brodie@fps.mcw.edu (10/17/89)
NEWS_POST.CC is a nifty file for mailing LOCALLY posted items to users. Does anyone know of a way to forward ANY posted items to users? (i.e., a news message comes in from the net, which I want forwarded.) any ideas? (is there some capability of anu-news I am overlooking?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - Systems Manager brodie@mcw.edu Medical College of Wisconsin +1 414 778 4500 "Gee, I hope these are the right coordinates..." -Chief O'Brian; STTNG
sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (10/18/89)
In article <3207.253b118a@fps.mcw.edu>, brodie@fps.mcw.edu writes: > NEWS_POST.CC is a nifty file for mailing LOCALLY posted items to users. > Does anyone know of a way to forward ANY posted items to users? > (i.e., a news message comes in from the net, which I want forwarded.) > > any ideas? > (is there some capability of anu-news I am overlooking?) You probably won't like this, but I suspect what you want could be done. First, set up a dummy line in you news.sys file like: mailer:world,na,usa,group.to.mail:B:news_manager_dev:[MAIL_group]NEWS.BATCH Then write a program that mails the articles to the appropiate users. If it is important to have the return addresses correct, use decnet, and forge the from address. This is pretty much what I did for the mailing list gateway that I posted recently, except I used BITNET to deliver the mail instead of DECNET. -- USmail: Bob Sloane, University of Kansas Computer Center, Lawrence, KS, 66045 E-mail: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, sloane@ukanvax.bitnet, AT&T: (913)864-0444 "The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage." -- Mark Russell
gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston) (10/20/89)
>In article <3207.253b118a@fps.mcw.edu>, brodie@fps.mcw.edu writes: >> NEWS_POST.CC is a nifty file for mailing LOCALLY posted items to users. >> Does anyone know of a way to forward ANY posted items to users? >> (i.e., a news message comes in from the net, which I want forwarded.) >> >> any ideas? >> (is there some capability of anu-news I am overlooking?) > >You probably won't like this, but I suspect what you want could be done. >First, set up a dummy line in you news.sys file like: > >mailer:world,na,usa,group.to.mail:B:news_manager_dev:[MAIL_group]NEWS.BATCH > >Then write a program that mails the articles to the appropiate users. If it is >important to have the return addresses correct, use decnet, and forge the from >address. This is pretty much what I did for the mailing list gateway that I >posted recently, except I used BITNET to deliver the mail instead of DECNET. It's not really a back door method - its about the only way to make it happen - thats what the NEWS.SYS file is all about - i.e. items entered into newsgroups which match a NEWS.SYS entry are to be placed in a spool area as specified by that entry for later processing by a distribution mechanism.. so the olution posted is perhaps the best way of setting this up Geoff Huston
brodie@fps.mcw.edu (10/20/89)
In article <8910191336.AA11350@uunet.uu.net>, munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston) writes: >>First, set up a dummy line in you news.sys file like: >> >>mailer:world,na,usa,group.to.mail:B:news_manager_dev:[MAIL_group]NEWS.BATCH >> >>Then write a program that mails the articles to the appropiate users. If it is >>important to have the return addresses correct, use decnet, and forge the from >>address. This is pretty much what I did for the mailing list gateway that I >>posted recently, except I used BITNET to deliver the mail instead of DECNET. > > It's not really a back door method - its about the only way to make it happen - > thats what the NEWS.SYS file is all about - i.e. items entered into newsgroups > which match a NEWS.SYS entry are to be placed in a spool area as specified by > that entry for later processing by a distribution mechanism.. so the olution > posted is perhaps the best way of setting this up > > Geoff Huston thanks for the responses. In the meantime, I figured out a REAL nifty method. The "transport" mechanism doesn't have to be fidged at all! If you are running DECUS UUCP (vmsnet), then all you need to do is the following: 1) do the above steps to get the news batches in separate files. 2) then, for each file, do MAIL/PROTOCOL=UUCP_MAILSHR file.name "address of recipient" ...which not only takes care of the subject line, but also puts inthe correct "from:" address! kinda neat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - Systems Manager brodie@mcw.edu Medical College of Wisconsin +1 414 778 4500 "Gee, I hope these are the right coordinates..." -Chief O'Brian; STTNG