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From: david@moon.igcom.net (David Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Newsfeeds and auto-add groups...
Date: 26 Dec 1995 18:52:20 GMT
Organization: InterGlobal Communications, Chicagoland's affordable ISP.
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phoenix@niia.net wrote:
: Anyone ever seen this problem???

: Pretty much standard INN under BSD/OS v2.0. We receive our feeds from Pagesat 
: Satellite link. The problem is that any new newsgroups are rejected, with a 
: message in the log similar to: "UNWANTED NEWSGROUP ........." We have checked 
: configuration over and over again and are either blatantly missing something or 
: there is a flaw somewhere. Anyone have any tips on where to begin looking? It 
: gets to be a REAL pain to have to rebuild the newsgroups/active files by hand 
: every month or so, and this has been like this since day 1. It looks like for 
: some reason the system just rejects anything not already in its list, rather 
: than adding it as a new entry....
:  

: If you are feeling REAl generous, I'd welcome copies of config files e--mailed 
: for comparison!

Mike, there are a few things you can do to remedy this problem. The best 
solution is to buy USENET&UUCP by O'reilly & Assoc. This book is great.  
Not the most up to date book, but covers a lot.  I would tell you your 
exact problem, but I cant without looking at a few configuration files, 
and the best way for you to fix your problem is really to figure it out.
INN configuration is not really a low-level problem, just a matter of 
reading MAN pages, and testing your configurations. I will tell you that 
most of your problem probably sits in /var/news/etc/newsfeeds and 
possibly your active file. Unfortunately, BSDI does not support anything 
regarding INN or other contrib stuff. Maybe send me over your newsfeed 
file, and I can take a look at it.


David Bauman
InterGlobal Communications
Senior Systems Admin.