Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!unixland!bill
From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser)
Subject: help with sys file
Message-ID: <1991May19.014130.25630@unixland.uucp>
Organization: The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Date: Sun, 19 May 91 01:41:30 GMT

I'm trying to debug what should be a pretty simply Cnews sys file.
Enclosed are the relevant parts with the names changed to protect the
innnocent :-)
-----------
ME:all

downstream:to.downstream,news.announce,fido,alt.kids-talk,alt.msdos.programmer,\
comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.lang.c,comp.org.eff,\
comp.os.msdos.programmer,rec.games.frp,rec.mag.otherrealms:f:

mainfeed/mainfeed.com:all,!fido/all,!to.downstream,!local/all:L:
------------

The problem I'm having is this:  When I post something to a group that
site "downstream" gets (or is supposed to get), he doesn't ever get it.
Instead, it goes to site 'mainfeed' (my main news feed site).  For example,
if I post to fido.test (ficticious group), it doesn't go to downstream,
but goes to mainfeed, even though I (think) I have it explicitly excluded
from that site.

What am I doing wrong?  I bet this is something simple I'm overlooking.

Thanks in advance.

Bill

p.s.  The downstream site is also getting miscellaneous stuff that he
shouldn't be getting, stuff that comes in from mainfeed that downstream
hasn't asked for!

-- 
bill@unixland.uucp                 The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix
    ...!uunet!think!unixland!bill
    ..!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill
508-655-3848 (2400)   508-651-8723 (9600-HST)   508-651-8733 (9600-PEP-V32)