Re: multiple nntp servers

On 12/3/05, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote:
> * THUFIR HAWAT <[email protected]> [12-03-05 16:40]:
> > Does slrnpull have the capability to pull messages from multiple nntp
> > servers?  Specifically, I'm using slrnpull to get nntp messages off my
> > ISP's server but also want to use gmane.
>
> yes
>
> man slrnpull

the -h option specifies the server.  How does the slrnpull.conf file
specify which group goes with which server, though?  Possibly each
server requires a seperate slrnpull.conf file.


[thufir@localhost ~]$ cat post.slrnpull
[root@localhost ~]# slrnpull -h snews.gmane.org
12/04/2005 02:40:16 slrnpull started.
12/04/2005 02:40:16 Reading /var/spool/slrnpull/slrnpull.conf
12/04/2005 02:40:16 Connecting to host snews.gmane.org ...
Unable to make connection. Giving up.
12/04/2005 02:40:17 ***Unable to initialize server.
12/04/2005 02:40:17 A total of 0 bytes received, 0 bytes sent in 1
seconds.
[root@localhost ~]# slrnpull -h nntp://snews.gmane.org
12/04/2005 02:40:21 slrnpull started.
12/04/2005 02:40:21 Reading /var/spool/slrnpull/slrnpull.conf
12/04/2005 02:40:21 Connecting to host nntp ...
Failed to resolve nntp
12/04/2005 02:40:21 ***Unable to initialize server.
12/04/2005 02:40:21 A total of 0 bytes received, 0 bytes sent in 0
seconds.
[root@localhost ~]# cat -n /var/spool/slrnpull/slrnpull.conf
     1  # This file is a sample configuration file for slrnpull.  Such a
file must
     2  # exist in the slrnpull spool directory.
     3
     4  # The syntax of the file is very simple.
     5  # Any line that is blank or begins with a '#' character will be
ignored by
     6  # slrnpull.  The remaining lines consist of 1-4 fields separated
by
     7  # whitespace (unlike shown here, all four fields must be on the
same line):
     8  #
     9  #   NEWSGROUP_NAME  MAX_ARTICLES_TO_RETRIEVE
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_BEFORE_EXPIRE
    10  #   FETCH_HEADERS_ONLY
    11  #
    12  # The first field must contain the name of a newsgroup.
    13  #
    14  # The second field denotes the number of articles to retrieve
for the
    15  # newsgroup; if its value is 0, all available articles will
    16  # be retrieved.
    17  # Please note that setting the value to 0 still does not make
slrnpull
    18  # retrieve any articles which are older than the last one it
already
    19  # fetched in that group.
    20  #
    21  # The third field indicates the number of days after an article
is retrieved
    22  # before it will be eligible for deletion.  If this value is 0,
articles from
    23  # this group will not expire.
    24  #
    25  # The fourth field can be set to 1 if you want slrnpull to only
fetch headers
    26  # for new articles by default. You can then mark individual
article bodies for
    27  # download in slrn (see README.offline for details).
    28  #
    29  # If a field is blank, or contains the single character '*',
default values
    30  # will apply to the field.  Defaults may be set by a line whose
newsgroup
    31  # field is 'default'.  Such a line will denote default values to
be applied to
    32  # the lines following it or until another default is
established.
    33
    34  # For example:
    35  #default                                20      14      0
    36  # indicates a default value of 20 articles to be retrieved from
the server and
    37  # that such an article will expire after 14 days.
    38
    39  # The following lines will get this default
    40  #clari.world.europe.iberia
    41  #rec.arts.movies.reviews
    42  #rec.arts.movies.current-films  *       7
    43
    44  # Here is a new default:
    45  #default                                0       0
    46  #clari.living.columns.joebob
    47  #rec.food.recipes
    48
    49  default                                 99999999        21
0
    50  #comp.mail.pine
    51  #comp.os.linux.networking
    52  #comp.os.linux.setup
    53  #microsoft.public.win2000.networking
    54  #Balt.politics.bush
    55  #alt.politics.gw-bush
    56  gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
[root@localhost ~]# date
Sun Dec  4 02:40:55 EST 2005
[root@localhost ~]#



thanks,

Thufir


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