Ozway

Ozway is a News-to-Web Gateway, providing NNTP to HTTP translation. It is capable of working with all standard NNTP compliant servers. Starting with version 4.0, Ozway is a a value adding news proxy/Cache/satellite server as well. It can be used as a news server in dynamic sucking feed mode. Ozway makes access to the Usenet easy for novice users who are more comfortable using a Web browser rather then a NewsReader. It supports browsing, search for relevant newsgroups, reading articles, viewing and downloading Multimedia objects using a Web browser. Ozway allows ISPs to offer their subscribers WYSIWYG preview before download type of access to the USENET Newsgroups. This lets users to download only the articles/images they really want. It makes the Usenet simple, attractive and efficient for everyone. OzWay is a stand alone application that can run on any computer as long as it has fast access to a standard NNTP server and is accessible to the clients. OZWAY FEATURES Works with all standard NNTP compliant news servers.. Ozway can be used with any NNTP compliant news server, even a remote one. Ozway appears to be just a client to the news server it is working with, so, there is no need to change configuration of the news server in any way. Built-in cache for articles and image samples. Ozway maintains a cache of image samples it has previously delivered, and news articles it has previously downloaded. This reduces the amount of requests going to the news server by serving them from the local cache. Groups access control.. Ozway can be configured to give or refuse users access to particular newsgroups. This feature is different from newsgroups screening as different user groups can be allowed access to different newsgroups. Traffic management Every user can have a Traffic Counter associated with them, and a monthly downloading limit set. If they go beyond this limit.