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Re: IMAP NNTP gateway

From kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mail.imap, news.software.nntp
Subject Re: IMAP NNTP gateway
Date 2024-03-15 09:47 +0100
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On 3/14/2024 6:05 PM, Julien ÉLIE wrote:
> Hi kyonshi,
> 
>>>> Ok, short question: I was thinking of using my raspberry as a mail
>>>> server, which made me think: is there a way to get nntp newsgroups via
>>>> IMAP? I didn't look too deep into the software yet, but it would be 
>>>> neat
>>>> if I could have that as an option.
>>
>> I have installed nextcloud on the rpi as a private file storage/talk 
>> board. Nextcloud also has an IMAP Mail interface. So I was thinking if 
>> I could maybe connect my installation of INN (as yet not configured) 
>> to it so I could read news by just going on my nextcloud page.
> 
> INN comes with a program named imapfeed which can feed news articles to 
> an IMAP server.
> 
> In your newsfeeds file:
> 
>      localimapserver\
>          :*\
>          :Tm:imapfeed!
> 
>      imapfeed!\
>          :!*\
>          :Tc,Wnm*,S16384:/usr/bin/news/imapfeed
> 
> and set the corresponding localimapserver entry in your innfeed.conf 
> file.  You'll see in the innfeed.conf manual page the deliver-* 
> parameters which can be used for that entry.
> 
> I've never tested imapfeed so I hope it still works fine with current 
> IMAP implementations.  In any case, if you try it, I'll be glad to hear 
> your feedback.
> 

I...was absolutely not aware that this was a thing. I thought I had read 
through most of INN's configuration, but I guess I missed that part.
If that's the case I will just see what it can do.

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IMAP NNTP gateway kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-03-14 13:18 +0100
  Re: IMAP NNTP gateway Andrew Rump  <lar-secure@rump.dk> - 2024-03-14 12:25 +0000
    Re: IMAP NNTP gateway kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-03-14 13:29 +0100
      Re: IMAP NNTP gateway Julien ÉLIE <iulius@nom-de-mon-site.com.invalid> - 2024-03-14 18:05 +0100
        Re: IMAP NNTP gateway kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-03-15 09:47 +0100
  Re: IMAP NNTP gateway Markus Schaaf <mschaaf@elaboris.de> - 2024-03-14 16:08 +0100
  Re: IMAP NNTP gateway Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-14 21:11 -0500
  Re: IMAP NNTP gateway Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com> - 2024-06-14 16:32 +0200
    Re: IMAP NNTP gateway "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-06-14 17:36 +0000

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