INN configuration

[Tim Kellers]

Tim Kellers wrote:
> Michel Talon wrote:
>> Tim Kellers said:
>>  
>>> -Has anyone set up a n INN server on freebsd, successfuly?
>>>     
>>
>> Yes, no problem. Have you read the Inn install doc in 
>> /usr/local/share/doc/inn/INSTALL
>> This is a step by step guide to the *long* configuration.
>>
>> Note that if you want to suck in news from another news server you also
>> need some other software, the best one being newsx (in the ports).
>>
>> You also need to edit the "active" file to add newsgroups.
>>
>>
>>   
> Thanks,
>
> I think my problem may be my not having other software to grab the 
> news from an upstream news server.  I'll take a look at newsx.  The 
> configuration is long for sure, but I've been through it so many times 
> in the past few days that I think I'm getting better at it. :-)
>
> I'll report my success/failures as soon as I can get back on it.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
Looks like newsx was the solution I was looking for.  So far, it is 
pulling the articles from my active groups from my upstream provider.  I 
assume from the docs I have to run rnews -U after this immense pull has 
completed.

Thanks for all the help

Tim