Article 139357 of comp.os.vms:
From: chrisp@marc.cri.nz (Chris Pugmire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup,comp.os.vms,news.software.nntp
Subject: DNEWS FAQ
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 02:41:12 GMT
Organization: NetWin Ltd
Expires: 28 Feb 1996 21:43:42 GMT
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This message is a breif description of the DNEWS server features and 
a pointer to the FAQ and binary areas.

DNEWS is a dynamic NNTP news server for NT, Linux, Solaris and VMS. 
Features of DNEWS.
	Dynamic sucking feed.
		A sucking feed may use as little as 10% of the normal
		disk space and network bandwidth.
		By only getting news items that people usually read 
		very large savings are possible particularly for small
		sites & workgroups.  A hundred users can be supported
		on 100 MB depending on their reading habbits!
		I run a single user server on my NT as a background
		service, it's using less than 5MB.
	Flexible expire settings 
		By allowing expiration by 'number of items' low volume groups
		become much more useful.  Also by allowing settings 
		which change with disk space the system is much more
		stable to large influxes of news.
	Flexible access restrictions
		Reading and Posting access can be given separately to
		to different users and selections of news groups.
	Binarys available for common platforms
		On many platforms you do not need to build the binary
		yourself, e.g. Windows NT (Intel & Alpha) 
		VMS, (VAX & ALPHA, Multinet only), Solaris, Linux.
	Email confirmation of posts
		DNEWS can be configured to send email confirmations as it
		sends items up to a main news server.  This gives users 
		a clear record of a posted item and it's successful 
		transfer into the 'net'.
	Items stored in a database
		Items are stored in a database which puts items together
		in blocks of 100.  This saves directory entries, inodes,
		and the empty space usually wasted due to blocking factors.
		Also file open and closes are minimized, this is essential
		on systems where this is a 'costly' operation, e.g. VMS.
	Installation easy, totally configurable without recompiling
		DNEWS can be configured without recompiling and all
		the configuration scripts have been simplified where 
		possible.
	Supported & Documented
		DNEWS is a commercially supported product.
		EMAIL support is available for help with installation
		and management.  Note: DNEWS is not freeware.

FAQ 		ftp://ftp.std.com/ftp/vendors/netwin/dnews/dnewsfaq*
FTP Binaries 	ftp://ftp.std.com/ftp/vendors/netwin/dnews/
Instructions	ftp://ftp.std.com/ftp/vendors/netwin/dnews/install.txt
Web page: 	http://world.std.com/~netwin
EMail:		netwin@world.std.com