dan@dsi.COM (Dan Mick) (10/05/89)
How do I get my local news to stop junking things from my new feed of alt.sys.sun? I've tried RTFM for inews -C but it's pretty unhelpful as to the ramifications; the default seems to be creating a local group, which isn't what I want. I suspect somehow active needs updating, but don't know how..
tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) (10/05/89)
In <252@dsi.COM> dan@dsi.COM (Dan Mick) writes:
Dan> How do I get my local news to stop junking things from my new feed of
Dan> alt.sys.sun?
B News? inews -C alt.sys.sun.
C News? $NEWSBIN/maint/addgroup alt.sys.sun y.
Something else seems unlikely since I don't think inews exists for other
implementations (which could be very wrong, and I'm sure I'll hear
about it if so).
Dan> I've tried RTFM for inews -C but it's pretty unhelpful as to the
Dan> ramifications; the default seems to be creating a local group,
Dan> which isn't what I want. I suspect somehow active needs
Dan> updating, but don't know how..
You seem to have a little confusion regarding what creating a local
group means; it doesn't mean that the group will necessarily only be
available locally. That is up to the sys file to decide. All adding
a local group means is that the control message for it, if any, will
only appear on your machine (and any that happens to get a Distribution:
local feed from you). addgroup does not even generate a control
message and it is definitely the preferred method for adding a group
with C News.
inews -C and addgroup both edit the active file appropriately, but I
seem to still have to edit $NEWCTL/newsgroups manually so checkgroups
doesn't whine under C News. I don't remember whether I had to do that
with B News because I didn't even bother with checkgroups then.
Dave
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