[2194] in SIPB bug reports
Re: SIPB was thinking about porting "nn"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Mon Oct 21 23:16:25 1991
To: web@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: dks@MIT.EDU (Dhanesh K. Samarasan), bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [2193] in SIPB bug reports
Reply-To: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 23:15:41 EDT
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@Athena.MIT.EDU>
The problem with nn is that it doesn't work well for remote
newsreading, since it needs a large index file to work. Some effort
was made to get it to work, but it's a very difficult problem if you
don't have a local news spool. The news maintainers eventually gave
up trying.
So, I'm sorry to say that you won't be able to use nn on athena.
Marc
