[Discuss] I'm looking for a "lightweight" nntp client

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 02:27:15PM -0400, Bill Horne wrote:
> Thanks for reading this.
> 
> I run a usenet group, and I've been given "posting" privileges on an
> nntp server so that I can send Usenet posts out if my regular
> channels fail.
> 
> However, the server doesn't understand nnrp, only nntp, so I'm
> looking for a "lightweight" nntp "client" that will speak nntp to
> the server. The alternative is to install my own nntp server, which
> is overkill, especially since it would only be peering with another
> machine a few racks away.

leafnode is an nntp server which is not overkill for such cases.
Config for leafnode is sometimes simpler than config for the
news client.

-dsr-

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