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From: news@wa4mei.UUCP (USENET admin)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: The sys file
Summary: Prevents re-sending of files.
Message-ID: <2233@wa4mei.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 89 16:42:46 GMT
References: <198951@hrc.UUCP>
Reply-To: rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett)
Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee Ga.
Lines: 30

In article <198951@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes:
>
>I am having trouble completely understanding the following syntax of the sys
>file:
>
>mysite:world,all,to::
>site1/site2,site3:world,all,!local,!to,to.site1:F:
> . . . 
>
>site1/site2,site3:world,all,!local,!to,to.site1:F:
>      ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>What does this actually do? I have RTFM, and (I'm sorry), I still do not
>completely understand it.

The inclusion of '/site2,site3' on the line after 'site1'
line prevent the sending of news messages to the 'site1' 
that have originated or come through 'site2 or site3'.  This
is used to prevent 'mysite' from sending news to 'site1'
that 'mysite' gets from 'site2 or site3' in the case where
'site1' also gets news from 'site2 & site3'. In other words
this is used for sites that get multiple feeds.

I hope that didn't present this with twisted logic.


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