Re: "To:" instead of "From:" in the summary buffer (was: post Was: gnus and UTF-8)

[A. L. Meyers <nospam.look@replyto.because.this.is.invalid>]

Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com> writes:

> A. L. Meyers <nospam.look@replyto.because.this.is.invalid> writes:
>> Thanks, Karl. Currently I pull news from an ISP. Do I have to run my
>> own news server to utilize adding "Newsgroups:full" in overview.fmt ?
>
> That depends on the responsiveness of your server admin and the
> resources his hardware has. If he's responsive and helpful, and
> doesn't mind the (generally very mild) expansion to overviews -- we're
> talking about an average couple dozen bytes/line, which I feel
> vanishes into the noise of the graph when compared to the monstrous
> References data one finds in e.g. talk.politics.* -- then just ask for
> the additional support and away you go.
>
> I run my own server, and have for many years, but I'm one of those
> touchy ones when it comes to my Usenet environment. :-) If you choose
> to run your own server, you'll have to deal with the issues of
> managing a "suck"-style feed from your ISP's server to yourself, of
> course. This is a bit of a chore to set up, more than a lot of people
> are willing to put up with.

So, if I have understood you correctly, setting up my own server
capable of grokking overview.fmt means, in addition to configuring inn
(no simple task AFAICS from the docs), using another tool, e. g. suck,
between my ISP and inn. Correct?

Whew!! So many brain cells more devoted to IT.

Lucien
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