root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) (08/22/87)
In an article, a whole bunch of people wrote... blah... blah blah... >article in question, namely: >+-- >| From: root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) >| Newsgroups: sci.med,local.general >| Subject: STRESS DIET :-) >| Message-ID: <4157@ozdaltx.UUCP> >+-- "ls /usr/spool/news/*/*/* | grep -y 'flame' > /dev/bitch.bitch.bitch" OK folks, here's ole rooter, the accused of said faux paux. First, I'm not a code hacker. I'll get in and dig in order to get something to run... when I am forced to. I leave it up to the 'big boys' to do the fancy stuff. I understood, (along with others, no doubt) that local groups were just that and went no futher. (The man pages & documentation are terrible... undoubtly written for programers by programers). Judging from the number of posting relating this problem, it appears to me that I'm not the only one guilty of this haneous crime. :-). The obvious solution is NOT to distribute past local, OR make two seperate postings if you're trying to be sure that a specific segment sees the article. That's what we're doing now. But the fix MAY BE to create a file that contains a distribution list associated with each newgroup. So, when an article is posted, any local NG are removed from the 'Newsgroup: ' line before sending to the batcher. Something like: local.all local sci.med net tx.all tx dfw.all dfw comp.all na,usa,att (na OR usa OR att, etc) Get the picture?? Anything NOT in the list can be specified for distribution in the usual manner. Take the following for example; Newsgroups: sci.med,local.general Distribution: net Seen this before?... if a local NG is included in the Newsgroups line, it is stripped before being sent to the batch file. In this case it would be necessary to have two physical copys of the article in the system; the local one and the one for distribution. This may not be a problem, since how often is cross-posting of this nature done? Thereby creating locally a file contining, Newsgroups: sci.med,local.general Distribution: net AND a file in sci.med (local system) showing, Newsgroups: sci.med Distribution: net which is the entry sent to the batcher. This may not be the best answer.. but at this time, it's the only one I can offer. At least I'm AM offering a possible solution and not just sitting and complaining. :-) -- ************************************************ * Scotty * Adapt * * ihnp4!killer!ozdaltx!sysop * Enjoy * * "Ad Venerem Securiorem" * Survive *