Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!jeffrey From: jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jeffrey L Bromberger) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Passing on unwanted groups Summary: how to pass along a group we don't want locally Keywords: Cnews active sys Message-ID: <1990Aug7.143458.1770@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> Date: 7 Aug 90 14:34:58 GMT Reply-To: Jeffrey L Bromberger Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility Lines: 14 What is the correct method to pass along news in groups that we do not wish to keep locally? If there is no line in the active file for the newsgroup, it gets junked. If the line in the active file has a trailing 'x', the group is not taken, nor is it passed on. Have I missed something somewhere? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. j -- Jeffrey L. Bromberger System Operator---City College of New York---Science Computing Facility jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu jeffrey@ccnysci.BITNET Anywhere!{cmcl2,philabs,phri}!ccnysci!jeffrey