Newsgroups: news.software.b Path: utzoo!utstat!geoff From: geoff@utstat.uucp (Geoff Collyer) Subject: Re: C News sys file strangeness Message-ID: <1989Sep5.175836.16963@utstat.uucp> Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto References: Date: Tue, 5 Sep 89 17:58:36 GMT Kayvan Sylvan: >I have the following line in my sys file that does not seem to work: >funnystuff:rec.humor.funny::mail user1 user2 user3 This seems to be a common problem. Remember that in order to match a sys file entry, an article's Newsgroups: must match the newsgroup pattern given in the sys file entry, *and* the article's Distribution: ("world" by default) must match the distribution pattern in the sys file entry (which by default is the sys file entry's newsgroup pattern). In B news, this is conventionally written as funnystuff:rec.humor.funny,world,!world.all::mail user1 user2 user3 C news lets you give the distribution pattern separately, so either of these would also work: funnystuff:rec.humor.funny/world::mail user1 user2 user3 funnystuff:rec.humor.funny/all::mail user1 user2 user3 -- Geoff Collyer utzoo!utstat!geoff, geoff@utstat.toronto.edu