News Server configuration

Figure 19.14. Which news server do you want to fetch newsgroups from?

Which news server do you want to fetch newsgroups from?

This wizard will configure a news gateway: your server will be able to fetch newsgroups from an external news server (usually the one of your service provider) and make them visible to your internal network. Therefore the first step is to specify which external news server you want to use, as shown in Figure 19.14.

Figure 19.15. How often do you want to check for news?

How often do you want to check for news?

Then you need to specify the interval (in hours) between every refresh (Figure 19.15). Do not specify a too high interval: news evolves rapidly, as pretty much everything else on the Internet for that matter...