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processed them in batches. This combination allows articles to be received and redistributed with virtually no latency, and has substantially changed the nature of Usenet interaction by reducing the time for messages to be posted, read across the network and answered, from hours or days, to seconds
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is a single continuously running process that receives articles from the network, files them, and records what remote hosts should receive them. Readers can access articles directly from the disk in the same manner as
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INN is under active development as of 2020. The package is maintained by volunteers, and development is hosted by the
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operates continuously to feed articles out to other servers, while the earlier
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While previous servers processed articles individually or in batches,
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provided a comparable function, but it was produced independently.
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The copyright dates in the LICENSE file begin with 1991.
407:InterNetNews: Usenet transport for Internet sites. 430: 286:or minutes. A similar earlier program, called 231:. It was the first news server with integrated 273:program was also added to the package. Like 262:A later improvement was the Cyclical News 223:in 1991, and presented at the Summer 1992 196: 330: 431: 346: 13: 251:, but an included program, called 14: 460: 399: 179:, with parts under other licenses 219:package, originally released by 78:2.6.4 / January 28, 2021 449:Software using the ISC license 372: 324: 306: 1: 331:Allbery, Russ (28 Jan 2021). 318: 7: 295:Internet Systems Consortium 10: 465: 15: 358:INN CURRENT Documentation 354:"INN License Information" 183: 169: 157: 147: 135: 117: 97: 93: 71: 67: 52: 40: 28: 300: 16:Not to be confused with 419:ISC's home page for INN 414:Russ Allbery's INN site 202: 200: 124:, with some tools in 80:; 3 years ago 25: 405:Rich Salz (1992). 259:that employ NNTP. 229:San Antonio, Texas 203: 30:Original author(s) 23: 201:Rich Salz in 2009 195: 194: 456: 394: 393: 391: 390: 376: 370: 369: 367: 365: 350: 344: 343: 341: 339: 328: 313: 310: 269:James Brister's 191: 137:Operating system 113: 110: 108: 106: 88: 86: 81: 63: 61: 26: 22: 18:InternetNews.com 464: 463: 459: 458: 457: 455: 454: 453: 429: 428: 424:INN source code 402: 397: 388: 386: 378: 377: 373: 363: 361: 360:. 22 April 2008 352: 351: 347: 337: 335: 329: 325: 321: 316: 311: 307: 303: 235:functionality. 187: 103: 89: 84: 82: 79: 59: 57: 53:Initial release 21: 12: 11: 5: 462: 452: 451: 446: 444:Usenet servers 441: 427: 426: 421: 416: 411: 401: 400:External links 398: 396: 395: 371: 345: 322: 320: 317: 315: 314: 304: 302: 299: 255:, also serves 227:conference in 193: 192: 189:www.eyrie.org/ 185: 181: 180: 173: 167: 166: 161: 155: 154: 149: 145: 144: 139: 133: 132: 119: 115: 114: 101: 95: 94: 91: 90: 77: 75: 73:Stable release 69: 68: 65: 64: 54: 50: 49: 44: 38: 37: 32: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 461: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 436: 434: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 408: 404: 403: 385: 384:www.eyrie.org 381: 375: 359: 355: 349: 334: 327: 323: 309: 305: 298: 296: 291: 289: 284: 280: 276: 272: 267: 265: 260: 258: 254: 250: 246: 241: 236: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 215: 211: 207: 199: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 172: 168: 165: 164:Usenet server 162: 160: 156: 153: 150: 146: 143: 140: 138: 134: 131: 127: 123: 120: 116: 112: 109:/InterNetNews 102: 100: 96: 92: 76: 74: 70: 66: 55: 51: 48: 45: 43: 39: 36: 33: 31: 27: 19: 409: 387:. Retrieved 383: 374: 362:. Retrieved 357: 348: 336:. Retrieved 326: 308: 292: 287: 282: 278: 274: 270: 268: 261: 252: 239: 237: 209: 206:InterNetNews 205: 204: 148:Available in 42:Developer(s) 24:InterNetNews 333:"INN 2.6.4" 257:newsreaders 217:news server 177:ISC license 433:Categories 389:2020-02-28 319:References 264:Filesystem 118:Written in 99:Repository 85:2021-01-28 288:nntplink, 221:Rich Salz 142:Unix-like 35:Rich Salz 364:11 July 283:innxmit 279:innfeed 271:innfeed 212:) is a 184:Website 175:Mostly 171:License 152:English 83: ( 58: ( 439:Usenet 338:30 Jan 249:C News 245:B News 225:USENIX 214:Usenet 130:Python 105:github 380:"INN" 301:Notes 253:nnrpd 366:2008 340:2021 275:innd 247:and 240:innd 233:NNTP 159:Type 128:and 126:Perl 111:/inn 107:.com 60:1991 56:1991 210:INN 47:ISC 435:: 382:. 356:. 277:, 392:. 368:. 342:. 208:( 122:C 87:) 62:) 20:.

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InternetNews.com
Original author(s)
Rich Salz
Developer(s)
ISC
Stable release
Repository
github.com/InterNetNews/inn
C
Perl
Python
Operating system
Unix-like
English
Type
Usenet server
License
ISC license
www.eyrie.org/

Usenet
news server
Rich Salz
USENIX
San Antonio, Texas
NNTP
B News
C News
newsreaders
Filesystem

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