emv@mailrus.cc.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (07/07/88)
Does anyone have any scripts or filters to automatically generate a usenet map entry from an L.sys file? I'm contemplating something ad hoc with comments in the L.sys file, like so: # map local umix(LOCAL) umix Any TCP uucp login foo password bletch # map merit b-tech(HOURLY) # contact b-tech!zeeff, 555-1212 b-tech Never polls us regularly producing a map like so: # Local on-campus stuff. mailrus umix(LOCAL),sharkey(LOCAL),... # Merit dial-ups - contact emv@mailrus if you're in Michigan mailrus b-tech(HOURLY) # Internet/NSFnet connections mailrus ames(DEDICATED),.... I'll probably hack something up today but if anyone has approached the problem before I'd welcome suggestions. --Ed (yes, a map for mailrus is coming soon)