Path: utzoo!utstat!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!icarus!kaul From: kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: daemon version of relay news? Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 15:55:53 GMT References: <1991Feb11.184027.28223@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> Sender: kaul@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) Organization: Ohio State University Electrical Engineering Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: george@fornax.ECE.CMU.EDU's message of 11 Feb 91 18:40:27 GMT In article <1991Feb11.184027.28223@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> george@fornax.ECE.CMU.EDU (George Cebulka) writes: > In the latest release of nntp (V1.5.11) there was mention of a "daemon version" >of relaynews in common/conf.h file. I currently run relaynews via newsrun >which is envoked from a crontab entry. Can anyone tell me if the daemon version >is a win over the crontab/newsrun version? If can you also tell me where to >get it? I think it's a win. It helps even out the load significantly when you run nntplink with other sites. Paul Vixie's message id daemon also helps. If you want to find the daemon version of relaynews, Dave Alden has the patches on shape.mps.ohio-state.edu for anon. ftp. -- Rich Kaul | Every man is given the key to the door kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu | of heaven; unfortunately, the same key or ...!osu-cis!kaul | opens the door to hell.