system@asuvax.UUCP (Marc Lesure) (02/25/88)
We are having a problem sending a subset of news to other sites. Our sys file has this format: asuvax:all:: sitea:all:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitea siteb:all,!comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/siteb sitec:comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitec sitea will receive all the news, siteb will receive all but comp, and sitec does not recieve anything. If I change sitec sys line to: sitec:all,!rec,!misc,!soc,!news,...:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitec (where ... is everything but comp) sitec then receives comp. We're running 2.11 patchlevel 14 and receive our news compressed and batched. Any ideas on what the problem is??? ------------------------------------------------- Marc Lesure System Manager Engineering Computer Center Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona UUCP: ...!ihnp4!noao!asuvax!lesure ARPA/CSNET: lesure@asu.edu
dean@ndmath.UUCP (Dean Alvis) (02/26/88)
In article <224@asuvax.UUCP>, system@asuvax.UUCP (Marc Lesure) writes: > sitec:comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitec > sitea will receive all the news, siteb will receive all but comp, and sitec > does not recieve anything. If I change sitec sys line to: > [...] The second field of the "sys" line is used to match distributions as well as newsgroups, which I found out recently to my chagrin. If you include "all" in this field, beware that articles with "local" distribution may also be broadcast. I would suggest something along the lines of: sitec:world,na,usa,comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitec dean -- dean@ndmath.UUCP Dean Alvis, Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN, 46556
heiby@falkor.UUCP (Ron Heiby) (02/26/88)
Marc Lesure (system@asuvax.UUCP) writes: > We are having a problem sending a subset of news to other sites. Our sys > file has this format: > > asuvax:all:: > sitea:all:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitea > siteb:all,!comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/siteb > sitec:comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitec The problem you are asking about (sitec) is because you are not including any "distributions". By default, an article has a distribution of "world", so you must include "world" in the sys entry. In addition, you will soon see problems in your use of "all" in sites you feed. "all" includes the to.site groups that are intended to go to only a single site. If you ever set up an ihave/sendme link, the ihave and the sendme messages will go to both sitea and siteb, even if they are intended for only your site and some siteD. Here's what I'd suggest: ME:world,na,usa,to,\ alt,comp,misc,news,rec,sci,soc,talk:: sitea:world,na,usa,to.sitea,\ comp,misc,news,rec,sci,soc,talk:F siteb:world,na,usa,to.siteb,\ misc,news,rec,sci,soc,talk:F sitec:world,na,usa,to.sitec,\ comp:F sited:world,na,usa,to.sited,\ comp,!comp.sys.ibm,\ alt,!alt.flame:F Note that continuation lines are possible. Also, the batch file paths that you gave explicitly are the default (assuming you built your news with BATCHDIR as /usr/spool/batch), so they aren't needed. Also, I've added a sited, which gets all of comp except comp.sys.ibm and its sub- groups and gets all of alt except alt.flame. You should add any local distribution (like "chi" or "nj" or "ba") to the entries as appropriate and take out "na" or "usa" for sites that are not in North America or the U.S.A. -- Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix "Intel architectures build character."