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Started by Jon Alperin
Tue, 04 Aug 1992 17:00
listserv to NNTP gateway
Author: Jon Alperin
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 17:00
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 17:00
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I did not see this in a FAQ, so here goes..apologies if I'm rehashing old stuff. Is there a PD C-language package (AIX/SUNOS in specific, but I'll attempt to hack any other UNIX variant)that provides a gateway between a listserv mail server and NNTPD? I see that listserv has a "news" send/receive gateway, but it appears to require a piece of software running on my nntp server to take the incoming e-mail message and convert it into a format NNTP knows how to handle. (if it matters, C-News is running underneath). Any information would be helpful and greatly appreciated. -- Jon Alperin Bell Communications Research ---> Internet: jona@iscp.bellcore.com ---> Voicenet: (908) 699-8674 ---> UUNET: uunet!bcr!jona * All opinions and stupid questions are my own *
Re: listserv to NNTP gateway
Author: Doug Sewell
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 18:01
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 18:01
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jona@iscp.bellcore.com (Jon Alperin) writes: : I did not see this in a FAQ, so here goes..apologies if I'm rehashing : old stuff. : : Is there a PD C-language package (AIX/SUNOS in specific, but I'll attempt : to hack any other UNIX variant)that provides a gateway between a : listserv mail server and NNTPD? I see that listserv has a "news" : send/receive gateway, but it appears to require a piece of software : running on my nntp server to take the incoming e-mail message and : convert it into a format NNTP knows how to handle. (if it matters, : C-News is running underneath). : Get Newsgate (or is it mailgate?) out of the alt.sources archives. There are two versions, get the newer one. Writing from memory, I believe that Rich Salz wrote it. I'm using it now with C-News, and it's working just fine, for both moderated groups/mailing lists and unmoderated. You put entries in your sys-file and your /usr/lib/aliases file to drive the mail2news and news2mail programs. It supports B and C News (INN as well, I believe), sendmail and mmdf. It doesn't need NNTP. One other suggestion, particularly with bitnet listserv lists - if the server involved is running 1.7c, the 'set header ietf' will make the headers more internet-like and less bitnet-like (no mangling of reply-to, sender, etc). It's MUCH less painful. -- Doug Sewell, Tech Support, Computer Center, Youngstown State University doug@cc.ysu.edu doug@ysub.bitnet <internet>!cc.ysu.edu!doug "Recession: your friend loses his job. Depression: you lose your job. Recovery: Bush loses his job" - Bill Davidsen
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