nntp/inn question

[Russ Allbery]

Miles Fidelman <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net> writes:

> A silly question, perhaps, but one that influences something I'm working 
> on:  If one cross-posts to multiple newsgroups:
> 1. does NNTP send multiple copies of the post, or one copy with multiple 
> headers?

One copy with multiple newsgroups listed in the Newsgroups header.

> 2. does INN drop a copy into each group directory, or is it a bit 
> smarter about it?

It depends on your storage method.  With non-tradspool storage methods, it
always stores only a single copy of the article.  With tradspool, there's
a configuration setting that creates links in the other group directories
to the canonical copy of the article.

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