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 NNTPCACHE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Peter Tonoli <anarchie@suburbia.net>
This is the list of frequently asked questions, and the answers to those questions for nntpcache, the caching NNRP server daemon.

 

Index

Section 1.  Introduction and General Information
    Q1.1 What is nntpcache?
    Q1.2 What operating systems does nntpcache support?
    Q1.3 Where can I find nntpcache? / Where is the latest version?
    Q1.4 Can I use nntpcache freely or do I have to license it?

Section 2. Frequently encountered problems and solutions
    Q2.1 My system chokes on all that damned mmap()ing?!. What can I do?
    Q2.2 Netscape-news kills itself when reading news from nntpcache-0.88.3!
    Q2.3 Expiring with nntpcached -e doesn't work
    Q2.4 Help! The size of our cache keeps growing! What should I do about expiration?
    Q2.5 nntpcache spits out : 'post failed From: address not in Internet syntax'. What does that mean?
    Q2.6 Why does nntpcache-update take so long to load at initialisation?

Section 3. Support and Resources
    Q3.1 Is there a nntpcache mailinglist?
    Q3.2 How do I unsubscribe from the mailinglist?
    Q3.3 Is there an archive of the nntpcache mailinglist?
    Q3.4 Is there an official nntpcache home page?
    Q3.5 Who should I contact if I can't get nntpcache to work / I've found a bug in nntpcache, what should I do?

Section 4. Configuration of nntpcache
    Q4.1 What are all those entries in the servers configuration file?
    Q4.2 How do I specify the "Xref:full" part in the "overviewFmt" line in the config file?
    Q4.3 I've entered a server but nntpcache doesn't seem to want to know about it.
    Q4.4 I want to set the nntpcache-virtual-server-size record, what are some public news-servers I can add to my servers file?



Question 1.1. What is nntpcache?
 

Question 1.2. What operating systems does nntpcache support?
  nntpcache has been known to compile under most posix systems

If you find an unusual OS/compiler/library tuple that nntpcache appears to compile and run under, then don't keep it to yourself, please let tell the devteam at nntpcache@nntpcache.com! (this list is.. err dated - nntpcache works on nearly all modern unixes)


Question 1.3. Where can I find nntpcache? / Where is the latest version?
 


Question 1.4. Can I use nntpcache freely or do I have to license?
 


Question 2.1. My system chokes on all that damned mmap()ing?!. What can I do?


Question 2.2. Netscape-news kills itself when reading news from nntpcache-0.88.3!
 


Question 2.3. Expiring with nntpcached -e doesn't work
 


Question 2.4. Help! The size of our cache keeps growing! What should I do about expiration?
 


Question 2.5. nntpcache spits out : 'post failed From: address not in Internet syntax'. What does that mean?
 



Question 2.6. Why does nntpcache-update take so long to load at initialisation?

Question 3.1. Is there a nntpcache mailinglist?
 

Question 3.2. How do I unsubscribe from the mailinglist?
 


Question 3.3. Is there an archive of the nntpcache mailinglist?
 


Question 3.4. Is there an official nntpcache home page?
 


Question 3.5. Who should I contact if I can't get nntpcache to work / I've found a bug in nntpcache, what should I do?
 



Question 4.1. What are all those entries in the servers configuration file?
 

Question 4.2. How do I specify the "Xref:full" part in the "overviewFmt" line in the config file?
 

Question 4.3. I've entered a server but nntpcache doesn't seem to want to know about it.
 


Question 4.4. I want to set the nntpcache-virtual-server-size record, what are some public news-servers I can add to my servers file?
 


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