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From: netwin@world.std.com (Chris Pugmire)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: DNEWS NNTP News Server Monthly FAQ Pointer
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 00:12:43 GMT
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This message is a breif description of the DNEWS server features
and a pointer to the FAQ and binary areas.

DNEWS is an advanced NNTP based News Server availabe on
all major platforms.It is suitable for ISPs or corporate Intranets for
USENET and/or local news groups.
DNEWS can be used to replace INN or CNEWS to improve
performance, reduce resource usage and simplify management.
DNEWS is able to take and send multiple mixed dynamic and
full feeds.

Features of DNEWS.
Dynamic sucking feed option.
	A sucking feed may use as little as 10% of the normal
	disk space and network bandwidth.
	By only getting news items that people usually read 
	very large savings are possible particularly for small
	sites & workgroups.  A hundred users can be supported
	on 100 MB depending on their reading habbits!
	I run a single user server on my NT as a background
	service, it's using less than 5MB. DNEWS allows up 
	to four suck feeds to taken alone or in combination with
	any number of full feeds.

	
DNEWSWeb Gateway allows users to read and post news
	from simple web pages without ever having to install
	a News reader or even understanding what news is.
	This also allows local groups to be made available
	to the whole or part of the internet. (DNEWS Version 2.5 only)
Flexible expire settings 
	By allowing expiration by 'number of items' low volume groups
	become much more useful.  Also by allowing settings 
	which change with disk space the system is much more
	stable to large influxes of news.
Flexible access restrictions
	Reading and Posting access can be given separately to
	to different users and selections of news groups.
Binarys available for common platforms
	On many platforms you do not need to build the binary
	yourself, e.g. Windows NT (Intel & Alpha) 
	VMS, (VAX & ALPHA, Multinet only), Solaris, Linux.
Email confirmation of posts
	DNEWS can be configured to send email confirmations as it
	sends items up to a main news server.  This gives users 
	a clear record of a posted item and its successful 
	transfer into the 'net'.
Items stored in a database
	Items are stored in a database which puts items together
	in blocks of 100.  This saves directory entries, inodes,
	and the empty space usually wasted due to blocking factors.
	Also file open and closes are minimized, this is essential
	on systems where this is a 'costly' operation, e.g. VMS.
Installation easy, totally configurable without recompiling
	DNEWS can be configured without recompiling and all
	the configuration scripts have been simplified where 
	possible.
Supported & Documented
	DNEWS is a commercially supported product.
	EMAIL support is available for help with installation
	and management.  Note: DNEWS is not freeware, however
	it is free to Schools and Universities.
Web page: 	http://netwinsite.com/
FAQ 		ftp://ftp.std.com/ftp/vendors/netwin/dnews/dnewsfaq*
FTP Binaries 	ftp://netwinsite.com/dnews
FTP Binaries 	ftp://ftp.std.com/ftp/vendors/netwin/dnews/
Instructions	ftp://netwinsite.com/dnews/install.txt
EMail:		netwin@world.std.com