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From: greyham@hades.OZ (Greyham Stoney)
Newsgroups: aus.news,news.admin,news.newusers.questions
Subject: Help needed with News Administration!.
Keywords: news, administration
Message-ID: <435@hades.OZ>
Date: 18 Sep 89 16:38:35 GMT
Organization: Ausonics Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
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I've recently been put in charge of news administration at our site, and don't
really know that much about how to go about it. There are quite a few others
around the net in the same boat - so if anyone could give me/us some handy-
hints on what to do and what not to do, I/we'd really appreciate it.

A few specific questions though for any inews gurus out there:

	What does inews do when I create a local group?.

	Does it create the relevant /usr/spool/news/... directory? (if so,
why doesn't mine?).

	When do control messages get processed?.

	What causes checkgroups messages to be sent out? How do I avoid doing
this, particularly if it affects other sites?.

	How do I select which newsgroups I do, and which ones I don't want to
receive?.

	Has anyone got a "beginners guide to news administration" type
doc they could send me?. I've been a newsreader for over 1 year, so I'm
very familiar with it from a user's point of view; but don't know what goes
on behind the scenes.

		Any help greatly appreciated,
						Greyham.
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