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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Sys file question
Message-ID: <3254@litchi.bbn.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 21:46:52 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.112306.3072@daimi.aau.dk> <1991Feb1.164242.29384@zoo.toronto.edu>
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In <1991Feb1.164242.29384@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>No; the distribution subfield of the ME line is ignored, as documented
>in news(5).
If I were writing a news transport system, here's what I'd do:
	-Punt all rmgroup/newgroup activity to a user to do manually.
	-Ignore the ME entry in a sys file EXCEPT for the Distributions
	 field.
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