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to: JANIS KRACHT
from: JEFF SMITH
date: 2016-02-28 07:29:00
subject: News Groups?

> Hi Jeff,
>>I know that news groups are defined in BCFG. But is there a file defining the
>> specific news groups that will BBBS will attempt to download?   Or is
>> the news group list contained in a data file somewhere?
> No, but you give details in bcfg4->Global->Confs see below:
> Name: NEWS:alt.os.linux.gentoo                                  |
> |--| Description: Gentoo newsgroup
> |--|    Fidoname: ALT.OS.LINUX.GENTOO  <-------here
> |--|    NNTPname: ALT.OS.LINUX.GENTOO  <-------here



> Then you use that NNTPHost number in your "getnews" script.  Here's mine:
> ==getnews.sh===
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /home/bbbs
> ./bbbs bnntp w 1 news.mixmin.net
> ./bbbs bnntp r 1 news.mixmin.net



> Hope this helps :)

I currently already pull in Usenet. I was just curious as to if the list of
newsgroups that BBBS was getting was stored in an accessible file. Like the
echomail areas currently are in the external.bbb file? It would save having to
enter/edit the Usenet areas separately in BCFG4.


Jeff


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