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From: news@wa4mei.UUCP (USENET admin)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Use of 'all' distribution in sys
Message-ID: <2070@wa4mei.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 89 01:36:56 GMT
References: <304@flatline.UUCP> <2004@wa4mei.UUCP> <1247@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> <8493@sneaky.TANDY.COM>
Reply-To: rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett)
Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee Ga.
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In article <8493@sneaky.TANDY.COM> gordon@sneaky.UUCP (Gordon Burditt) writes:
>>What is wrong with 'all', *if* you specifically exclude local groups?
>
>>ukc:all,!stc,!stl,!local,!test,!general,!followup:FL6:
>

I was under the impression that while inews was searching the sys file
it would take the first match on the line which in this case would be
all and then send the message. Wouldn't the correct order be:

ukc:!stc,!stl,!local,!test,!general,!followup,all:FL6:

????


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