jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight) (03/23/89)
Hi there,
I need some help with the sys file. I have a line in my
sys file which reads:
hack:rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack
which according to the documentation should send all articles
for rec.games.hack into sendmail. It works only if the
article contains a distribution line in the header which
has rec.games.hack in it. If the article has no distribution
line then the article does not get sent.
Any help appreciated.
Also I was wondering if anyone could point me to all the patches
that apply to 2.11 news as I have none of them.
Ta very much.
--
______ JANET :jonathan@uk.ac.keele.cs Jonathan Knight,
/ BITNET:jonathan%cs.kl.ac.uk@ukacrl Department of Computer Science
/ _ __ other :jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk University of Keele, Keele,
(_/ (_) / / UUCP :...!ukc!kl-cs!jonathan Staffordshire. ST5 5BG. U.K.jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight) (03/26/89)
In article <556@kl-cs.UUCP>, jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight) writes: > Hi there, > I need some help with the sys file. I have a line in my > sys file which reads: > hack:rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack I got mail from several people (about 5) who said that a line like hack:world,rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack would do the trick. Yep, it does unless someone specifies a distribution of local or uk. I can't add local and uk into the sys line 'cos then all articles for the local and uk hierachy will get sent through the mail. What I really wanted as the ideal solution is a line for the sys file which sends any article for rec.games.hack through the mail for distributions of local, uk, eunet and world. Any experts? BTW with regard to the syntax I originaly suggested, I used the example in the multi-broadcasting section of the Usenet installation manual as a guideline. I think it suggests that fred:comp.misc::mail fred would send all articles for comp.misc to fred. It seems this is not the case. Ta very much to those who responded. -- ______ JANET :jonathan@uk.ac.keele.cs Jonathan Knight, / BITNET:jonathan%cs.kl.ac.uk@ukacrl Department of Computer Science / _ __ other :jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk University of Keele, Keele, (_/ (_) / / UUCP :...!ukc!kl-cs!jonathan Staffordshire. ST5 5BG. U.K.
stacy@mcl.UUCP (Stacy L. Millions) (03/26/89)
In article <556@kl-cs.UUCP>, jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight) writes: > I need some help with the sys file. I have a line in my > sys file which reads: > hack:rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack > > which according to the documentation should send all articles > for rec.games.hack into sendmail. It works only if the > article contains a distribution line in the header which > has rec.games.hack in it. If the article has no distribution > line then the article does not get sent. I was just about to post a question about the same problem. I found I could make it work if the second field contained some distribution info, ie: hack:can,na,world,rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack Am I missing something some where, or is the documentation just plain old wrong. -stacy -- "You should not drink and bake." - Arnold Schwarzenegger, _Raw Deal_ S. L. Millions ..!tmsoft!mcl!stacy
jdiaz@oracle.com (Jean Marie Diaz) (03/27/89)
From: jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight)
Date: 25 Mar 89 16:31:38 GMT
I got mail from several people (about 5) who said that a line like
hack:world,rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack
would do the trick. Yep, it does unless someone specifies a
distribution of local or uk. I can't add local and uk into the
sys line 'cos then all articles for the local and uk hierachy will
get sent through the mail. What I really wanted as the ideal
solution is a line for the sys file which sends any article for
rec.games.hack through the mail for distributions of local, uk, eunet
and world. Any experts?
We do something similar here:
#
# send all incoming resumes to resumes
RESUMES:world,na,ca,!ca.all,ba,!ba.all,oracle,!oracle.all,\
misc.jobs.resumes::/bin/mail resumes
..it's the distribution,!distribution.all construct that you need.
AMBAR
ambar@oracle.com {uunet,pyramid}!oracle!ambar