usenet configuration

[Lowell Gilbert]

Don't top-post, please.

Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni at yahoo.com> writes:

> What is needed in order to run nntp? How does nntp connect to other news servers? Where do you define the news groups that the server would subscribe to?
> Any pointers or suggested configuration?

NNTP is the protocol, not the software. 
Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni at yahoo.com> writes:

> From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
> To: Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni at yahoo.com>; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2009 10:12:56 AM
> Subject: Re: usenet configuration
>
> Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Can someone point me to what software I need to install in order to provide
>>> a usenet service for internal users?
>>
>>
>>
>> cd /usr/ports
>> make search key=usenet
>
> Or better yet, "nntp".

By which I meant "make search key=nntp"

> I think cnews is still the standard server software, but there are a
> bunch of alternatives that might be easier for a small installation.

So install one and look at its documentation.
-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/