simple NNTP server

Hello all,

I have been trying to find the solution to my problem for a while and
have had little success. I want to host a private nntp server that is
accessable by any news client using the internet. I would like to manage
the server so that only specific people can read or post and I would
like to use SSL. I've never hosted any type of news server before. Are
there any websites that would be useful? Of course, any input is helpful.

Thank you!

Hi,

M Brewer wrote:
> I want to host a private nntp server
> Are there any websites that would be useful?

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Usenet-News-HOWTO/ to learn how it works. They
discuss simple and complex NNTP servers

If you speak German, you may want to peer with
http://www.open-news-network.org/

A very quick&dirty "getting started with inn":

# install the SuSE RPM for INN
yast -i inn
su - news
# See http://howto.ipng.be/INN-Suck-HOWTO/...k-HOWTO-2.html
# Watch out: bei 2.2 should read "storage.conf" not "storage"!
vi /etc/news/readers.conf
# add hosts, default = only localhost allowed
exit # now you are root again
/etc/init.d/innd start
# an email is sent to news@localhost with the waring there was no
..news.daily file
# now access your news server with your client

Disclaimer: It's long ago since I tried this.

Christian