I eventually took the server down and setup service with Supernews. For
$100 a month it was a deal I couldn't resist. It makes one less server I
have to fuss with and I no longer have a 9gig nntp feed wasting my bandwidth.
Fulton Preston
>From: "Troy Hall" <troyh@lemoorecomputers.com>
>To: <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
>Subject: newsfeeds
>Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 21:29:44 -0700
>Message-ID: <0017f4429041e57ELSIE1@lemoorecomputers.com>
>
>Does anyone know of any public newsfeeds for users?
>
>Has anyone had any experience with MCIS news?
>
>I started the program tonight and it seems like it is taking FOREVER to
>load the newsgroup folders onto the hardrive.
>
>What I ultimately would like is a news server that ONLY gets the news
>groups that are subscribed to and leaves all the rest.
>
>as of this moment the news is requiring 100% cpu usage and almost 50meg of
>ram :-{
>
>Troy
>Lemoore Computers and Internet Services
>http://www.lemoorecomputers.com