Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Inode limitation of news software Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 14:29:09 GMT References: <1991Mar03.111942.12658@gold.sub.org> Sender: @grape.ecs.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: root@gold.sub.org's message of 3 Mar 91 11:19:42 GMT In article <1991Mar03.111942.12658@gold.sub.org> root@gold.sub.org (Christian Seyb) writes: Having a database for every newsgroup would reduce the number of files to a managable quantity. Of course, the newsreaders and the utilities need to understand this as well. Has this been implemented so far? I outlined a solution using NNTP on news.software.nntp. The newsreaders aren't a problem because they just use the NNTP protocol. Now all we need is for someone to program it. I doubt that I could do it because I am lacking sufficient Unix wizardry. -- --russ I'm proud to be a humble Quaker. It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.