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Re: PPP :) it's working ...



you should settle on tranport method before chosing cnew or INN
(BTW some versions of slakware installl both by defualt - if this is the 
case eith you remove *both* & install the one you want )

you should ideally have a UUCP over TCP connection 
(with a 24 hours connected having an MX record for your site
and forwarding your mail to UUCP
as this will  enable you to run a script *on your side* when the connection
 goes up
(and choose cheap hours for news tranfer - if this is a factor
posssible with UUCP -as uucp has grades with which could pull say only 
mail or mail first or ...) which will pull your news ( wich may be easily & 
standrdly compressed(preferebly with gzip) ( even though it is possible to 
do it over an NNTP connect too -but with mods to both server sides ...)
[starting to llok like Harvey's lisp here :-)] & mail when the connection 
goes up
this will save the problem 
of 1)your mail piling up in the of your friendly host at HUJI
(apt to cause overload - or large retry times - depend on which SW the host
is running ( it may cause nither - also depending on your mail volume
but better not to irritate you benefactor ... )
2) will prevent the need for you to connect up at the right the queue is 
being run ( for both mail & news - not neccerlly the same time )
this will of course mean you don't have to make a long phone call & just 
wait for stuff to start flowing
[even though an automatic queue run may be possible to setup - as far as 
I I know how PPP things are done at HUJI - that won't be too easy - of 
course I may be wrong]

Enjoy,
	Rafi (newsadmin@openu )

[sorry I don't have time to give more advice - but that should be enough 
for you to get going in the right direction ...]


P.S. sorry to be a party-spoiler - but MACHBA sites aren't allowed to feed 
news to non paying sites ( it does cost money to get new to Israel BTW 
... )
so pls get you friend at HUJI - who is planning this newsfeed to clear 
things with Hank - before you get him into trouble... :-(

P.P.S. it is of course possible to use standard SMTP/NNTP but
1)it has the problems stated above - which are not that trivial to solve
(depending for of course :-)
2)it will save a lot of connection time/bandwidth - to have the news 
compressed rather that standard NNTP ( this goes for a 24 hour connection too
BTW)



-- 
Rafi Sadowsky                                   rafi@tavor.openu.ac.il
[postmaster@openu.ac.il]                        FAX: +972-3-6460744

On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Yair George Rajwan wrote:

> o.k.
> I did it ... it's working ... a full ppp conection via huji.ac.il
> thenk you Hervey, Ori and all ...
> If any one need help ... i can help him :)
> I'm using pppd and chat program !
> 
> Now the problem is how can i get net-news and mail to my machine so i can
> dial once in a day (or more) and get it automatcly !
> any one ?
> (need help on cnews or any better program ...)
> -- Yair
> Yair George Rajwan			mailto:yair@hagiga.jct.ac.il
> Ftp-Admin 				Tel:    +972-2-751171
> at Hagiga.JCT.ac.il			Home:	+972-2-866144
> 					http://shekel.jct.ac.il/~rajwan
> Jerusalem College of Technology. 	Electronics Department.
> Linux Israeli GROUP Member		Sci. Teaching Department.
> OS/2 Israeli Team Member
>