Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pdn!palan!ckctpa From: crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: "x" field for C news Message-ID: <30May90.021857.680@ckctpa.UUCP> Date: 29 May 90 05:48:57 GMT Organization: None! Lines: 22 > Are x-ed out groups transmitted downstream? > > If they are, is there any way of causing them not to be, short of > banging them out of all of the entries in the sys files? > > --Ed > > Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept > comp.archives moderator I'm porting this thing to the Amiga (actually, it hasn't been difficult -- the code ports very easily, except where my OS is drain-bamaged ;-) You might try using "=dummy.group" instead of "x". Then just "bang out" that one group, "dummy.group". I don't know if the "x" groups get xmitted or not, but I would think they have to or a downstream site couldn't get a full feed unless your local machine accepted a full feed. Hmmmm... ----- Frank J. Edwards ComputerKnowledge Corp 2677 Arjay Court 12740 Hillcrest, Suite 212 Palm Harbor, FL 34684-4505 Dallas, TX 75230 Phone: (813) 786-3675 (214) 385-9700 / (800) 227-9700