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2005-08-26 21:29:37 +00:00
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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 26-Aug-2005</h5></div>
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<div align="center"><H1>mbnntp - News server</H1></div>
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<H3>Synopsis.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbnntp</strong></code> You should not run this from the
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commandline, instead it should be run by <b>inetd</b> or <b>xinetd</b>.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Description.</H3>
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<strong>mbnntp</strong> is a RFC977 and RFC2980 compatible news server.
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The purpose is to make echomail available to newsreader clients so that bbs
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users can use their favourite newsreader to participate in echomail. It will
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not make your newsgroups available if you have any, the bbs user can get these
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directly from the internet. The bbs echomail areas are only made available if
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they have a valid newsgroup name set in the area setup. If this is not alread
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set, invent your own newsgroup name. For example the WWB echomail area MBSE
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could be set as fido.wwb.mbse, but you can use anything as long as it doesn't
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conflict with real newsgroups.
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To use the server, the user must login in the
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news server with his bbs unix name and password, thus the user must exist on the
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bbs. The access to the areas is the same as if the user would be logged into the
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bbs.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Installation.</H3>
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If installed from <b>inetd</b> add the following line to
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<code>/etc/inetd.conf</code>:
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nntp stream tcp nowait mbse /opt/mbse/bin/mbnntp mbnntp
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</pre>
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Building.</H3>
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If you did run <code>./configure --enable-newsgate</code> when you compiled the
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mbse package, <b>mbnntp</b> will be build as a not working program. This is
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intended to prevent loops between real news and echomail. With normal builds
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without <code>--enable-newsgate</code> (recommended) <b>mbnntp</b> will function
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as newsserver.
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