Path: utzoo!utgpu!NDSUVM1!NETNWS-L Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 12:02:22 EST Reply-To: NETNWS-L Netnews List Sender: NETNWS-L Netnews List From: Irwin Tillman Subject: Re: Unix folks unhappy about bit groups To: UofToronto LAN redistribution References: Message of Tue, 20 Feb 90 11:52:00 EST from Message-ID: <90Feb21.022714est.57509@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.netnws-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu On Tue, 20 Feb 90 11:52:00 EST Linda Littleton said: >>Have the gateways involved cross post once to both the bit.listserv >>name and the mainstream name. For example: >> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.asm370,comp.lang.asm370 >> Followup-To: bit.listserv.asm370,comp.lang.asm370 >> (The Followup line is needed to avoid some Followup's being sent to >>only one group (some news readers/posters do this). > >Agreed. This is the way to go. Our software cannot handle this currently, >but could be changed. > >>The people at the nntp managers BOF at USENIX liked this solution, and >>ask Erik to contact Bill Verity and work at: >> - getting the gateway software modified to do this. Either >>ucbvax's or the bitnet or both. > >I will modify ours. I suspect that some of this can be accomplished without any code mods. I *think* that in a Listserv list definition, you can specify a number of newsgroups as arguments to the Newsgroups keyword. E.g. Newsgroups=bit.listserv.asm370, comp.lang.asm370 When Listserv receives mail for that list, it creates a Newsgroups header for the outgoing mail using the value of the Newsgroups keyword in the list definition. If the mail already has a Newsgroups header, the existing header is preserved, and the additional groups specified in the list definition are added to the header (unless they duplicate what is already in the header). I am not positive about specifying multiple newsgroups to the Newsgroups keyword; I don't believe that keyword has made it into the Listserv doc yet. Perhaps someone more familiar with Listserv can double-check this. If my understanding is correct, this would provide a way to simplify the crossposting. Of course, you'd still need to create the Followup-To header if you feel that header is appropriate.