Newsgroups: news.software.b Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Cnews pathnames Message-ID: <1990Jun1.170730.5672@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1990May30.165503.12772@ucselx.sdsu.edu> <1990May30.234308.8428@utzoo.uucp> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 90 17:07:30 GMT In article fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald) writes: >> Simply changing the *names* of their sys-file entries (and the corresponding >> batch directories) to your new name will cure the problem. > >Then won't sendbatches try to do a "uux -r ucselx.sdsu.edu!rnews ..." and >crap out with "bad system name"? Depends on how things are set up. There is potential for such problems, yes. Actually, life is simpler if you call your system "ucselx" and just forget the domain business for news purposes. (Note that the From lines are composed separately, using a different system name, so you can still specify a domainist address for mailed replies.) -- As a user I'll take speed over| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology features any day. -A.Tanenbaum| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu