Multicast Netnews Transfer Protocol
MCNTP is a proctocol and an implementation of that protocol to exchange NetNews articles between servers in a bandwidth-friendly way. The package contains the complete suite of tools and is ready to run with a news server that uses the classical spool concept (such as INN 1.x). As of 1.2, there is also support for the INN 2.x storage API.
| Tags | Communications Usenet News Internet |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Original |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 12 Dec 2001 10:59
Changes: Lots of bugfixes and enhancments, support for INN StorageAPI , determining configuration at compile time, autoconf compile support, and new regression tests.
- 19 Nov 2001 11:10
Changes: This is the third preview of the upcoming mcntp-1.2 release. It adds some minor changes, and fixes a couple of minor bugs. The documentation has also been significantly updated. Most notably, some regression tests have been added.
- 19 Oct 2001 12:15
Changes: The build processes on Solaris, Linux, AIX, and FreeBSD were fixed. Mcntp-1.2 now also compiles on MacOS X. Support for the INN 2.x storage API through configure is now present.
- 08 Oct 2001 15:21
Changes: A fix for a corrupt package.
- 28 Sep 2001 12:08
Changes: Autoconf support now works well, and the old make system has been dropped. The configuration of the tools has been moved from compile time to run time. Initial support for the INN 2.x StorageAPI is included. The documentation still needs some updates.
