Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.MorningStar.Com!karl From: karl@MorningStar.Com (Karl Fox) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin Subject: Re: clarinet?????? Summary: If it's not a Usenet distribution, then Usenet rules don't apply Message-ID: Date: 26 Oct 89 20:27:19 GMT References: <331@lawnet.LawNet.Com> <2962@splut.conmicro.com> <333@lawnet.LawNet.Com> Sender: news@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: karl@MorningStar.Com (Karl Fox) Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 15 In-reply-to: greg@lawnet.LawNet.Com's message of 26 Oct 89 02:42:16 GMT In article <333@lawnet.LawNet.Com> greg@lawnet.LawNet.Com (Gregory G. Petersen) writes: >>Brad is *not* using the Usenet to distribute his service, except for >>links between two systems who are both his customers, and have agreed to >>use the link for that purpose. > >If that is true what is the /usr/spool/news/junk filing up with clari.* files >for on this system??? We never asked for the stuff and clari. is not >a usenet hierarchy to my knowledge. Because your upstream feed allows it in their sys file entry for you. They either explicitly allow clari.* newsgroups to be sent to you, or (shudder) they send you all.* (not the best way to set up a sys file). -- Karl Fox, Morning Star Technologies karl@MorningStar.COM No disclaimer needed -- RTFM for Usenet.