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From: tanner@cerritos.edu
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Problems with news.sys/news.distribution
Message-ID: <4897.257d3e75@cerritos.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 89 00:29:40 GMT
Organization: Cerritos College, Norwalk CA
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Since moving from News 5.7 to 5.9B, we've had a problem with News trying to
post everything to all the sites listed in NEWS.SYS.  Under 5.7 our
NEWS.DISTRIBUTION file was empty except for comments; under 5.9, any news
'source' that is not listed in NEWS.DISTRIBUTION will forward to all other
sites in NEWS.SYS.  If a news 'source' is put in NEWS.DISTRIBUTION, it will
only route news to the specified 'destinations' but will route ALL news
items added or posted, not just the newsgroups that match the corresponding
entries in NEWS.SYS.

I've managed to keep a lid on outgoing news by distributing all of my news to
NEWS.SYS entries that specify non-existant news batch files.  I still have the
problem that any local posting still tries to go out.

Help!  Has News changed from 5.7 in the usage of NEWS.DISTRIBUTION or NEWS.SYS?
Am I a victim of lack of documentation?  Or have I just done something dumb?

Thanks,
-Bruce
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Bruce Tanner        (213) 860-2451 x 596    Tanner@Cerritos.EDU
Cerritos College    Norwalk, CA             cerritos!tanner