1991: InterNetNews (INN)

Giganews Usenet History > 1991: InterNetNews (INN)

InterNetNews, colloquially known as INN, was developed in 1991 by Rich Salz and presented to the public at the San Antonio, TX Usenix conference in the summer of 1992. INN was the first news server package to completely integrate the NNTP protocol.

Unlike previous news servers, INN is a continuously running process that actively receives, files, and distributes Usenet content. Rich Salz maintained INN until 1996 and handed the project over to the Internet Systems Consortium, where it is still being actively developed and maintained. INN is currently the most commonly installed Usenet server package.

Back to 1987: The alt.* Hierarchy
Continue to 1998: Giganews Premium Usenet

< History Sitemap >

add to: Del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon Google

RSS Recent News

Members Say

Thanks for all the help from everyone at Giganews Newsgroups. I sure wish I could get this kind of service from other companies.
Cindy
You are an OUTSTANDING Usenet newsgroups provider! You should be proud of the service you provide. KUDOS! I was a faithful customer at another provider for 3 years, but I will NEVER go back. Your Usenet service outperforms them by leaps and bounds.
R. M.