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A news server allows users to share messages and other information about a project; it's also a great way to provide information and support to customers. If you have Windows NT, 2000, or .NET Server installed in your organization, set up your own news server through IIS's Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service.
If you're using Exchange Server, local users can use the news server through the Public Folders branch in Outlook, and external users can access it through Outlook Express, Agent, or another newsreader. If you use the native NNTP service in Windows, all local and remote clients must use a newsreader.
If the NNTP service isn't installed, follow these steps:
Use the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel to add the NNTP service.
After adding NNTP, open the IIS console from the Administrative Tools folder and modify the properties for the default NNTP server, or create a new virtual NNTP server with the desired settings.
To modify the virtual server's authentication and other settings, right-click the server and choose Properties.
Use the Authentication tab to enable or disable anonymous access, and use the Settings tab to configure message size limits and other general settings.
After you configure the virtual server's properties, you can create folders for each topic. In the IIS console, expand the virtual server, right-click Newsgroups, and choose New | Newsgroup. IIS starts a wizard that prompts you for the folder name, a description, and a "pretty" name (which is optional). The main reason for having a pretty name is to create an alternate name for the folder using Unicode characters.
Finally, if you want to make a particular newsgroup read-only, double-click the newsgroup in the IIS console, and select the Read Only option on the newsgroup's property sheet. |
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