On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, you wrote:
> Would it not be possible for newsx, or a program like it, to be
> written so that it connect to both newsservers using the nntp protocol?
Fetching news in that fashion is quite well behaved - and this is exactly
what the INN 2.x "pullnews" utility does.
The problem is the reverse connection - posting to the remote server.
Either the local newsserver outgoing feed must be set up in a manner so
that it starts when newsx is ready to fetch it. Or newsx has to be a
resident daemon that receives news from the local server whenever INN has
something to send. Either of these options have their share of problems.
> This would have the advantage that the program would be very easy to set
> up -- minimally, one could just tell the program the DNS names of
> the two newsservers, although in practise it would probably be a good
> idea to also have a list of newsgroups for which news is to be
> transferred.
You really would need a list of newsgroups, just like pullnews requires.
Which means you have to maintain this list two places, since the local INN
also needs to know what groups are required. You also need to set up the
local INN newsfeeds file.
So all in all, I think there would be *more* configuration and setup. And
more opportunities for misconfiguration. Newsx as it is now only relies
on the configuration that you would need for INN anyway.
Co-existing with INN, like newsx does now, there are quite a number of
behind-the-scenes synchronization information that has to be transferred
between INN to newsx. But hopefully this is not (very) visible for the user.
Speaking of ease of configuration, I aim at having a configuration script
ready for the next newsx release, that will set up the newsfeeds file for
you, and ensure that innd is restarted properly.
Egil
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