Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!tale From: tale@rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: 2 questions Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 91 22:56:08 GMT References: <35@sporty.UUCP> <+K%&_?$@rpi.edu> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Computer Science, Troy NY Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: cs.rpi.edu In article <+K%&_?$@rpi.edu> tale@rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes: In article <35@sporty.UUCP> root@sporty.UUCP (Super user) writes: /usr/lib/news/sendbatch: test: argument expected John Palkovic has pointed out that this is a pretty good clue to a B News system; imagine that, someone posting a B News question in news.software.b. I actually looked for sendbatch in my $NEWSBIN, too, but assumed it not being there or not in $NEWSCTL was because I removed it for my lack of UUCP connexions. So, that make this bogus: By using $NEWSBIN/maint/addgroup and ..../rmgroup. It is useful to have $NEWSBIN/maint in your news admin account PATH. In B News, use inews -d local -C group.name to create a group, possibly adding the moderated keyword if you need it. Read the inews manual page. Also, B News has its own rmgroup command, I believe in /usr/lib/news, which you should use for taking them out. In the line above, "rmgroup" was a blunder that I just noticed. The C News script which really takes them out is called delgroup in maint/. -- (setq mail '("tale@cs.rpi.edu" "tale@ai.mit.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet"))