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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Is the "ME:" entry in news/sys really needed?
Message-ID: <1990Dec28.072258.28739@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <3131@papaya.bbn.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 90 07:22:58 GMT

In article <3131@papaya.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
>B2.11 and Cnews both support the a site named "ME" in the sys file as the
>localhost, defining what groups the site accepts.  Is it really needed?
>Doesn't the active file tell you what newsgroups you receive? ...

The active file defines which newsgroups you currently know about.  The ME
line defines which newsgroups you want to know about.  Think about
group-creation messages to see why there's a difference.  Usenet is dynamic.
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