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Publishing newgroups in the web?

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by itinfo

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Hello:

What does one needs to publish our corporate newsgroups in the intranet?

Thanks,

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by raffi_

Hello:
More info is really required before a definitive answer can be given.

I'm going to assume that you already HAVE an intranet (as opposed to an internet connection)? A functioning IIS server? If so then all you need to do is to make the documents "web-ready" and post them to the server with appropriate links. Convert to HTML or PDF or some other format that your users can access and that IIS can serve. You could, actually, leave them in their native format as long as your users have the app that created them (ie: if a MS Word doc then your users must have Word or an app capable of reading Word)

by raffi_

Well, you could install the NNTP (NetworkNewsTransportProtocol) that comes with Win2K Server. Go to Start>Settings>ControlPanel>Add/Remove Programs>Windows Components>IIS>Details to install. Now you can do newsgroups!

SF

by itinfo

Already did that....One would need to do that in order to even try your previous proposal. However I would like to move the content to the internet.

thanks, I'll keep my quest.

by raffi_

Hello: As I stated in my first answer more info is required. If you feel like providing more info perhaps I'll try again.

Regards

by raffi_

Ohhhh - you want a web-based front-end for your newsgroups!!!

Here's how/why MS did it. http://www.microsoft.com/BUSINESS/km/casestudies/directaccess.asp

Have you looked at available forum software? Unless you truly need NNTP, a private forum such as the one from O'Reilly, may be a more cost-effective and easier to implement solution.

(For the record: Your 1st question bears no resemblance to your "real" question)

Whatever . . .

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