From: SMTP%"munroe@DMC.COM" 9-JUL-1993 09:29:53.50 To: EVERHART CC: Subj: Re: Know thy feed, or, "what's in a name?" Message-Id: <9307082308.AA16231@uu7.psi.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 07:16:12 EDT Reply-To: Dick Munroe Sender: ANU-NEWS Discussion From: Dick Munroe Organization: Doyle, Munroe Consultants, Inc., Hudson, MA Subject: Re: Know thy feed, or, "what's in a name?" To: Multiple recipients of list ANU-NEWS In article <0096F1D82C0121A0.20A04CDC@giant.IntraNet.com>, "G. Del Merritt" writes: > I am receiving lots of news from my primary (and only) feed via DECUS > UUCP. However, I apparently am sending it all back as well. > > During my initial discussions with the administrator there, we agreed > that his site's name was "x" (names changed so to lay blame only on > me). When I get news from him, though, the "Path:" header is > "giant!x.y.org!...", where "giant" is me and the "..." all the other > folk. My NEWS.SYS looks like: > x:\ > vmsnet,comp,gnu,news,\ > world,na,usa,ca,ba,to.ssi\ > :B:NEWS_MANAGER_DEV/[POST_UUCP$CMPRS_X]NEWS.BATCH^B > > Should it instead look like: > x.y.org:\ > vmsnet,comp,gnu,news,\ > world,na,usa,ca,ba,to.ssi\ > :B:NEWS_MANAGER_DEV/[POST_UUCP$CMPRS_X.Y.ORG]NEWS.BATCH^B > Del, Close. What it should be is: x/x.y.org:\ vmsnet,comp,gnu,news,\ world,na,usa,ca,ba,to.ssi\ :B:NEWS_MANAGER_DEV/[POST_UUCP$CMPRS_X.Y.ORG]NEWS.BATCH^B Which says don't feed things that have been seen by either x or x.y.org. The piece following x may be a comma separated list if you wish. Dick -- Dick Munroe Internet: munroe@dmc.com Doyle, Munroe Consultants, Inc. UUCP: ...uunet!thehulk!munroe 267 Cox St. Office: (508) 568-1618 Hudson, Ma. 01749 USA FAX: (508) 562-1133 GET CONNECTED!!! Send mail to info@dmc.com to find out about DMConnection.