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| Newsstar |
| Computer languages | C,Perl + |
|---|---|
| Documentation note | User guide available in HTML format from http://newsstar.sourceforge.net/ |
| Full description | Newsstar fetches news and posts it to a lo … Newsstar fetches news and posts it to a local news server: INN and sn are supported. The program can make multiple simultaneous connections, not only to one server, but to several, supporting up to 10 "threads". Before fetching each article, it checks that it hasn't already been downloaded by another thread or in a previous session. It can also "pipeline" article requests to make more efficient use of bandwidth. s to make more efficient use of bandwidth. |
| Homepage URL | http://newsstar.sourceforge.net/ + |
| Interface | daemon + |
| Internet-application | newsreader + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | News + , thread + , article + , INN + , newsstar + , newsreaders + , sn + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 20 May 2005 + |
| License | GPLv2orlater + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 21 February 2002 + |
| Name | Newsstar + |
| Prerequisite description | Perl + , ncurses + , INN + , sn + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to use + , Weak prerequisite + |
| Real name | Tony Houghton + |
| Related projects | Newspost + , Newsq + , Nflash + , Nntp2rss + , Rippy the Aggregator + |
| Resource URL | http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/newsstar-general + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | Mailing List Info/Archive + |
| Revisionid | 1,122 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 12:42:56 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Downloads and posts news + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Use | internet-application + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 1.2.2 stable released 2005-03-01 |
| Version date | 1 March 2005 + |
| Version download | http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/newsstar/newsstar-1.2.2.tar.gz?download + |
| Version identifier | 1.2.2 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 24 May 2012 22:32:46 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | newsstar@realh.co.uk + |
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