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From: heiby@falkor.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Unable to feed subset of news to other sites
Message-ID: <138@falkor.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 88 14:10:11 GMT
References: <224@asuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Organization: Luck Dragons, Magic, & Friends
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Marc Lesure (system@asuvax.UUCP) writes:

> We are having a problem sending a subset of news to other sites.  Our sys
> file has this format:
> 
> 	asuvax:all::
> 	sitea:all:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitea
> 	siteb:all,!comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/siteb
> 	sitec:comp:F:/usr/spool/batch/sitec

The problem you are asking about (sitec) is because you are not including
any "distributions".  By default, an article has a distribution of "world",
so you must include "world" in the sys entry.  In addition, you will soon
see problems in your use of "all" in sites you feed.  "all" includes the
to.site groups that are intended to go to only a single site.  If you ever
set up an ihave/sendme link, the ihave and the sendme messages will go to
both sitea and siteb, even if they are intended for only your site and some
siteD.  Here's what I'd suggest:
	ME:world,na,usa,to,\
		alt,comp,misc,news,rec,sci,soc,talk::
	sitea:world,na,usa,to.sitea,\
		comp,misc,news,rec,sci,soc,talk:F
	siteb:world,na,usa,to.siteb,\
		misc,news,rec,sci,soc,talk:F
	sitec:world,na,usa,to.sitec,\
		comp:F
	sited:world,na,usa,to.sited,\
		comp,!comp.sys.ibm,\
		alt,!alt.flame:F
Note that continuation lines are possible.  Also, the batch file paths
that you gave explicitly are the default (assuming you built your news
with BATCHDIR as /usr/spool/batch), so they aren't needed.  Also, I've
added a sited, which gets all of comp except comp.sys.ibm and its sub-
groups and gets all of alt except alt.flame.  You should add any local
distribution (like "chi" or "nj" or "ba") to the entries as appropriate
and take out "na" or "usa" for sites that are not in North America or
the U.S.A.
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP	Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix
"Intel architectures build character."