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From: jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Sys file problems and want patches for 2.11
Summary: Hmmm...  Not quite what I wanted to hear
Message-ID: <560@kl-cs.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 89 16:31:38 GMT
References: <556@kl-cs.UUCP>
Organization: University of Keele, England
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In article <556@kl-cs.UUCP>, jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight) writes:
> Hi there,
>   I need some help with the sys file.  I have a line in my
> sys file which reads:
> hack:rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack

I got mail from several people (about 5) who said that a line like
hack:world,rec.games.hack::/usr/lib/sendmail hack

would do the trick.  Yep, it does unless someone specifies a
distribution of local or uk.  I can't add local and uk into the
sys line 'cos then all articles for the local and uk hierachy will
get sent through the mail.  What I really wanted as the ideal
solution is a line for the sys file which sends any article for
rec.games.hack through the mail for distributions of local, uk, eunet
and world.  Any experts?

BTW with regard to the syntax I originaly suggested, I used the example
in the multi-broadcasting section of the Usenet installation manual
as a guideline.  I think it suggests that
fred:comp.misc::mail fred

would send all articles for comp.misc to fred.  It seems this is
not the case.

Ta very much to those who responded.
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