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Also known as: feed server, outbound feeder
The process or machine that pushes articles out to peers. It reads a queue of newly accepted Message-IDs, opens streaming connections to each downstream site, and offers articles with CHECK, sending the ones wanted by TAKETHIS. Feeder configuration decides which hierarchies each peer receives, and a backlogged feeder is the usual cause of articles arriving late at a downstream server.
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