[news.software.b] using the sys file to send mail in 2.11

gds@sri-spam.istc.sri.com (Greg Skinner) (11/25/87)

We just converted from 2.10.3 to 2.11.  We used to be able to pass
newsgroups onto others via mail with the sys file in this style:

gig:istc.gig::/usr/lib/sendmail gig-people
ad-impl:istc.ad-impl::/usr/lib/sendmail ad-impl-people

under 2.10.3, but under 2.11 this no longer seems to work.  I checked
the install document, and it does not say that this feature is no longer
supported, nor does it say that multicast is required to support it.

In other words, help!

--gregbo

romain@pyrnj.uucp (Romain Kang) (11/26/87)

In article <10822@sri-spam.istc.sri.com> Greg Skinne  writes:
| We just converted from 2.10.3 to 2.11.  We used to be able to pass
| newsgroups onto others via mail with the sys file in this style:
| 
| gig:istc.gig::/usr/lib/sendmail gig-people
| ad-impl:istc.ad-impl::/usr/lib/sendmail ad-impl-people
| 
| under 2.10.3, but under 2.11 this no longer seems to work.

This looks like a Distribution: problem to me.  A shotgun solution is:

gig:world,istc,!istc.all,istc.gig::/usr/lib/sendmail gig-people
ad-impl:world,istc,!istc.all,istc.ad-impl::/usr/lib/sendmail ad-impl-people

Hack, hack...