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From: watcher@athena.mit.edu (chris ross)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: What versions of netnews exist for Apollos?
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Date: 23 Aug 89 02:07:41 GMT
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Having cleared away the last of the bureaucratic red tape, I'm finally
able to install the Usenet software on the Apollo ring at my work-
place.  I'd like to learn of other people's experiences with Apollo
news sites, and will post a summary of replies.  Specifically, I'm
looking for answers to the following questions:

Where did you acquire the basic news software?  Did you start with
vanilla Unix B news and customize it, or use someone else's?  What
Apollo-specific issues does your version address?  Likewise for rn
and friends -- what special hacks are required?

Are you running news in a mixed SR9-SR10 network?  If so, what do you
feel are the key issues?  Do you have separate source versions for SR9
and SR10?  Howbout C news -- anyone have a *stable* Apollo port?

Is this beginning to sound like an exam yet?    :-)

As an aside: I know this has been discussed before, but... how many
find the Apollo-supplied sendmail adequate?  If you have a custom
version, what have you changed?

Replies to any of the above questions (or on related issues), at any
level of detail, are greatly appreciated.  I'll try to put out a
summary in two or three weeks, with a followup if necessary.

FYI: we have about 220 nodes in three internets.   Most run SR9.7; a
handful are at 9.6 or 10.1.  About 30% should be at 10.1 by the time
we enter Usenet.  Our link with the outside world is via uucp to uunet.

thanx for any info you can provide.

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chris ross <0> watcher@athena.mit.edu