In article <Pine.NEB.3.96.970915013344.25767E-100000@dream.future.net>,
	"Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net> writes:
> oh, it was /var/run/news upon system bootup and I just put mkdir

This doesn't have happen if you use "/var/news/run". It's no good
idea to mess up the original directory structure.

> One question I still have is, should I compile with mmap?

Yes, but you have to set "MMAP_SYNC" to "DO" or the "active" won't get
update properly.

> Is it faster or slower with mmap?

Faster.

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