mack@wizard.ruhr.de (Jochen Erwied) (01/28/91)
In article <1991Jan26.165347.27341@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, Mike Charlton writes: > >Has anyone found this problem? Is there a way around it? I need to >feed my neighbors only certain newsgroups (or else they will get mad). > Thanks for any help, > Mike >P.S. some typical entries in my sys file would look like this: > ># This works, but will batch all my groups (like things in rec) >fun;comp,alt.test/all;F; This should work (tried it with no problems) > ># This doesn't batch anything >fun2;comp,alt.test;F; > ># This doesn't either >fun3;comp,alt.test/all,!rec;F; Perhaps fun3;comp,alt.test,!rec/all;F; would be better > ># And neither does this >fun4;comp,alt.test/comp,alt.test;F; Should work if you enter comp or alt.test as distribution. If everything fails, try the following: fun5;!all,comp,alt.test/all;F; First all groups are excluded, than the groups to be batched are included. Jochen Erwied | (inside Germany) mack@wizard.ruhr.de Emil-Figge-Str. 3/005 | erwied%wastl@laura.informatik.uni-dortmund.de W-4600 Dortmund 1, FRG | +49-231-750331 (data) +49-231-756081 (voice) -----------------------+ "I'm not a number, I'm a FREE man" - "hahaha..."
rob@spirits.ka.sub.org (Roland Bless) (01/29/91)
In article <1991Jan26.165347.27341@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, Mike Charlton writes: > we have and it described the format for the sysfile it uses. The one > in //\\miga UUCP Plus seems to be similar (except using ; instead of : > for the field serparators). Anyway, I'm having trouble with the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Right. > distribution field. The system won't batch any messages unless I put > "all" in the distribution field (and if I just leave out the distribution > field in hopes of it using the receive field, it still won't batch > anything). So I tried doing things like putting all,!comp in the > distribution field and it completely ignores anything except the all. > Has anyone found this problem? Is there a way around it? I need to Yes, me too. It seems to be a bug. My suggestion: Don't use the distribution-fields! Write BNews style sys-file entries. There is something wrong with the distribution fields, it doesn't work the way like CNews does. test;all,!local,world,comp,alt,control,to.test;F; This will spool all articles except article with distribution "local". testsite;local,!comp,sub,to.testsite;F; This will spool all articles with distribution "local", but none articles from the comp groups. > # This works, but will batch all my groups (like things in rec) > fun;comp,alt.test/all;F; /all seems to be dangerous...(not for CNews, but in this buggy version..:-(() > # This works, but will batch all my groups (like things in rec) > fun;comp,alt.test/all;F; > > # This doesn't batch anything > fun2;comp,alt.test;F; try instead: fun2;world,comp,alt.test;F; > # This doesn't either > fun3;comp,alt.test/all,!rec;F; did you try this one?: fun;comp,!rec,alt.test/all;F; > # And neither does this > fun4;comp,alt.test/comp,alt.test;F; test;sub;F; Batches articles in groups sub with distribution sub. Articles with no distribution in "sub"-groups are not batched. They are batched if you insert the "world" distribution: test;world,sub;F; ^^^^^ Sorry, but you must try all possible combinations until it works...:-((( One version should work under all circumstances: all,!comp,!rec,!local,... Exclude after "all" all newsgroups which should not be spooled. I hope this'll help a little bit... Roland -- R o l a n d B l e s s |UUCP/Internet: rob@spirits.ka.sub.org | Kriegsstrasse 129 |BITNET: UKG5@DKAUNI2.BITNET FAX: +49211623818 | 7500 Karlsruhe - FRG |---------spirits--in--the--material--world---------| voice +49 721 857328 |"They built machines that they can't control" STING|