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XP has a server now ? Thought they only had XP Home and XP Pro ? ;) ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Rusty Mann <rmann@...> Reply-To: isp-win2k@isp-win2k.com Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 15:46:05 -0700 >Jeff, > We use DNews software from http://netwinsite.com/ . It is the Best News >server software in our opinion. We 'did' run on it on a Win 2K AS OS, but since >Dnews apparently has a memory leak and caused the server to need a reboot after >2 days. We brought up an XP Pro server, loaded Dnews on it and it has run >flawlessly since then. > The problem with Win 2k is that every time someone connects to the server >to get the news, it created a new thread. It was not uncommon to have 200+ >threads running. In XP, it has only 24 threads running. The server is eating >300K a sec of bandwidth. > If I were you, spend the $120.00 and get XP Pro and through your news serer >on it. > >My 2 cents, keep the change > >Rusty > >Jeff Kratka wrote: > >> Does anyone have any suggestions for news server software running on Win 2k >> AS. >> >> Jeff >> >> ***************************************************** >> TymeWyse Internet >> P.O.Box 84 - 583 N. Main St., Canyonville, OR 97417 >> tel/fax: (541) 839-6027 - info@... >> ***************************************************** >> > > > -- Avolve Support 740 467 3338 --
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