[Pan-users] Re: Re: read-only groups dont get "read"

[Toby A Inkster]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:37:48 +1300, Mark Derricutt wrote:

> --On Thursday, January 30, 2003 18:59:49 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb" 
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks.  Another way to skin the cat in Linux <G>.  Any pros or cons on
>> Leafnode vs Newsplex?
> 
> AFAIK Newsplex relays the commands to the real server, so you still only 
> download the headers/bodies you want, wheras leafnode will download all 
> headers and all bodies for the groups you've told it to pull.

Yeah, that's about it. Leafnode is a real NNTP server running on your
machine, whereas Newsplex is more like a proxy.

Leafnode is great if, like me, you only read text-based newsgroups and
tend to read most/all the articles in them.

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