Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bbn!gatech!rebel!dkstar!jdb From: jdb@dkstar.UUCP (Jon Bennett ) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin Subject: why do I get my own sys file when I post a sendsys ctl? Message-ID: <271@dkstar.UUCP> Date: 6 Apr 89 04:46:53 GMT Reply-To: jdb@dkstar.UUCP (Jon Bennett ) Distribution: usa Organization: The Dark Star, Atlanta, Ga. Lines: 20 My system (dkstar) is attached to bagend. Whenever I issue the command: inews -n to.bagend -c sendsys < /dev/null I get not only bagends sys file, but I also send my own sys file to myself. I have played with the sys file, and taken all "to" groups out of the dkstar sys line. I thought this would prevent the control message from being sent to dkstar. Aparently not. I am running news 2.11 path 14 on a berkley 4.2 Symmetric computer system. I have smail and sendmail if that matters. Is it normal to get your own sys file when you request someone elses, or do I have something set up wrong? Thanks... -- No disclamer here. Jon "There, that oughta do it" Bennett This is my computer. jdb@dkstar.UUCP {decvax hplabs inhp4 linus rutgers seismo}!gatech!rebel!dkstar!jdb