At 10:26 PM 5/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
>must you name your local group (one you create on your own Dnews server)
>begin with local.### Since the only one that see this group is people who
>connect to my news server, can I make its name anything (as long as it is
>not the NNTP standard, i.e. rec, comp, alt, etc)
No, infact I would strongly recommend people don't use the generic 'local.*'
prefix, it's better to use your company name, e.g.
webtechmedia.product-name
webtechmedia.support
...
>2. What conf file do I edit to limit who can connect to my news server to
>either read or post?
access.conf, see http://netwinsite.com/dnews/access.htm
>3. Last we are just doing suck, and not IHAVE. But i notice there is an
>entire in my access.conf
>
>news.myisp.com:ihave:::*
>
>Do that entires need to be there? I already have its in my "nntp_feeder"
>inside dnews.conf
No the entry is not needed. (but does no real harm)
ChrisP.
