>  JV> "misc/contrib/areafix-0.5.07/areafix.pl"
> 
> This sounds familiar.  I think I might already have it but haven't
> had a chance to properly peruse it.  If not then I now know where to
> get it.  Thanks for the tip ... again!

You'll need to convert {e,net}mail into messages that it can parse. The
script comes with a simple program to do that, it's called "areaqueue.c".
Compile it, and then make an alias for sendmail or whatever (/etc/aliases):  

areafix: sysop, |"/usr/lib/ifmail/areafix/areaqueue
/var/spool/ifmail/areafix"

In root's crontab is this line:
    0 *     * * *   /usr/lib/ifmail/areafix/areafix.pl

It will read those spooled files generated by areaqueue.

Areafix.pl deals with nodes (gated too, if I recall) and passwords,
juggling the downlink feeds in /etc/news/newsfeeds - that's the part
you'll be wanting to change.

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