news@versatc.UUCP (The News Administrator) (04/14/89)
I have a need to pass on every news article in a particular newsgroup
to a friend who is a few hops from my site. What is the proper way
to do it?
I tried the following 2 methods by inserting these lines into the sys file
but both did not seem to work:
Method I: using sendmail: This one did not appear to work:
test1:world,rec.sport.football::/usr/lib/sendmail -t sun!rtech!llama!joe
Method 2: using the mail program:
test2:world,rec.sport.football:F:/usr/ucb/mail -s "testing" sun!rtech!llama!joe
This 2nd method produces an error message: could not append to /usr/ucb/mail ...
in the /news/lib/log file.
What did I do wrong?
Tony
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---karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (04/14/89)
We do this all the time. Try it like this: staff:world,cis.staff::/usr/lib/sendmail -i staff-mail (It's for those who prefer staff news in their mail.) --Karl
barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) (04/26/89)
In article <KARL.89Apr14093520@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu>, karl@triceratops (Karl Kleinpaste) writes: >staff:world,cis.staff::/usr/lib/sendmail -i staff-mail > >(It's for those who prefer staff news in their mail.) I don't understand. I don't know what the -i option means to sendmail. It isn't documented in the Appendix A (Command Line Options) or on the manual page. Assuming the -i option is correct, are endless loops prevented? That is, in /usr/lib/aliases there are: staff-list: u1,u2, u3, staff-poster staff-poster:"|/usr/lib/news/recnews cis.staff" Will this work as a news/mailing list, with all mail sent to staff-list being posted, and all new articles posted to cis.staff mailed to u1, u2 and u3? Since I'm asking, what is the best way to take a large mailing list, and 1) send articles to a local newsgroup 2) send articles to a local mailing list AND have replies and followup postings work properly? -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@crdgw1.ge.com> a.k.a. <barnett@[192.35.44.4]> uunet!steinmetz!barnett, <barnett@steinmetz.ge.com>