How to access the archive

[Martin Neuditschko]

On Sam, Dez 21, 2002 at 11:28:53 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> 
> Martin Neuditschko <yosuke.tomoe at gmx.net> writes:
> 
> > I have configured INN to archive a newsgroup. It is working well and I
> > am able to see the news in the archive-directory, but I also want to
> > access the archive with my news-client.  I have not found any
> > documentation about that. Not in the man page of archive nor in the FAQs
> > of the package.
> 
> The archive program that comes with INN doesn't store messages in a form
> suitable for retrieval with a news client.  If you want to keep the
> articles accessible, it's better to just not expire them.

Is there a way to use the archive like a normal news group (only
reading, not posting) like:
my.news.group ... My normal news group where articles expire after 30
                  days
archive.my.news.group ... The full archive of my NG


best regards
Martin Neuditschko