In article <cistron.g3lmeao4x1.fsf@as.vix.com>, Paul Vixie <vixie@as.vix.com> wrote:

Pull it, rather than pushing it. nntpcache is a localized example of how to only transfer the groups and articles that somebody on your end of a link actually wants to read. A more systemic example ought to be developed whereby every group has a well-mirrored home and an nntpcache hierarchy similar to what Squid proposed for web data, and every news reader pulls only what it needs. Posting an article should mean getting it into the well-mirrored home of that group. Removing spam should mean deleting articles from the well-mirrored home of that group.

Yes, but who's going to set up the home for movies/pictures/warez/mp3 groups? Nobody, ofcourse, since most stuff is not very legal. But those groups are 98% of todays traffic. So if you *do* manage to switch everybody over to that new system and turn off the old usenet, the new system isn't needed anymore. Mike. -- Computers are useless, they only give answers. --Pablo Picasso