[news.software.b] C News Path: problem

bruce@tcom.stc.co.uk (Bruce Munro) (12/21/90)

I've just installed C News on the VAX 11/750 which runs as our main
news/mail gateway, and very pleased with it I am too! The VAX was
starting to slip behind with news unbatching and didn't look like it
would ever catch up. C News cleared the backlog in one night! So a vote
of thanks to Henry and Geoff for their hard work.

On to my problem. Because the gateway machine is lacking in CPU cycles
and diskspace our main NNTP server is a uVAX which is sent the articles
using nntpxmit. The server also runs C News. I've noticed that articles
passing through the gateway to the server or articles posted on the
server and arriving on the gateway end up with the hostname being
attached twice, eg.

Path: stc!stc!bruce

I've put a quick tweak in hdrmunge.c to check if the hostname is already
attached, but it's a bit of a hack and I'd rather not be running locally
modified code.

Is there some other way to prevent this behaviour, or have I just done
something wrong in the installation?

Cheers,
-- 
Bruce Munro.  <bruce@tcom.stc.co.uk> || ...!mcsun!ukc!stc!bruce
STC Telecommunications, Oakleigh Rd South, London N11 1HB. 
Phone : +44 81 945 2174 or +44 81 945 4000 x2174
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