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diff --git a/news/newscache/pkg/DESCR b/news/newscache/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e7afbcb0e38 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/newscache/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ + NewsCache is a free cache server for USENET News available under the GNU +General Public License. NewsCache can be plugged in between your news +reader(s) and your news server. NewsCache acts to news readers like a news +server and retrieves news articles from the news server like a news reader. +Whenever, a client requests an article from NewsCache, NewsCache checks +whether the article has already been stored in the cache area. If this is +the case, the article is sent directly to its client. Otherwise, the article +is requested from the upstream news server, stored in the cache area and sent +back to the client. + + NewsCache provides the following functionality: + + * Offline news reading. + * Small articles are stored within a single database. This improves + performance and reduces the number of inodes used of your system. + * The overview-database is generated on the fly for articles already + cached by the cache server. + * This reduces the amount of disk space used, but decreases performance + slightly. + * The newsgroup-database is now managed as an array instead of a list to + allow direct access to articles. + * Merging different news servers to a virtual feed (on a per newsgroup + basis). |