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From: munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: RE: How do YOU accept a newsfeed?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 22:24:02 GMT
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>I don't want to CREATE NEWSGROUP for every newsgroup that exists.
>I am accepting newsgroups with ADD FILE/CREGRP but I'm getting a lot
>of bogus newsgroups (mostly local groups for other sites due to
>cross-posting.).  That is, someone posts to misc.forsale,ba.forsale
>and it creates a ba.forsale newsgroup... and we're no where near the
>Bay Area.
     
a bad move!!
     
>How does one deal with this?  I have been adding "!ba" to my news.sys
>file but they still get created.  Do I have to reboot between
>modifications to news.sys 1/2 :-) ?
     
here is Australia kre jindly posts a fortnightly checkgroups message -
using the ADD FILE/EXECUTE command the checkgroups control message is processed
and only "sanctioned" newsgroups are created, and any network groups not on the
checkgroups message are given a 14 day lifetime (i.e. they will disappear
sooner or later).
     
the key question for your usenet local area is whether there is someone
generating a control: checkgroups message which lists those newsgroups which
are the "official" usenet newsgroups for your area.
     
Geoff Huston