_ _ _ __ _ __ | |_ _ __ ___ __ _ ___| |__ ___ | '_ \| '_ \| __| '_ \ / __/ _` |/ __| '_ \ / _ \ | | | | | | | |_| |_) | (_| (_| | (__| | | | __/ |_| |_|_| |_|\__| .__/ \___\__,_|\___|_| |_|\___| |_| __ / _| __ _ __ _ | |_ / _` |/ _` | | _| (_| | (_| | |_| \__,_|\__, | |_|
Section 2. Frequently encountered problems and solutions
Q2.1 My system chokes on all that
damned mmap()ing?!. What can I do?
Q2.2 Netscape-news kills itself
when reading news from nntpcache-0.88.3!
Q2.3 Expiring with nntpcached -e
doesn't work
Q2.4 Help! The size of our cache
keeps growing! What should I do about expiration?
Q2.5 nntpcache spits out : 'post
failed From: address not in Internet syntax'. What does that mean?
Q2.6 Why does nntpcache-update take
so long to load at initialisation?
Section 3. Support and Resources
Q3.1 Is there a nntpcache mailinglist?
Q3.2 How do I unsubscribe from the
mailinglist?
Q3.3 Is there an archive of the
nntpcache mailinglist?
Q3.4 Is there an official nntpcache
home page?
Q3.5 Who should I contact if I can't
get nntpcache to work / I've found a bug in nntpcache, what should I do?
Section 4. Configuration of nntpcache
Q4.1 What are all those entries
in the servers configuration file?
Q4.2 How do I specify the "Xref:full"
part in the "overviewFmt" line in the config file?
Q4.3 I've entered a server but nntpcache
doesn't seem to want to know about it.
Q4.4 I want to set the nntpcache-virtual-server-size
record, what are some public news-servers I can add to my servers file?
Question 1.2. What operating systems does nntpcache
support?
nntpcache has been known to compile under most posix systems
If you find an unusual OS/compiler/library tuple that nntpcache appears to compile and run under, then don't keep it to yourself, please let tell the devteam at nntpcache@nntpcache.com! (this list is.. err dated - nntpcache works on nearly all modern unixes)
Question 1.3. Where can I find nntpcache? / Where
is the latest version?
FreeBSD 2.2.x and above has a port/package available in the ports system in news/nntpcache
NetBSD, OpenBSD have a package in news/nntpcache
Debian linux has package also maintained by Herber Xu.
Question 1.4. Can I use nntpcache freely or do I
have to license?
Question 2.1. My system chokes on all that damned mmap()ing?!. What can I do?
b) get a decent OS. Ultrix mmap is totally broken!
Question 2.2. Netscape-news kills itself when reading
news from nntpcache-0.88.3!
Question 2.3. Expiring with nntpcached -e doesn't
work
Question 2.4. Help! The size of our cache keeps growing!
What should I do about expiration?
# expire if there are under this number of blocks in the cache
# partition
minBlocksFree 1000
# run expire if there are under this number of inodes in the cache
# partition
minFilesFree 1000
# don't let the history file grow larger than this (bytes) hisHighWater 60M
# when it does, trim it back to this (bytes)
hisLowWater 40M
# When we do an expire, kill articles older than this
maxArtAge 2w
# check disk space, etc for automatic expiry this often
# (but only after a client connects or disconnects)
expireCheckPeriod 5mThe important point that isn't made clear here is that expire runs only occur when minBlocksFree or minFilesFree are not satisfied. i.e the cache will happily grow until the disk starts filling up. Cache expiration isn't incredibly intelligent, although it is very fast and tries to track the actual state of affairs on the remote server.
Question 2.5. nntpcache spits out : 'post failed
From: address not in Internet syntax'. What does that mean?
Question 3.2. How do I unsubscribe from the mailinglist?
Question 3.3. Is there an archive of the nntpcache
mailinglist?
A HTML version of the mailinglist archive is available at: http://www.support.nl/online/nntpquery.html
Question 3.4. Is there an official nntpcache home
page?
Question 3.5. Who should I contact if I can't get
nntpcache to work / I've found a bug in nntpcache, what should I do?
* Active
the active file
* Act.tim
active.times
* Newsgrp
newsgroups
* Group
What you get if you / a client types 'group some.newsgroup'
* Xover
What you get if you / a client types 'xover low-high'
* Arts
What you get if you / a client types 'head/body/article no'
Question 4.3. I've entered a server but nntpcache
doesn't seem to want to know about it.
For example:
news.mynet.net DEFAULT 4h 2d 2d 30m 60d 60dis probably wrong, but:
news.mynet.net. DEFAULT 4h 2d 2d 30m 60d 60dis likely correct.
Question 4.4. I want to set the nntpcache-virtual-server-size
record, what are some public news-servers I can add to my servers file?
If anyone can add to or has corrections for this list, please let me
know. Some entries are commented because I haven't had time to specifically
add all groups they carry or because they weren't responding.
newsgroups.intel.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
msnews.microsoft.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.3dfx.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
miriam.fuller.edu. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
adesknews.autodesk.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
forums.borland.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
hope.harvard.net. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
cnews.corel.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.avault.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.linkexchange.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
#forums.macromedia.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
#news.activeie.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
#news.interaktiv-media.se. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
publicnews.msn.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.netobjects.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
secnews.netscape.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
beetle.privatei.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
massena.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
cor.newman.upenn.edu. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
forums.powersoft.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.sff.net. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
nntp.net-link.net. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
service.symantec.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
#jazz.trumpet.com.au. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.turbopower.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.ksc.nasa.gov. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
news.glbs.com. DEFAULT 24h 4d 4d 30m 60d 60d
%BeginGroups
# Group pattern Host
* your.main.server.here
alt.oui.support* beetle.privatei.com.
asp.* news.glbs.com.
audioweb.* news.glbs.com.
3dfx.* news.3dfx.com.
autodesk.* adesknews.autodesk.com.
avault.* news.avault.com.
borland.* forums.borland.com.
cakewalk.* hope.harvard.net.
corel.* cnews.corel.com.
crescent.* news.glbs.com.
db.* news.glbs.com.
forum.* news.avault.com.
glbs.* news.glbs.com.
intel.* newsgroups.intel.com.
le.* news.linkexchange.com.
linux.* miriam.fuller.edu.
microsoft.* msnews.microsoft.com.
msn.* publicnews.msn.com.
net-link.* nntp.net-link.net.
netobjects.* news.netobjects.com.
netscape.* secnews.netscape.com.
ntworthy* news.glbs.com.
people.* secnews.netscape.com.
pilot.* massena.com.
powerbasic.* news.glbs.com.
powersoft.* forums.powersoft.com.
sff.* news.sff.net.
sybase.* forums.powersoft.com.
symantec.* service.symantec.com.
#trumpet.* jazz.trumpet.com.au.
turbopower.* news.turbopower.com.
woll2woll* news.glbs.com.
mail.winvn news.ksc.nasa.gov.
perl.porters-gw cor.newman.upenn.edu.
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