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[svn] * INSTALL,README,docs/FAQ: Remove online mode from introductory documentation. It causes confusion. Add it to FAQ list.
author bears
date Mon, 05 Aug 2002 23:05:53 +0100
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8 Noffle is a Usenet news server optimized for few users and low speed dial-up 8 Noffle is a Usenet news server optimized for few users and low speed dial-up
9 connections to the Internet. It acts as a server to news clients running on 9 connections to the Internet. It acts as a server to news clients running on
10 the local host, but gets its news feed by acting as a client to a remote 10 the local host, but gets its news feed by acting as a client to a remote
11 server. Noffle is written for the GNU/Linux operating system and freely 11 server. Noffle is written for the GNU/Linux operating system and freely
12 available under the terms of the GPL. See COPYING for details. 12 available under the terms of the GPL. See COPYING for details.
13
14 While Online:
15
16 * Any newsgroup can be read, selected articles are fetched immediately from
17 the remote server.
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19 While Offline:
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21 * Allows reading news offline with many news clients, even if they do not 14 * Allows reading news offline with many news clients, even if they do not
22 support offline reading by themselves. 15 support offline reading by themselves.
23 16
24 * Groups can be retrieved in overview, full or thread mode. 17 * Groups can be retrieved in overview, full or thread mode.
39 32
40 * Noffle also offers limited support for local groups. Articles posted in 33 * Noffle also offers limited support for local groups. Articles posted in
41 local groups appear in the news database for those groups immediately, 34 local groups appear in the news database for those groups immediately,
42 and are expired in the same way as other articles. 35 and are expired in the same way as other articles.
43 36
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45 Compatibility with News Clients 37 Compatibility with News Clients
46 ------------------------------- 38 -------------------------------
47 39
48 See docs/NOTES for information about news client software. 40 See docs/NOTES for information about news client software.
49 41
51 Getting Noffle 43 Getting Noffle
52 -------------- 44 --------------
53 45
54 The current stable release is: 1.0.1 46 The current stable release is: 1.0.1
55 47
56 The current development release is: none 48 The current development release is: 1.1.2
57 49
58 The Noffle homepage is at: 50 The Noffle homepage is at:
59 51
60 http://noffle.sourceforge.net/ 52 http://noffle.sourceforge.net/
61 53