> Any particular reason not to use NNTP? Speed, pure speed. my first idea was to use nntp, but the Gnus manual says that using a local spool is recommended for speed reasons. Nntp works well, though. I guess I' just have to switch.
> Leafnode's nearest equivalent to an active file is > /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo, but it's not stored in the same > format as an active file so I'd be surprised if Gnus didn't barf on it. > > You should probably use NNTP to read news - Leafnode isn't intended to > support anything else. I didn't know that - I would have thought that the directory structures and file formats are somewhat generic for most news servers. Oh silly me. Thanks anyways. Cheers -- Stephan -- Stephan Engelke [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** "He's dead, Jim. You grab his wallet, I'll grab his tricorder." ***