[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> It\'s same problem with me. So I add \"cacheall = true\" on dnews.conf
But if you chooose to do that then empty newsgroups may not get set
cached. You can
cache them all manually if you want though.
Regards,
Brian
>
> way-From: dnews-gateway@ball wrote:
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I am currently using DNEWS 5.4g5 on a RedHat Linux 6.2 platform. I have
>configured some local newsgroups and have also adjuste
> >d my newsfeeds.conf file accordingly based on the FAQ.
> >>
> >> site me
> >> groups *
> >>
> >> site $nntp_feeder
> >> groups *,!abc.*
> >> posting
> >> builtin
> >>
> >> I also created an abc.testing newsgroup by typing :-
> >>
> >> tellnews newgroup abc.testing y admin testing purposes
> >>
> >> All appears to be working well except that when I entered the newsgroup, the
>first item that I see is :-
> >>
> >> Date: 11 Oct 2000 13:31:42 +0800
> >> From: DNEWS
> >> Newsgroups: abc.testing
> >> Followup-To: local.news
> >> Subject: Group download in progress...
> >>
> >> DNEWS Home page http://netwinsite.com
> >> DNEWS FTP site ftp://netwinsite.com/dnews
> >>
> >> Why should DNEWS be attempting to download the newsgroup when it is a local
>newsgroup?
> >
> >As far as DNews is concerned all newsgroups are the same. If you don\'t
> >want the downloading messages
> >in those groups then set the newsgroups cached and modify your
> >nntp_feeder line to not suck them.
> >
> >>
> >> I have also tried to edit my /etc/dnews.conf and using either of the following
>lines but to no avail.
> >>
> >> nntp_feeder my.newsfeed.com *,!abc.*
> >
> >Use the above format for your nntp_feeder setting in dnews.conf.
> >
> >Then set those newsgroups cached permanently...
> >
> >tellnews cached \"abc.*\" 20000
> >
> >Wait for a day or restart DNews and the \"group download in progress\"
> >messages will go away.
> >
> >> nntp_feeder my.newsfeed.com
> >>
> >> Have I misconfigured something somewhere or is this a bug?
> >> Also, the date is in October 2000 when now is already December 2000?
> >
> >It\'s not a bug. The date on those messages is purposely set in the past
> >so that they won\'t leak out to other systems.
> >Let us know if you have any questions.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Brian
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Brian
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