Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site kitc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harpo!whuxlm!spuxll!kitc!ladm From: ladm@kitc.UUCP (John Burgess - Local tools ADM) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: limiting news to certain hours of the day? Message-ID: <148@kitc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 16:38:49 EDT Article-I.D.: kitc.148 Posted: Wed Jul 24 16:38:49 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:49:58 EDT References: <726@lsuc.UUCP> Reply-To: ladm@kitc.UUCP (John Burgess - Local tools ADM) Organization: /usr/local/null Lines: 21 Summary: use cron! In article <726@lsuc.UUCP> dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) writes: >Our system is heavily loaded during office hours and can't >handle the additional load of uuxqt/cunbatch/news-unpack/rnews ... >thing, has anyone done it already? Is there any other obvious >solution which will permit mail to work but gracefully prevent >news from running during the day? > >Dave Sherman Yes, have your sender ONLY batch the news to you in off hours. Try smething like this as your cron entry: 30 0-7,17-23 * * * //sendbatch ... We stick an extra ",12," to pick up news during lunch. -- John Burgess - Local Tools Administrator ATT-IS Labs, So. Plainfield NJ (HP 1C-221) {most Action Central sites}!kitc!ladm (201) 561-7100 x2481 (8-259-2481)