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|Full description=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. | |Full description=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. | ||
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|Computer languages=C,Perl | |Computer languages=C,Perl | ||
|Documentation note=User guide available in HTML format from http://newsstar.sourceforge.net/ | |Documentation note=User guide available in HTML format from http://newsstar.sourceforge.net/ | ||
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|Related projects=Newspost,Newsq,Nflash,nntp2rss,Rippy_the_Aggregator | |Related projects=Newspost,Newsq,Nflash,nntp2rss,Rippy_the_Aggregator | ||
|Keywords=News,thread,article,INN,newsstar,newsreaders,sn | |Keywords=News,thread,article,INN,newsstar,newsreaders,sn | ||
| − | | | + | |Version identifier=1.5.6 |
| − | |Last review by= | + | |Version date=2013/01/20 |
| − | |Last review date= | + | |Version status=stable |
| + | |Version download=https://sourceforge.net/projects/newsstar/files/latest/download?source=files | ||
| + | |Last review by=Alejandroindependiente | ||
| + | |Last review date=2017/03/02 | ||
|Submitted by=Database conversion | |Submitted by=Database conversion | ||
|Submitted date=2011-04-01 | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
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| + | |License=GPLv2orlater | ||
| + | |License verified by=Janet Casey | ||
|License verified date=2002-02-21 | |License verified date=2002-02-21 | ||
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| + | |Real name=Tony Houghton | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:35, 2 March 2017
Newsstar
http://newsstar.sourceforge.net/
Downloads and posts news
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.
Licensing
License
Verified by
Verified on
Notes
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Tony Houghton | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | Mailing List Info/Archive | http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/newsstar-general |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to use | Perl |
| Weak prerequisite | INN |
| Weak prerequisite | ncurses |
| Weak prerequisite | sn |
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