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From: sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
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Subject: Re: Can NNTP be blocked?
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Date: 13 Sep 90 02:26:10 GMT
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Nntp-Posting-Host: tmc.edu

You can deny service by editing the nntp_access file and adding a line:

hostname	no	no


where hostname is the name of the host to lockout.

That will cause the NNTP server to print a access denied message
and shutdown when any users from that host try to access it.


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Stan           internet: sob@bcm.tmc.edu         Director, Networking 
Olan           uucp: {rutgers,mailrus}!bcm!sob   and Systems Support
Barber         Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine