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| Subject: (6.8) How do I configure the /usr/lib/news/moderators file? |
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Q: The 'moderators' file that comes with INN has only the following lines: gnu.*:%s@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu *:%s@uunet.uu.netShould this be changed? That is, if at Usenet site, does the news admin have to configure this file in order for INN to email the local posts to moderated newsgroups to the correct moderator? In this case then, every time a new moderated group is created, and/or changes its moderator, it should be necessary to change this file. A: Fortunately not! But also see below. First of all, the default configuration says, "The moderator for foo.bar is foo-bar@uunet.uu.net". The good people at UUNET keep mail aliases for all the moderated newsgroups so that as moderators come and go, they will always forward to the correct person. A: But it also wouldn't be bad ... The default entry could/should be changed to: *:%s@moderators.uu.netas this points to several servers around the world which have the records. This is good to balance the load on the servers. See the MX entry to see what servers there are. Be careful with that change, as the response packet is too large for a UDP response and the nameserver has to switch to TCP connections in order to get the response; unfortunately not all nameservers are able to do this. Refer to the "How to Construct the Mailpaths File" FAQ, for an explanation of the moderation mechanism. This article explains the 'mailpaths' file from C News, which is similar in nature to the INN's 'moderators' file although with a different syntax. The file 'moderators' could be modified, though, according to that article. For example, there are other sites that do what UUNET does, and they might be closer to you. Also, you might want to take a look to the inn.conf(5) man page to read the 'moderatormailer' parameter description. See also: INN FAQ #6.7, INN FAQ #5.32 ------------------------------ [Last Changed: $Date: 1997/07/01 01:25:41 $ $Revision: 2.21 $] [Copyright: 1997 Heiko Rupp, portions by Tom Limoncelli, Rich Salz, et al.] |
