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Class Acme.Nnrpd.Nnrpd

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public class Nnrpd

extends Object

This is a replacement for the standard C nnrpd. Sites with lots of readers have found that running a separate nnrpd for each reader puts a tremendous load on the system. All that memory, all those context switches. This solves both problems by having a single process service multiple readers simultaneously.

Optionally, you can also use this as an NNRP proxy, connecting to a remote nnrpd instead of getting articles from the local disk.

Logging is via syslog, and is compatible with the standard nnrpd logging.

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Nnrpd(int, int, int, int, String, boolean)

Constructor.

main(String[])

Main routine, if you want to run this directly as an application.

serve()

Run the server.

 public Nnrpd(int port,
              int aCacheSize,
              int maxArtSize,
              int oCacheSize,
              String proxyHost,
              boolean debug) throws NnrpdException

Constructor.

Parameters:

port - Normally netnews servers run on port 119, which is where the readers look for them. You can run this on a different port if you like, perhaps for debugging.

aCacheSize - How many bytes of articles to cache.

maxArtSize - Articles larger than this do not get cached at all.

oCacheSize - How many overview entries to cache.

proxyHost - The remote news server to connect to, for proxy mode. Syntax is a hostname, or hostname:port for ports other than 119.

debug - Whether to emit debugging syslogs or just dump them.

Throws: NnrpdException

if something goes wrong

 public static void main(String args[])

Main routine, if you want to run this directly as an application.

 public void serve() throws NnrpdException

Run the server. Returns only on errors.

Throws: NnrpdException

if something goes wrong

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