Subject: local news server

From: [email-masked] (Donald Douglas Jolley)
Date: 16 Oct 1994 16:19:19 -0700

I just posted an article inquiring into the best way to set up a
discussion group among users on a system consisting of a Linux
server with pc workstations running WfWG and pc-pine.  No sooner
had I posted the message than it occurred to me that perhaps I
could capitalize on the fact that pine is a news reader as well 
as a mail reader.  It occurred to me that perhaps I could make the
Linux box into a local news server and that would be a way of
implementing my local discussion groups.  Of course, I have no
idea what would be involved.  However, I would sure like to know
whether others think this is feasible.  If it is considered feasible,
any comments on how to proceed would also be appreciated.

Thanks for any help. 

     ... doug
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From: [email-masked] (David L Miller)
Date: 18 Oct 94 20:09:29 GMT

Either approach would work, with advantages and disadvantages for each.  If
you take the shared-mailbox approach, I would seriously investigate using
tmail as your delivery agent and Tenex format mailboxes.  This will permit
multiple users at the same time without fighting for the read/write lock. 

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On 16 Oct 1994, Donald Douglas Jolley wrote:

> Date: 16 OCT 1994 16:19:19 -0700 
> From: Donald Douglas Jolley <[email-masked]>
> Newgroups: comp.mail.pine
> Subject: local news server 
>