Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: problem with sys file (CNEWS)
Message-ID: <1991Feb1.204830.9896@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1991Feb1.134328.14986@st_nik!swindon.ingr.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 1991 20:48:30 GMT

In article <1991Feb1.134328.14986@st_nik!swindon.ingr.com> n_simpson@swindon.ingr.com writes:
>	swindon:all:F:/usr/spool/news/batch/swindon
>	ibbsuk:ingruk.ibbs.all:F:/usr/spool/news/batch/ibbsuk
>
>	Currently no articles sent to the ingruk.ibbs hierarchy are queued to
>send to the customer bulletin board (ibbsuk).

Try this instead:

	ibbsuk:ingruk.ibbs/all:F:/usr/spool/news/batch/ibbsuk

You don't need the ".all" unless you want to send the subgroups but exclude
ingruk.ibbs itself.  And you do need a distribution subfield -- following
the slash -- or stuff will be sent only if it also has ingruk.ibbs.something
as its distribution.  See relaynews(8) and news(5) for detailed discussion.
Note that the sample C News sys file takes pains to point out the explicit
use of distributions.
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