nntp/inn question - THANKS!

Miles Fidelman mfidelman at meetinghouse.net
Wed Dec 12 03:26:50 UTC 2012


Russ... thanks!

Russ Allbery wrote:
> 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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