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  1. newsd -- Standalone Local NNTP News Server
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  3. WHAT IS IT
  4. Newsd is a standalone local NNTP news server for private
  5. newsgroup serving on a single server. It is useful for
  6. serving private newsgroup(s) to an intranet or the Internet
  7. and can act as a simple mail gateway, however it does not
  8. interface with other news servers and cannot manage
  9. distributed news feeds, i.e. Usenet news.
  10. LICENSING
  11. Newsd comes with complete free source code. Newsd is
  12. available under the terms of the GNU General Public
  13. License. See the file "LICENSE" for more info.
  14. BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
  15. Run the following commands to build the newsd software:
  16. ./configure --prefix=/some/directory
  17. make
  18. Once the software is compiled, use the following command to
  19. install it:
  20. make install
  21. DOCUMENTATION
  22. See the "newsd" and "newsd.conf" man pages for more information.
  23. FEATURES
  24. Newsd provides simple file-based system administration. No
  25. satellite binaries or scripts are needed to install,
  26. configure, administer, or maintain newsd.
  27. LIMITATIONS
  28. Refer to the "newsd" man page.
  29. REPORTING BUGS
  30. Please use the form at:
  31. http://www.easysw.com/~mike/newsd/