[news.sysadmin] unwanted groups not recognized in sys file

root@dsacng1.UUCP (C Super User) (02/24/88)

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When I (!)'ed a group in sys, example; !rec or !soc, all those
articles end up in junk (they ARE in active!).
But if I just pick individual groups !rec.humor or !rec.pets for example, 
they will not go into junk and I will receive the remainder of 
rec or soc groups.

What I'd like to know is it feasible to (!) out the rec and soc groups in
sys without having them end up in junk?  I don't want to archive
or stop the rec and soc feeds all together either?  

news@entire.UUCP (Usenet News Administrator) (02/26/88)

In article <282@dsacng1.UUCP>, root@dsacng1.UUCP (C Super User) writes:
> 
> When I (!)'ed a group in sys, example; !rec or !soc, all those
> articles end up in junk (they ARE in active!).

You need to work with your news feed to selectivly choose what you want them to
feed to you.  Modifing your local sys file only tells your local inews what you
consider "junk".

> 
> What I'd like to know is it feasible to (!) out the rec and soc groups in
> sys without having them end up in junk?  I don't want to archive
> or stop the rec and soc feeds all together either?  

Another option that has been brought up before, is to run an expire on the 
unwanted groups following the feed.  If you are not a leaf node you may want
to keep them around for at least a day or two for the down stream sites.
-- 
John A. Gallant                 UUCP:  {..}!rochester!rocksanne!entire!news
Defacto Usenet News Administrator
Entire Inc./Xerox

    Get your facts first,
	and then you can distort them as much as you please.
    Mark Twain

jane@tolerant.UUCP (Jane Medefesser) (02/26/88)

In article <282@dsacng1.UUCP> root@dsacng1.UUCP (C Super User) writes:
>When I (!)'ed a group in sys, example; !rec or !soc, all those
>articles end up in junk (they ARE in active!).

Make it say !soc.all instead of !soc. That's what I do here and I 
don't have any problem with it at all.


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Jane Medefesser		uucp: {pyramid,mordor,oliveb,sci}!tolerant!jane
Tolerant Systems
San Jose, Ca  95134