CHAPTER 5
- 5.1 Setting up disk space for News use
- 5.1.1 News images and support files
- 5.1.2 Index files for the local news database
- 5.1.3 Item files
- 5.1.4 Spool files
- 5.1.4.1 NNTP over TCP/IP or DECnet
- 5.1.4.2 Other methods of transport
- 5.1.5 Scratch files
- 5.2 Generating the required files
- 5.2.1 Building local copies of News images
- 5.2.2 Creating the News_Manager directory
- 5.2.3 Installing News.Exe
- 5.2.4 Moving News.Hlb
- 5.3 Setting up Configuration Files
- 5.3.1 Editing the MailPaths. file
- 5.3.2 Editing the News.Aliases file (optional)
- 5.3.3 Creating the News.Classes file (optional)
- 5.3.4 Ignoring the News.Distribution file
- 5.3.5 Editing the News.Distributions file
- 5.3.6 Editing the News.Sys file
- 5.3.7 Ignoring the News.SysD file
- 5.3.8 Editing the News_Address.Cnf file
- 5.3.9 Editing the News_Post.CC file (optional)
- 5.3.10 Editing the News_Post.Defaults file (optional)
- 5.3.11 Creating the NNTP message ID cache file (optional)
- 5.3.12 Editing the NNTP_Access.News file (optional, _but _recommended)
- 5.4 Creating the News manager account and identifier
- 5.5 Setting up the News logical name environment
- 5.5.1 News_Address
- 5.5.2 News_Cache (optional)
- 5.5.3 News_Device
- 5.5.4 News_GMT_Offset
- 5.5.5 News_GroupFile_BufferCount (optional)
- 5.5.6 News_GroupFile_DFW (optional)
- 5.5.7 News_GroupFile_FastDelete (optional)
- 5.5.8 News_GroupFile_Global_BufferCount (optional)
- 5.5.9 News_GroupFile_RTV (optional)
- 5.5.10 News_HelpLib (optional)
- 5.5.11 News_HistoryFile_BufferCount (optional)
- 5.5.12 News_HistoryFile_DFW (optional)
- 5.5.13 News_HistoryFile_FastDelete (optional)
- 5.5.14 News_HistoryFile_RTV (optional)
- 5.5.15 News_ItemFile_BufferCount (optional)
- 5.5.16 News_ItemFile_DFW (optional)
- 5.5.17 News_ItemFile_FastDelete (optional)
- 5.5.18 News_ItemFile_Global_BufferCount (optional)
- 5.5.19 News_ItemFile_RTV (optional)
- 5.5.20 News_Locked_Command
- 5.5.21 News_Locked_Wait_Minutes
- 5.5.22 News_Manager
- 5.5.23 News_Manager_Dev
- 5.5.24 News_Mgr_ID
- 5.5.25 News_NetPost (optional)
- 5.5.26 News_NNTP_Log (optional)
- 5.5.27 News_NNTP_Protocol (optional)
- 5.5.28 News_NNTP_Server (optional)
- 5.5.29 News_NNTP_Server_Always_Spool (optional)
- 5.5.30 News_NNTP_Server_Batch_Flush_Disable (optional)
- 5.5.31 News_NNTP_Server_Batch_Size (optional)
- 5.5.32 News_NNTP_Server_Leave_Spool_Open (optional)
- 5.5.33 News_Node
- 5.5.34 News_NoNetPost (optional)
- 5.5.35 News_Organisation (or News_Organization) (optional)
- 5.5.36 News_Pathname (optional)
- 5.5.37 News_Post_CC (optional)
- 5.5.38 News_Root
- 5.5.39 News_remhost_Task (optional)
- 5.5.40 News_Stop (optional)
- 5.5.41 News_Timezone
- 5.5.42 News_Usage_Anonymous (optional)
- 5.5.43 News_Usage_Log (optional)
- 5.5.44 NNTP_Disk_Danger and NNTP_Disk (optional)
- 5.5.45 NNTP_More_To_Offer
- 5.5.46 NNTP_Scratch (optional)
- 5.6 Setting up required mail addresses
- 5.6.1 Administrative contact address for News matters
- 5.6.2 Addresses for incoming news feeds
- 5.7 Providing a foreign command to run News
- 5.8 Running News for the first time
- 5.9 Creating newsgroups on your system
- 5.10 Setting up the NNTP server
- 5.10.1 NNTP server running over DECnet
- 5.10.1.1 Setting up the single-threaded DECnet server
- 5.10.1.2 Setting up the multithreaded DECnet server
- 5.10.2 Setting up the CMU-IP NNTP Server
- 5.10.2.1 Setting up the single-threaded CMU-IP server
- 5.10.2.2 Setting up the multithreaded CMU-IP NNTP server
- 5.10.3 Setting up the Multinet TCP NNTP server
- 5.10.4 Setting up the TCPware TCP NNTP server
- 5.10.5 Setting up the UCX TCP NNTP server
- 5.10.5.1 Setting up the single-threaded UCX NNTP server
- 5.10.5.2 Setting up the multithreaded UCX NNTP server
- 5.10.6 Setting up the Wollongong TCP NNTP server
- 5.11 Setting up the maintenance jobs
- 5.11.1 Adding incoming items to the local News database
- 5.11.1.1 Batches received by your NNTP server
- 5.11.1.2 Batches received by direct file transfer
- 5.11.1.3 Items received via mail
- 5.11.2 Transferring enqueued items to downstream sites
- 5.11.3 Removing expired items from the News database
- 5.11.4 Obtaining exclusive access to the News database
- 5.12 Arranging to exchange news with other sites
- 5.12.1 Obtaining the information necessary to set up an exchange
- 5.12.2 Checklist for integrating a new upstream site into News processing
- 5.12.2.1 Set up appropriate network connections
- 5.12.2.2 Set up the spool area for incoming files
- 5.12.2.3 Include the new items in your News add processing
- 5.12.2.4 Test the incoming feed
- 5.12.3 Checklist for integrating a new downstream site into News processing
- 5.12.3.1 Add the News.Sys entry for the new site
- 5.12.3.2 Set up appropriate network connections
- 5.12.3.3 Set up transfer of items to the downstream site
- 5.12.3.4 Test the outgoing feed
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