Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Cnews lets outside control messages create groups
Message-ID: <1989Jul9.040539.28044@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989Jul7.174914.22890@ivucsb.sba.ca.us>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 89 04:05:39 GMT

In article <1989Jul7.174914.22890@ivucsb.sba.ca.us> todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day) writes:
>I noticed today that Cnews lets incoming control messages have
>their way (at least in creating groups).  How can I make it so
>that the news administrator is notified every time a control
>request comes in (like Bnews) so that the news admin can create
>or destroy groups or change moderation as he sees fit?

Edit /usr/lib/newsbin/ctl/newgroup to do whatever you want.  It's a shell
file.  See notebook/ctlmsg for some insight into how control messages work,
if you haven't looked at it already.
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