Re: [inn] How to have more than one server

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Kevin Falcone <kevin@jibsheet.com> writes:

>>>>>> "HP" == Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
> HP> I didn't see a handy way to pull news from more than one server.
> HP> My regular server is enews.newsguy.com, but I'd also like to pull some
> HP> groups from news.gmane.org.
>
> INN does not pull.  Your peers push you news that INN then takes and
> files.  So, unless you can arrange to have newsguy or gmane peer with
> you, INN won't work like that.  I use slrnpull to suck news off a
> server, and then read it with nnspool.  If you want a news server, you
> could use Leafnode, which I know a number of people here use.  I use
> INN at home, but then I run a real news server, and can arrange
> peering.

Ahh.... thanks.  I had gotten the idea over the years on this list
that inn was used by some readers as a way to pull and control news
on disk, in some similar way as leafnode, suck, slrnpull do. 

Thanks for clearing that up.
The documentation with inn is massive, but doesn't really contain an
overview that explains explicitly what it does or can do.  At least
not in language I understood.  The INSTALL file alone is some
1200 lines, and there are 82 manpages. 

So I can shake off the already induced trauma of digging into that... hehe.