14.3. Configuration

A Cascade Feed is defined in &feeds.conf; and looks like so:

<Cascadefeed>
    OutgoingHostName  <host>
    OutgoingFeedName  <name>
    Port              [opt]
    NumberOfStreams   <#>
    CascadeDepth      <Megabytes>
    OutgoingInterface [opt]
</Cascadefeed>

OutgoingHostName

Hostname of the Cascaded Spool host.

OutgoingFeedName

Name to use in the logs and statistics file for this Cascaded Spool host.

Port

Port to connect to on OutgoingHostName.

NumberOfStreams

Streams to use in feeding OutgoingHostName.

CascadeDepth

The number of megabytes from the bottom (read oldest) of the spool queue to begin feeding articles from. Recommended values are roughly 100 for text, 2000 for binary or mixed groups.

OutgoingInterface

Interface to use (IP Address) to feed.