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Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement

From Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement
Date 2011-07-06 15:58 +0200
Organization Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation
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AD <isquat@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 5, 8:05 pm, John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote:

> Me thinks servertoserver communication could be improved and the
> difference between server 2server and server 2 newsreader eliminated.

The differences are there for a good reason.  The first two I can come
up with:

 1) Clients are not running continuously.

 2) Clients are not necessarily interested in everything in a group.

I can't see where you really can improve the communication between news
servers.  But feel free to write up a proposal.

> Do you have specific recommendations for a free nntp feed?

Dotsrc.org or pnx.dk depending on your needs.

> My understanding was that NNTP has nothing to do with communication
> between the news servers.

It has.

> Did that change in the last decade or what?

Not as far as I can remember.

Jacob
-- 
"Any newsgroup where software developers hang out is
 an Emacs newsgroup."

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Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 07:49 -0700
  Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-06-28 16:00 +0100
    Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-05 08:38 -0700
      Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 20:10 +0100
        Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2011-07-06 12:24 +0200
          Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-06 12:14 +0100
            Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2011-07-06 14:20 +0200
              Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-07-06 08:15 -0500
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-06 14:26 +0100
      Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-07-05 18:33 +0100
      Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 04:31 -0700
        Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2011-07-06 15:58 +0200
        Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-07-06 13:07 -0500
          Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-07 00:35 -0700
            Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-07 13:41 +0100
              Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-07-07 23:12 +0200
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-07-07 22:35 +0100
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-07-08 13:05 +0200
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-11 00:18 -0700
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-07-11 07:34 -0500
  Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 17:09 +0000
    Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-28 12:55 -0500
  Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-06-30 09:47 +0100

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