Hi all,

Following the recent discussions here, I've been working these last days
on making a video to explain how to set up a new NNTP peer with INN.

This walkthrough features a common setup using innfeed, with:
- an overview of NNTP peering architecture with InterNetNews;
- the most useful parameters of incoming.conf, newsfeeds and innfeed.conf;
- concrete examples of configuration;
- a live demonstration on my own news server;
- basic checks to ensure the configuration works.

Here is the link:
https://youtu.be/71ENBZTL0YY

I hope it will be useful for those who discover INN.

30 years after its release, let's now experiment video tutorials :-)

Please tell your remarks about the format, if it is really
understandable (I am not a native English speaker), if you had expected
something else, what should be improved, etc.

This subject is a tough one to explain, with a lot of things to say.
Other walkthroughs should normally be shorter!

I have in mind the topics you mentioned in recent discussions (like the
storage method to choose, setting TLS in nnrpd, the global architecture
of INN...) and also videos about terminology (injecting agent, header
field body, accepted/refused/rejected, moderation, etc.) and more
technical live examples of all NNTP commands with their response codes.
Yeah, an ambitious program... Let's see how far I'll get!

Thanks for your feedback on that first video!

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et tu réaliseras l'impossible sans t'en apercevoir. » (Saint-François
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Le 13/01/2022 à 23:15, Julien ÉLIE a écrit :

> Here is the link:
> https://youtu.be/71ENBZTL0YY

c'est vrai que je n'ai jamais aimé les vidéos, trop difficile de les
suivre en les mettant en oeuvre, trop de temps perdu... mais plein de
gens aiment ça, donc oui, merci.

c'est vrai que l'accent est horrible, mais c'est pas grave :-). faudrait
la doubler en français :-)) et ça nous permet de mettre un visage sur
ton nom, c'est toujours plus sympa :-)

merci
jdd

Le 14/01/2022 à 08:02, jdanield a écrit :
> Le 13/01/2022 à 23:15, Julien ÉLIE a écrit :
>
>> Here is the link:
>> https://youtu.be/71ENBZTL0YY
>
> c'est vrai que je n'ai jamais aimé les vidéos,

sorry, I missed the fact than this forum is English (I often write to
Julien in french elsewhere)

In english:

It's true I don't like videos, too difficult to follow when trying to
apply what it says, too much time lost on parts one already know, but
many people like them, so yes, thanks :-)

The accent is really horrible, but who cares? the video allows to see
your face, it's always more friendly :-)

thanks
jdd

Le 13/01/2022 à 23:15, Julien ÉLIE a écrit :

> Here is the link:
> https://youtu.be/71ENBZTL0YY
>

for me, what would be of the most interest is to have the images that
made the video.

Sure, I can make them, but you have probably them already.

Specially the left part, that gives a pretty interesting summary :-)

thanks
jdd

Bonjour Jean-Daniel,

> Specially the left part, that gives a pretty interesting summary :-)

Maybe our man pages could have an "IN A NUTSHELL" section at their top,
before the detailed description, and contain the sort of thing present
in the left part of the video. That is to say what the file is for (in
1 sentence), what are the most used parameters, and an example for the
most common configuration case.

It should satisfy readers :-)

--
Julien ÉLIE

« – À trente jours de marche, aussi il vous faudra traverser le désert !
– Je ne connais pas encore ce genre de traversée mais par Toutatis, je
suis certain de m'en sortir très vite ! » (Astérix)

Bonjour Jean-Daniel,

> many people like them, so yes, thanks :-)
>
> The accent is really horrible, but who cares? the video allows to see
> your face, it's always more friendly :-)

Thanks!

--
Julien ÉLIE

« – À trente jours de marche, aussi il vous faudra traverser le désert !
– Je ne connais pas encore ce genre de traversée mais par Toutatis, je
suis certain de m'en sortir très vite ! » (Astérix)

Le 14/01/2022 à 12:33, Julien ÉLIE a écrit :
> Bonjour Jean-Daniel,
>
>> Specially the left part, that gives a pretty interesting summary :-)
>
> Maybe our man pages could have an "IN A NUTSHELL" section at their top,
> before the detailed description, and contain the sort of thing present
> in the left part of the video. That is to say what the file is for (in
> 1 sentence), what are the most used parameters, and an example for the
> most common configuration case.
>
> It should satisfy readers :-)
>
very good idea... thanks

jdd

On 1/13/22 22:15, Julien ÉLIE wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Following the recent discussions here, I've been working these last days
> on making a video to explain how to set up a new NNTP peer with INN.

This.

Moaaaarrr!

On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:48:11 +0000
moar this <moar@of.this> wrote:

> On 1/13/22 22:15, Julien ÉLIE wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Following the recent discussions here, I've been working these last
> > days on making a video to explain how to set up a new NNTP peer
> > with INN.
>
> This.
>
> Moaaaarrr!

Not sure he ever posted the URL, but here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ENBZTL0YY

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