Xref: utzoo alt.bbs.waffle:830 news.software.b:6610 Newsgroups: alt.bbs.waffle,news.software.b,fido.ufgate Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Moving news thru waffle node, with out decompression Message-ID: <1991Jan11.224519.17105@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 22:45:19 GMT In article anwyn@hrnowl.lonestar.org (System Operator) writes: >uf:newsgroups/all:f:uux - -z -r waf!uux - uf!rmail > >... Is this correct >cnews experts? Have I made an error? 'Fraid so, but not a massive one. The "f" flag signifies that the next field is a filename; you can't combine it with a command. What you'll have to do is tell the batcher to use a new "via" command, and put the uux incantation in there. That aside, this sounds plausible, assuming that the "rmail" on "waf" is prepared to cope with compressed news as input without an address. (I'd have expected to either use "rnews" or give rmail an argument like "news", but I have no experience with waffle...) -- If the Space Shuttle was the answer, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology what was the question? | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry