merlin@hqda-ai.UUCP (David S. Hayes) (07/10/87)
In article <604@nonvon.UUCP>, mc68020@nonvon.UUCP (root) writes: > I think the news software should offer a site newsadmin several > levels of options in handling newsgroups (examples:) > > NULL don't carry it, won' forward it > FEED don't carry it for local readers, but WILL forward it > CARRY carry it for local readers AND will forward it > > Isn't all that difficult to cobble up now, is it? This can already be done with news 2.11, sort of. Accept the group as part of your incoming feed, and pass it on to your downstream sites. Run expire on it frequently, though: % expire -i -e 1 -n net.feed-only Of course, there is the possibility that some downstream site may not pick up an article before expire terminates it. Oh well, no scheme is perfect. If your communications are reasonably reliable, though, this should work. If you want to be sure, change the expiration time to "-e 2". -- David S. Hayes, The Merlin of Avalon PhoneNet: (202) 694-6900 UUCP: *!seismo!sundc!hqda-ai!merlin ARPA: merlin%hqda-ai@seismo.css.gov