RE: IIS 4.0 Newsfeeds

Matthew Stratton ( (no email) )
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:41:10 -0500

Okay, I guess I haven't made myself clear...these groups are NOT USENET
groups...they are local newsgroups provided by this customer to provide
technical support to their customer base.

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Matt Stratton, MCP
Systems Integrator
AIS Network
A Microsoft Solution Provider matts@aisnetwork.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ric Castagna [mailto:ric@viperlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 1998 4:26 PM
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: RE: IIS 4.0 Newsfeeds
>
>
> >Well, I guess you could call us a VAISP (Value Added ISP)
> Service? Oh, you're supposed to provide service, too?
>
> >The point is, this server only has customer info on it...we
> are just trying
> >to figure out how suck down their old news groups from the
> old server and
> >put them on the new one.
> If they've been using Microsoft's News Server (part of MCIS),
> you might be
> able to import and configure the "active.txt" file they should already
> have. This would work, in theory, if you have all of the
> groups in your
> current feed they used to have with their other provider.
>
> My guess, though, is their old ISP or ISP's upstream wouldn't
> let the new
> IP address (your class c's address) pull that feed that is
> current with
> their existing groups.
>
> /ric
>
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