ado@elsie.UUCP (03/14/84)
I once again get to expose my ignorance. Normally, to decide whether to transmit an article to another system, 2.10 "inews" considers this question: Does the other system want a news group mentioned on the "Newsgroups:" line? However, if there's a "Distribution:" line in an article, then "inews" instead considers this question: Does the other system want a news groups mentioned on the "Distribution:" line? It seems to me that the question to ask in the second case is: Does the other system want a news group mentioned on the "Newsgroups:" line, AND does it also want a news group mentioned on the "Distribution:" line? Otherwise, if you have a Distribution: net line, your item gets sent willy-nilly everywhere--even to systems where it is immediately discarded. Brass tacks: I think you get to do an extra "ngmatch" call per system in "broadcast" when there's a "Distribution:" line. Who has light to shed on this area? -- UUCP: decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!elsie!ado DDD: (301) 496-5688