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  • Re: Leafnode placeholder for group comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    From Nalle Puh@info@mrozektech.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Friday, July 10, 2026 21:41:38
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    Hi, I'm testing the system. This message should never leave my server with firewall.
    "Leafnode" <news@c2.mrozektech.com> wrote in message news:leafnode:placeholder:comp.os.ms-windows.misc@c2.mrozektech.com...
    This server is running leafnode, which is a dynamic NNTP proxy.
    This means that it does not retrieve newsgroups unless someone is
    actively reading them.

    If you do an operation on a group - such as reading an article,
    looking at the group table of contents or similar, then leafnode
    will go and fetch articles from that group when it next updates.

    Since you have read this dummy article, leafnode will retrieve
    the newsgroup comp.os.ms-windows.misc when fetchnews is run
    the next time. If you'll look into this group a little later, you
    will see real articles.

    If you see articles in groups you do not read, that is almost
    always because of cross-posting. These articles do not occupy any
    more space - they are hard-linked into each newsgroup directory.

    If you do not understand this, please talk to your newsmaster.

    Leafnode can be found at
    http://www.leafnode.org/



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  • From Frank Slootweg@this@ddress.is.invalid to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Friday, July 10, 2026 20:13:39
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    Nalle Puh <info@mrozektech.com> wrote:
    Hi, I'm testing the system. This message should never leave my server with firewall.

    Hi,

    As You can deduct from this response, your article *did* leave your
    server.

    FYI, in the (very) old days - probably 2000 or so, or even earlier - I
    did something similar with some home-grown scripts and INN. I did it
    because my server could not carry all the groups, so I only carried the
    groups which were actually used. My disk space was a few GBs! :-)

    BUT, *my* dummy articles, never left my server! :-)

    Good luck with your efforts.

    "Leafnode" <news@c2.mrozektech.com> wrote in message news:leafnode:placeholder:comp.os.ms-windows.misc@c2.mrozektech.com...
    This server is running leafnode, which is a dynamic NNTP proxy.
    This means that it does not retrieve newsgroups unless someone is
    actively reading them.

    If you do an operation on a group - such as reading an article,
    looking at the group table of contents or similar, then leafnode
    will go and fetch articles from that group when it next updates.

    Since you have read this dummy article, leafnode will retrieve
    the newsgroup comp.os.ms-windows.misc when fetchnews is run
    the next time. If you'll look into this group a little later, you
    will see real articles.

    If you see articles in groups you do not read, that is almost
    always because of cross-posting. These articles do not occupy any
    more space - they are hard-linked into each newsgroup directory.

    If you do not understand this, please talk to your newsmaster.

    Leafnode can be found at
    http://www.leafnode.org/
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