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General Server Settings

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The General item in the Options branch of the tree pane allows you to modify the server's general operating settings. When you click on the General item in the tree pane, the properties pane shows the four general settings.

Host/IP Address
Specifies a fixed IP address or hostname for the server to bind to on startup. When this option is left blank (the default), the news server listens on all available IP addresses. When this field contains a valid host name or IP address the server listens for client requests only on that address.

Preferred Port
The TCP port number that the CLNews server will attempt to use when it starts. The standard NNTP port number is 119 but you may choose any available TCP port number.

Alternate Port
The TCP port number that the CLNews server will attempt to use if the preferred port is not available. You may choose any available TCP port number. The reasons that the alternate port might need to be used include: permission denied (only root can bind ports < 1024 on UNIX systems) and already in use (another program is currently using the port).

Max Message Size
CLNews limits the size of messages that can be posted to news groups. CLNews can accept messages as large as 8 MB (roughly 8.3 million characters). Generally the maximum will be set much lower to improve performance and avoid filling disk space. The size you specify must be in kilobytes (1024 characters). For example, a value of 64 means 64kb (65536 characters). This option applies to all news groups.

Max Message Age
The maximum number of days that articles are allowed to remain on the server. The default value, zero, allows articles to remain on the server forever. If this value is not zero, CLNews automatically removes messages from the server after the specified number of days. This option applies to all news groups.

Max Connections
The maximum number of clients that can connect to the server at the same time. CLNews starts a separate thread for each client. So the actual maximum you can set may be limited by the operating system that CLNews runs under.


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