Re: Slrnpull

[Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>]

On 03 Apr 2001, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net> writes:

[...]

>> It works for me, maybe not for you. I don't think it's /better/ than
>> slrnpull, though, just different.
> 
> Seems like leafnode is a more complete piece of equipment.  

It's intention is to be a (non-scalable) news server for small sites
that requires /no/ maintenance. It lives up to that.

> But slrnpull may be a little simpler. 

Possibly. If it does expiry, posting and provides a simple interface to
group selection, it's doing what leafnode does without the NNTP protocol
between 'em. :)

> I don't think it would be much fun to do lots of experimenting in
> group selection and so forth with. 

There isn't any needed, really. Not in my experience, anyway.

[...]

> It has a config file where you list the groups you want by hand and it
> gets them.  Treats it like a newsrc list but not really interactive.
> 
> I may try leafnode once I see what all slrnpull can do.

If what you have works, stick with it. Change for the sake of change is
not that helpful.

        Daniel

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