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From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Is there a limit to length of exclusion list?
Message-ID: <494@timeinc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 10:35:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: timeinc.494
Posted: Wed Aug 28 10:35:49 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Aug-85 08:17:03 EDT
References: <449@timeinc.UUCP> <455@timeinc.UUCP> <1028@gatech.CSNET>
Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Distribution: net
Organization: Time Inc. (Edit Tech), New York
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Summary: 

>
>As an example, suppose site "xx" wants to exclude all the newsgroups
>EXCEPT net.foo, net.bar, net.foo.baz, and net.woebegon.  The resulting
>sysfile line should look something like:
>xx:net,!net.all,net.foo,net.bar,net.woebegon,mod,fa,usa,na,to.xx:B:
>

This doesn't address the reason why the "client" site wanted an
exclusion list: They wanted to see ALL new groups as they come (and go).

Also, ends up that they basically want about half of thegroups.
So , in either case, they break the sys file!

Being a uucp SA is so much fun.....




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