/|\   |  NNTP Transit Links       Typical Article Data Flow Diagram   
       |    |  To News Peers                                                
       |   \|/                                                                                              
    ------------                                                                                            
 .->| Transit  |---------------------------------------------------------------.                            
|   |   Server |------------------------.                                       |                           
|   ------------                         |         Backup Links To              |          Backup Links To  
|     /|\   |  NNTP Transit Links        |        Other Text Spools             |         Other Bins Spools 
|      |    |  To Other Transit          |             \ /  /|\                 |              \ /  /|\     
|      |   \|/ Servers                  \|/             |    |                 \|/              |    |      
|                                ----------------       |    |           ----------------       |    |      
|                                |     Text     |-------'    |           |   Binaries   |-------'    |      
`-------.                        | Spool Server |------------'           | Spool Server |------------'      
         |                       ----------------                        ----------------                   
---------------------                    |                                      |                           
|   Outbound Post   |                    |     .--------------------------------'                           
| Filtering/Logging |                    |    |     .------------------------------- From Other Spool       
---------------------                    |    |    |                                 Servers (Delayed)      
      /|\  /|\                          \|/  \|/  \|/                                                       
       |    |                 -----------------------------                                                 
  .----'    |                 | Article Number Assignment |------------------------------------.            
 |          |                 |       Diablo Server       |--------------.                      |           
 | -------------------        -----------------------------               |                     |           
 | | Remote dreaderd |<--.                                               \|/                   \|/          
 | | Reader Servers  |    |     ------------------------          -----------------     -----------------   
 | -------------------    `-----| Article Distribution |          |     Filter    |     |     Filter    |   
 |                         .----|     Diablo Server    |          | Diablo Server |     | Diablo Server |   
 `---------.              |     ------------------------          -----------------     -----------------   
            |             | Head           |   /|\  /|\                   |                     |           
   -------------------    | Only           |    |    |                    |                     |           
   | Local dreaderd  |<---' Feeds          |    |    `--------------------'                     |           
   | Reader Servers  |                     |    `-----------------------------------------------'           
   -------------------                     |                                                                
                                  Control  |     ----------------------                                     
                                 Only Feed `---->| Active File Server |                                     
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