nsayer@uop.edu (Nick Sayer) (11/27/90)
This has been brought up before, but if someone could please mail any info, I would appreciate it. Software is B-news 2.11.19 Many regions, for example, California, the Bay Area, Sacramento, etc. have designated distribution codes to keep messages within an applicable area. Some regions also have regional heirarchies under the same name. Is there a way in B-news' sys file to designate a certain system as being within the regional distribution, but keep it from being fed the regional heirarchy? I have tried: foo:world,na,usa,ca,!ca.*, .... foo:world,na,usa,ca,!ca., ... foo:world,na,usa, [leave out ca] ... foo:world,na,usa,ca,... The first two are equivalent to the last, which results in both the heirarchy being fed and the distribution working. The third doesn't feed the heirarchy, but of course any articles with the distribution set to ca won't be fed. IMHO, the first example should work (or be MADE to work). I have not tried: foo:world,na,usa,ca,!ca, ... (but THAT can't be right, can it?) -- Nick Sayer | Disclaimer: "Don't try this at home, | RIP: Mel Blanc mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us | kids. This should only be done by | 1908-1989 N6QQQ [44.2.1.17] | trained, professional idiots." | May he never 209-952-5347 (Telebit) | --Plucky Duck | be silenced.
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (11/27/90)
In article <2751582c.6b52@uop.uop.edu> nsayer@uop.edu (Nick Sayer) writes: | I have not tried: | | foo:world,na,usa,ca,!ca, ... | | (but THAT can't be right, can it?) Close. I did this some years ago, but my notes are on the systems I was fixing... I *think* the incantation is ca,!ca.all but don't flame me if I haven't remembered it quite right. The "one true answer" may be to run dynafeed, and select groups and distributions individually. This runs up the overhead on your feed, though. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.
Makey@Snoopy.Logicon.COM (Jeff Makey) (11/27/90)
Bill Davidsen is correct. Use "ca,!ca.all" in your B News sys file to
send articles with "ca" distribution, but not the ca.* newsgroups.
For some reason probably lost in antiquity, B News sys files use "all"
when they mean "*".
:: Jeff Makey
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