The Linux News HOWTO

Vince Skahan, <vince@halcyon.com>

1. Introduction

• 1.1 New versions of this document
• 1.2 Feedback
• 1.3 Copyright Information
• 1.4 Standard Disclaimer
• 1.5 Other sources of information
• 1.6 Where NOT to look for help

2. Hardware Requirements

3. Getting USENET News software

4. News Transport Software

• 4.1 Cnews Cleanup Release
• 4.2 InterNetNews (INN)
• 4.3 Other News Transport Agents

5. News Readers

• 5.1 Tin
• 5.2 Trn/Mthreads
• 5.3 NN
• 5.4 Other newsreaders

6. Acknowledgements

7. Frequently Asked Questions about USENET (in c.o.l.* anyway)

• 7.1 Why can't I post to moderated groups ?
• 7.2 Why do I have problems that appear to be permission-related ?
• 7.3 Why can I post articles locally, but they don't show up or get fed downstream ?
• 7.4 Why doesn't my binary distribution have nntp ?
• 7.5 Why does doexpire (or relaynews or) say "severe space shortage" when there's lots of room ?
• 7.6 Why does everything look normal, but posting doesn't happen ?
• 7.7 Can I hook the new news overview (NOV) stuff into trn/tin/nn to replace
• 7.8 Why can't we have a binary distribution of NNTP ?
• 7.9 How do I set up NNTP to allow read/post across the network while *not*