tar@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey) (01/31/89)
This host currently has its own supply of news. To free up disk space, I
plan to install the NNTP client package and have rn get its news from another
host.
Problem is, this will make the article numbers stored a user's .newsrc
completely bogus. When I make the switchover, I'd like to "translate" the
article numbers from what they are on this host to what they are on the NNTP
server host.
It seems to me that the way to go about this is to cross reference the
article numbers on this host with the Message-Id:'s, reverse the process
with the server's article numbers, and then go through each user's .newsrc
and replace the old article number with the new.
Has anybody done this? I'd like tips, utilities, or whatever. This host
uses NDBM history, while the server uses USG history.
Thanks in advance,
Tim
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Timothy Ramsey
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