scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons) (07/27/90)
Oh, I can't believe this is happening . . . A number of folks are now making use of the nntp inews distributed with nn. They're not changing the default domain name, so when they post it's from user@iti.org, not user@their.site. And when people reply, the reply bounces off of me (the real iti.org) and my postmaster mailbox is getting full fast. It's my own dumb fault for (a) not putting a guaranteed-to-fail-to-compile- if-you-do-it-wrong setup in conf.h, and (b) using my own domain name as the default in there. The following patch fixes both. I've posted it here just for completeness' sake, and sent the patch to Kim for the next nn patch kit. In the meantime, all you folks who didn't follow the configuration instructions: I know where you live. :-) Unfortunately. God, I'm so embarassed . . . *** conf.h Fri Jul 27 10:39:38 1990 --- conf.h.orig Fri Jul 27 10:23:59 1990 *************** *** 36,44 **** #endif /* ! * Define your local domain name. You *must* define something, either ! * here, in config.h, or elsewhere according to your local standards. ! * See comment below on HIDDENNET. * * You are not strictly *required* to have a domain name; nonetheless * it's a good idea. If you are on the Internet or otherwise have a --- 36,42 ---- #endif /* ! * Define your local domain name. You *must* define something here. * * You are not strictly *required* to have a domain name; nonetheless * it's a good idea. If you are on the Internet or otherwise have a *************** *** 46,57 **** * a uucp-only site, use ".uucp" for now and go get a real name. * * Note that if you imbed your domain name in the hostname and you don't ! * use HIDDENNET, you may get a period on the end of your FQDN in ! * postings. In that case, use HIDDENNET and make DOMAIN your ! * FQDN. */ ! /* #define DOMAIN "frobozz.com.bogus" */ /* * If you define this, the hostname will not appear in the posting --- 44,53 ---- * a uucp-only site, use ".uucp" for now and go get a real name. * * Note that if you imbed your domain name in the hostname and you don't ! * use HIDDENNET, you should comment out the definition. */ ! #define DOMAIN "iti.org" /* * If you define this, the hostname will not appear in the posting