How to create and manage newsfeeds in Exchange Server - Part II
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Oct 9, 2008, 12:46:51 AM10/9/08
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How to configure a newsfeed?
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and
then click System Manager.
2. In the left pane of Exchange System Manager, click Servers, and
then select the server that you want to configure.
3. Expand Protocols, expand NNTP, double-click Default NNTP Virtual
Server, and then select the Feeds object. This procedure permits you
to view the newsfeed that you configured earlier in the right pane.
4. Right-click the newsfeed that you created, and then click
Properties. The NewsServerName Properties dialog box appears. This
dialog differs, depending on whether the newsfeed is configured as
Inbound, Outbound or both.
Note: The following steps assume that the newsfeed is configured as
both inbound and outbound.
5. To disable a newsfeed, and to prevent it from sending or receiving
messages, click to clear the Enable feed checkbox.
6. To change to another newsfeed server, enter the remote server's
FQDN or IP address under Remote server name.
7. If you want to prevent the receipt of control messages, click to
clear the Allow control messages check box. Control messages are sent
by other NNTP administrators and are responsible for newsgroup
creation, removal, and message cancellation. These newsgroups are
control.cancel, control.newsgroup and control.rmgroup. If you accept
these control messages, any new newsgroups in the sub-set of the
hierarchy to which you are subscribing are automatically included.
A unique path ID generated by remote server applies to outbound feeds
and is the value added to all messages that are sent to the remote
server at the end of the feed.
8. The Outbound IP port remains set at 119 unless you are setting up
an NNTP network that is not connecting to USENET news servers, in
which case you can use any port providing it does not conflict
with those used by other services, such as Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP).
9. Under Pull articles onward from, you can change the time from when
you want to receive messages from the subscribed newsgroups.
10. Click the Subscription tab. This indicates the newsgroups to which
you currently subscribe. To add additional newsgroups, click Add, and
then type the newsgroup that you want in the Add Newsgroup dialog box.
Note: If you want to exclude a newsgroup, select the Exclude option,
and then type the name of the newsgroup.
Note This works only on a Pull feed, not an inbound Push feed.
11. To remove newsgroups from the Newsgroup list, click the newsgroup
item, and then click Remove.
12. On the Schedule tab, you can configure how often this newsfeed
checks for new messages. If you have a dialup connection, you may set
this to only one time every two hours. Microsoft does not recommend
that you set the Run interval to less than 15 minutes unless it is for
testing purposes.
13. The number in the Maximum number of attempts box signifies how
many times that this newsfeed attempts to contact the remote server.
If you have clicked the Automatically disable feed checkbox, this
newsfeed is disabled if it cannot contact the remote server in the
Maximum number of attempts setting.
14. Click OK to accept the changes to the newsfeed properties and to
close the NewsServerName Properties dialog box.
How to add a newsfeed?
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and
then click System Manager.
2. In the left pane of Exchange System Manager, click Servers, and
then click the server that you want to configure.
3. Expand Protocols, expand NNTP, and then double-click Default NNTP
Virtual Server.
4. In the right pane of the Exchange System Manager snap-in, right-
click Feeds, point to New, and then click Feed.
5. When the New NNTP Feed Wizard appears, type the FQDN of your ISP's
news server, for example, news.example.com, and then click Next.
6. Under Select the remote server role, click the role that defines
the remote server (for example, click Peer), and then click Next.
7. Click to select the check boxes of the type of newsfeeds that you
want this server to provide. For example, if you want this server to
provide both Inbound and Outbound newsfeeds, select the Inbound feed
and the Outbound feed check boxes. Additionally, when you select the
Inbound feed check box, click the type of inbound feed that you want
this server to obtain from your ISP's news server. For example, to
configure your server to pull newsfeeds from the remote server, click
Pull articles from the remote server. If you want to configure your
server to accept a push feed from the remote server, click Accept a
push feed from the remote server. Click Next.
8. If you clicked Pull articles from the remote server in the
preceding step, select the time that you want to start downloading
newsfeed articles, and then click Next.
Note Your server will not receive postings that have timestamps
earlier than the time indicated.
9. Under Newsgroups, note that an asterisk (*) is the default entry.
This entry configures your server to download all newsgroups. If you
do not want to download all newsgroups, click *, click Remove, click
Add, in the Add Newsgroup dialog box, type the name of the newsgroup
that you want, click OK, and then when you have completed adding
newsgroups, click Finish.
Note This works only on a Pull feed, not an inbound Push feed.
How to confirm that your newsfeed functions?
To confirm that your newsfeed functions, click the Newsgroups object
under the Default NNTP Virtual Server object. The right pane contains
the list of subscribed newsgroups.
To test that you receive messages from the newsfeed, start Microsoft
Outlook and in the Folders list, expand Public Folders, expand All
Public Folders, and then expand Internet Newsgroups. The newsgroups to
which you have subscribed are displayed.
Double-click a newsgroup to view all of the messages posted to that
newsgroup from the time that you selected when you configured the
newsfeed. To verify that an outbound feed is functioning, post a reply
or create a new posting. However, only send the test messages to
newsgroups specifically set up for testing, such as alt.test.
Refer Microsoft Article ID : 319346.
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and
then click System Manager.
2. In the left pane of Exchange System Manager, click Servers, and
then select the server that you want to configure.
3. Expand Protocols, expand NNTP, double-click Default NNTP Virtual
Server, and then select the Feeds object. This procedure permits you
to view the newsfeed that you configured earlier in the right pane.
4. Right-click the newsfeed that you created, and then click
Properties. The NewsServerName Properties dialog box appears. This
dialog differs, depending on whether the newsfeed is configured as
Inbound, Outbound or both.
Note: The following steps assume that the newsfeed is configured as
both inbound and outbound.
5. To disable a newsfeed, and to prevent it from sending or receiving
messages, click to clear the Enable feed checkbox.
6. To change to another newsfeed server, enter the remote server's
FQDN or IP address under Remote server name.
7. If you want to prevent the receipt of control messages, click to
clear the Allow control messages check box. Control messages are sent
by other NNTP administrators and are responsible for newsgroup
creation, removal, and message cancellation. These newsgroups are
control.cancel, control.newsgroup and control.rmgroup. If you accept
these control messages, any new newsgroups in the sub-set of the
hierarchy to which you are subscribing are automatically included.
A unique path ID generated by remote server applies to outbound feeds
and is the value added to all messages that are sent to the remote
server at the end of the feed.
8. The Outbound IP port remains set at 119 unless you are setting up
an NNTP network that is not connecting to USENET news servers, in
which case you can use any port providing it does not conflict
with those used by other services, such as Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP).
9. Under Pull articles onward from, you can change the time from when
you want to receive messages from the subscribed newsgroups.
10. Click the Subscription tab. This indicates the newsgroups to which
you currently subscribe. To add additional newsgroups, click Add, and
then type the newsgroup that you want in the Add Newsgroup dialog box.
Note: If you want to exclude a newsgroup, select the Exclude option,
and then type the name of the newsgroup.
Note This works only on a Pull feed, not an inbound Push feed.
11. To remove newsgroups from the Newsgroup list, click the newsgroup
item, and then click Remove.
12. On the Schedule tab, you can configure how often this newsfeed
checks for new messages. If you have a dialup connection, you may set
this to only one time every two hours. Microsoft does not recommend
that you set the Run interval to less than 15 minutes unless it is for
testing purposes.
13. The number in the Maximum number of attempts box signifies how
many times that this newsfeed attempts to contact the remote server.
If you have clicked the Automatically disable feed checkbox, this
newsfeed is disabled if it cannot contact the remote server in the
Maximum number of attempts setting.
14. Click OK to accept the changes to the newsfeed properties and to
close the NewsServerName Properties dialog box.
How to add a newsfeed?
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and
then click System Manager.
2. In the left pane of Exchange System Manager, click Servers, and
then click the server that you want to configure.
3. Expand Protocols, expand NNTP, and then double-click Default NNTP
Virtual Server.
4. In the right pane of the Exchange System Manager snap-in, right-
click Feeds, point to New, and then click Feed.
5. When the New NNTP Feed Wizard appears, type the FQDN of your ISP's
news server, for example, news.example.com, and then click Next.
6. Under Select the remote server role, click the role that defines
the remote server (for example, click Peer), and then click Next.
7. Click to select the check boxes of the type of newsfeeds that you
want this server to provide. For example, if you want this server to
provide both Inbound and Outbound newsfeeds, select the Inbound feed
and the Outbound feed check boxes. Additionally, when you select the
Inbound feed check box, click the type of inbound feed that you want
this server to obtain from your ISP's news server. For example, to
configure your server to pull newsfeeds from the remote server, click
Pull articles from the remote server. If you want to configure your
server to accept a push feed from the remote server, click Accept a
push feed from the remote server. Click Next.
8. If you clicked Pull articles from the remote server in the
preceding step, select the time that you want to start downloading
newsfeed articles, and then click Next.
Note Your server will not receive postings that have timestamps
earlier than the time indicated.
9. Under Newsgroups, note that an asterisk (*) is the default entry.
This entry configures your server to download all newsgroups. If you
do not want to download all newsgroups, click *, click Remove, click
Add, in the Add Newsgroup dialog box, type the name of the newsgroup
that you want, click OK, and then when you have completed adding
newsgroups, click Finish.
Note This works only on a Pull feed, not an inbound Push feed.
How to confirm that your newsfeed functions?
To confirm that your newsfeed functions, click the Newsgroups object
under the Default NNTP Virtual Server object. The right pane contains
the list of subscribed newsgroups.
To test that you receive messages from the newsfeed, start Microsoft
Outlook and in the Folders list, expand Public Folders, expand All
Public Folders, and then expand Internet Newsgroups. The newsgroups to
which you have subscribed are displayed.
Double-click a newsgroup to view all of the messages posted to that
newsgroup from the time that you selected when you configured the
newsfeed. To verify that an outbound feed is functioning, post a reply
or create a new posting. However, only send the test messages to
newsgroups specifically set up for testing, such as alt.test.
Refer Microsoft Article ID : 319346.
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