Xavier HUMBERT wrote:
>
> Le 07/12/2000 a 17:10 +0100 , Xavier HUMBERT ecrivait :
>
> >I have some problems, which I can summary "every feed send everything"
> >regardless what is in "groups" statement
>
> I think, re-considering how feeds between peers works, I got an explanation
>
> site ME
> groups xxxxxx -> What I accept from him
>
> site a_feed
> groups yyyyyy -> What I send to him
>
> Thinking twice, it's obvious, becouse the host "a_feed", if it has *
> in its feed for _me_ has no way to know that I want only
> somehierarchy.* and nothing else, until I politely e-mail him
> "please, reduce my feed",
>
> Stupid me, I owe myself a beer :-)
Your me feed groups setting specifies the newsgroups in which dnews will
accept incoming articles from upstream
servers.
The rest of the site entry groups settings in newsfeeds.conf control
which newsgroups are sent
by DNews to downstream sites.
If you have a sucking feed then you can specify the newsgroups you want
it to suck in your nntp_feeder line in dnews.conf.
e.g.
nntp_feeder upstream.site.ip comp.*
Then that sucking feed would only fetch articles in the comp.*
hierachy. Also DNews will not suck newsgroups that have been
specifically
blocked by your 'me feed' groups setting as those articles would get
rejected anyway.
With ihave feeds the upstream site controls what newsgroups they send
articles for. So in that case you need to tell them what you want them
to send.
> Done with that, now for the problem of _sucking_ :
>
> The manual says that sucked groups may be precised in two places :
>
> - in dnews.conf :
>
> nntp_feeder suck.feed.net comp.one.group,comp.another.group\
> comp.a.third.group
>
> - in newsfeed.conf
>
> site $nntp_feeder
> groups comp.*
>
> My understanding is : I suck those 3 groups and _only them_,
Correct.
> but
> users (more generally : the Dnews process) are allowed to post to the
> entire hierarchy.
>
> Is it right ?
Yes but your entire site entry should look something like this.
site $nntp_feeder
groups comp.*
builtin
posting
onlyposts
That way only locally posted articles will be sent back upstream. If
you don't use the onlyposts or an appropriate
exclude setting then the articles sucked by your sucking feed will be
sent back to the upstream site and get rejected
as duplicates.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Brian
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> Thanks,
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