

Primarily, to pull news items from a number of newsgroups, including 
the spamcop groups and the general ones hosted on my ISP's nntp 
server and secondly, so I can access the same newsgroups from my 
laptop when I'm out and about (via this home server, and connecting 
via various other ISPs).

Is there a simple freeware or open source one that anyone can recommend?