At 12:00 PM 1/23/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>How does DNEWS honor the "Distribution:" header?
>
>I find a reference to "DISTRIB.CONF" in the manual, but it says that DNEWS will
>->generate a "Distribution:" header based on the content of that file and the list of
>newsgroups to which an article is posted.
>
>I don't see any mention of how to control upstream propagation of local posts which
>already contain a "Distribution:" header.
In newsfeeds.conf you can add distribution rules, e.g.
site x.y.z
groups *
type builtin
distrib !comp,world
If this setting is found then normal distribution rules are processed.
Frankly I wouldn't use distribution rules or expect them to be obeyed
outside a local network.
ChrisP.
