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| author | Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-04-01 21:24:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-04-01 21:24:16 +0000 |
| commit | 3ede9c48755ddb0d5d67dcecf3d913466da9bf3e (patch) | |
| tree | 9b133cf2613d576544183a58345677144a6aa522 /news | |
| parent | Bring back from the dead; take ownership (diff) | |
Remove expired ports:
2014-02-27 devel/hyena: Broken for more than 6 month
2014-04-01 print/pdfmod: Depends on expired devel/hyena, unstaged, uses old standards
2014-04-01 security/gnutls-devel: Stale, broken and vulnerable
2014-04-01 sysutils/epylog: distfiles no longer fetchable
2014-04-01 japanese/Wnn6: Unmaintained, interactive and restricted
2014-04-01 japanese/srd-fpw: Unmaintained, interactive and restricted
2014-04-01 japanese/mypaedia-fpw: Unmaintained, interactive and restricted
2014-04-01 news/dnews: Unmaintained, interactive and restricted
2014-04-01 devel/adasdl: Ancient, does not build on amd64; use devel/sdl_gnat instead
2014-04-01 lang/gnat: The Ada framework is based on lang/gcc-aux, use it instead
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=349892
Diffstat (limited to 'news')
| -rw-r--r-- | news/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | news/dnews/Makefile | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | news/dnews/distinfo | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | news/dnews/files/dnews.sh | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | news/dnews/files/faq.html | 1437 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | news/dnews/pkg-descr | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | news/dnews/pkg-plist | 107 |
7 files changed, 0 insertions, 1630 deletions
diff --git a/news/Makefile b/news/Makefile index e9302a8bb6b9..b2cd2be8c0fd 100644 --- a/news/Makefile +++ b/news/Makefile @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ SUBDIR += cnews SUBDIR += crashmail SUBDIR += diablo - SUBDIR += dnews SUBDIR += fidogate SUBDIR += fidogate-ds SUBDIR += golded+ diff --git a/news/dnews/Makefile b/news/dnews/Makefile deleted file mode 100644 index a38808982887..000000000000 --- a/news/dnews/Makefile +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -# Created by: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> -# $FreeBSD$ - -PORTNAME= dnews -PORTVERSION= 5.7b1 -PORTREVISION= 1 -CATEGORIES= news -MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.netwinsite.com/pub/dnews/ -DISTNAME= dnews_57b1_freebsd4 -EXTRACT_SUFX= .tar.Z - -MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org -COMMENT= Commercial nntp server with enhancements over inn and cnews - -DEPRECATED= Unmaintained, interactive and restricted -EXPIRATION_DATE= 2014-04-01 -WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/dtemp -RESTRICTED= only free for non-profit organisations -IS_INTERACTIVE= yes -ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 -NO_BUILD= yes - -NO_STAGE= yes -post-configure: - @${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|df -k|/bin/df -k|" ${WRKSRC}/dnews.conf - @${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|lib/sendmail|sbin/sendmail|" ${WRKSRC}/dnews.conf - -do-install: - @( cd ${WRKSRC}; ./dnews_setup ) - @${ECHO_MSG} "Installing dnews startup script as ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/dnews.sh" - @${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/dnews.sh ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/dnews.sh - @${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/faq.html ${PREFIX}/dnews/faq.html - -post-install: - @${MV} /etc/dnews.conf ${PREFIX}/etc/dnews.conf - @${LN} -s ${PREFIX}/etc/dnews.conf /etc/dnews.conf - @${ECHO_MSG} "*** DNEWS is NOT free, please read the LICENSE file:" - @${ECHO_MSG} "*** ${PREFIX}/dnews/license.txt" - @${ECHO_MSG} "*** The main configuration file is:" - @${ECHO_MSG} "*** ${PREFIX}/etc/dnews.conf" - -.include <bsd.port.mk> diff --git a/news/dnews/distinfo b/news/dnews/distinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 2a420fd7a69b..000000000000 --- a/news/dnews/distinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2 +0,0 @@ -SHA256 (dnews_57b1_freebsd4.tar.Z) = e95f1e9f215cf49f20b71ddff1a5630860ace26b64bac1df5db3e23ee7928ca0 -SIZE (dnews_57b1_freebsd4.tar.Z) = 3323431 diff --git a/news/dnews/files/dnews.sh b/news/dnews/files/dnews.sh deleted file mode 100644 index 1f785e4a04ba..000000000000 --- a/news/dnews/files/dnews.sh +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh - -# start dnews if it's really there ... usually in /usr/local ... - -case $1 in -start) - [ -x /usr/local/dnews/dnews_start ] \ - && /usr/local/dnews/dnews_start.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 & - - # dnews started successfully if exit status = 0 - - if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then - echo -n ' dnews' - fi - ;; -stop) - ;; -*) - echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2 - exit 64 - ;; -esac - -exit 0 diff --git a/news/dnews/files/faq.html b/news/dnews/files/faq.html deleted file mode 100644 index 2a80c654aa50..000000000000 --- a/news/dnews/files/faq.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1437 +0,0 @@ -<HTML> - -<HEAD> - -<TITLE>DNEWS FAQ</TITLE> - -</HEAD> - -<BODY> - -<P> -<CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=7 FACE="Algerian">DNEWS FAQ</FONT></B></CENTER> -<P> -<CENTER><I> -<FONT SIZE=7 FACE="Algerian">(F</FONT><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Arial">requently</FONT> -<FONT SIZE=7 FACE="Algerian">A</FONT><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Arial">sked</FONT> -<FONT SIZE=7 FACE="Algerian">Q</FONT><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Arial">uestions</FONT><FONT SIZE=7 FACE="Algerian">)</FONT> -</I></CENTER> -<P> -<h3><a name="Section_1">1.0 General Information</a></h3><ul> -<li><a href="#Sec_1.1">1.1 The FTP site</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_1.2">1.2 Why is a sucking feed so great?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_1.3">1.3 Where are the log files?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_1.4">1.4 Where is dnews.conf?</a> -<li><a href="feeds.htm#suck">1.5 Where can I suck news from?</a> -<li><a href="feeds.htm#feed">1.6 Where can I get an IHAVE feed from?</a> -</ul> -<h3><a name="Section_2">2.0 General "How do I" questions.</a></h3><ul> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.1">2.1 How do I limit user access to the server</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.2">2.2 How do set my local groups so they won't expire</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.3">2.3 Creating local news groups</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.4">2.4 Can I restore some news files (*.itm, *.idx) from tape?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.5">2.5 How do I move the spool area to a bigger disk</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.6">2.6 How do I make the updates run only at night</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.7">2.7 How do I test the server using TELNET</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.8">2.8 How do I suck from a two sites at once</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.9">2.9 How can I cut out spamming (cross posts)</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.10">2.10 How can I make XOVER faster?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_2.11">2.11 How do I rename a volume on UNIX</a></ul> -<h3><a name="Section_3">3.0 Common Configuration Questions</a></h3><ul> -<li><a href="#Sec_3.1">3.1 How do I setup DNEWS to take in a 'normal' NNTP - IHAVE feed</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_3.2">3.2 How do I setup DNEWS to take an ihave feed from 5 machines but only send back to one.</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_3.3">3.3 How do I setup XMIT to send to other sites</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_3.4">3.4 What files can I copy from an INN or CNEWS system</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_3.5">3.5 How do I setup a news gateway for my LAN</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_3.6">3.6 How do I set my EXCLUDE parameter correctly?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_3.7">3.7 How do I setup DNEWS for local (intranet) use?</a></ul> -<h3><a name="Section_4">4.0 I did something stupid, can I fix it?</a></h3><ul> -<li><a href="#Sec_4.1">4.1 I deleted some item files by hand, is that ok?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_4.2">4.2 I deleted the history.dat file, is that ok?</a></ul> -<h3><a name="Section_5">5.0 Errors & Problems</a></h3><ul> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.1">5.1 Large messages & Memory Use.</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.2">5.2 I'm not getting any binary groups, why not?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.3">5.3 My news reader says the newsgroups don't exist?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.4">5.4 I don't know if posts are working?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.5">5.5 I'm still not convinced my posts are getting to the other side of the planet?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.6">5.6 I have an old fashioned feed coming in but I'm not getting any items?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.7">5.7 What should I do now that I've deleted history.dat</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.8">5.8 Netscape shows items but I can't read them, why?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.9">5.9 Why doesn't the status report match actual diskspace used?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_1.10">5.10 DNEWS goes very slow when users connect</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.11">5.11 My system runs out of memory?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.12">5.12 DNEWS goes very slow</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.13">5.13 DNEWS locks up for brief periods (or permanently)</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.14">5.14 DNEWS Crashes</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.15">5.15 TELLNEWS says Can't BIND?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.16">5.16 TELLNEWS fails or locks ups</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.17">5.17 TELLNEWS says remote node is unknown</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.18">5.18 TELLNEWS says "Cannot access tellnews.pass"</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.19">5.19 I see errors "NNTP, Sorry I can't talk to you" in the log file?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.20">5.20 What does "Transfer permission denied" mean?</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_5.21">5.21 Posts not going upstream, 437 Duplicate article?</a></ul> -<h3><a name="Section_6">6.0 I still can't figure it out, how can I get help?</a></h3><ul> -<li><a href="#Sec_6.1">6.1 DNEWS Mailing List</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_6.2">6.2 To subscribe to the discussion list send to:</a> -<li><a href="#Sec_6.3">6.3 To subscribe to the announcement list</a></ul> -<hr> -<H1>1.0 General Information</H1> - -<H2><A NAME="Sec_1.1">1.1 The FTP site</a></H2> - -<P> -You can FTP the latest copy of the files from our -main ftp site, their are binaries for common platforms (Windows -NT (intel & Alpha), Linux, Solaris, VAXVMS, ALPHAVMS. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>ftp ftp.netwinsite.com -cd pub/netwinsite/dnews -binary -get dnews26o.exe (Windows NT version 2.6o) -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -This is a self extracting archive, that means you -just run dnews_nt.exe and it will extract itself , e.g. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>dnews26o.exe (extracts the new files to \tmp) -cd \tmp -</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>install.cmd (or newver.cmd if you already have dnews installed) -<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Use the following references to see our web pages -and ftp area. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>http://netwinsite.com/ -ftp://ftp.netwinsite.com/pub/netwinsite/dnews -</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_1">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_1.2">1.2 Why is a sucking feed so great?</A> -</H2> - -<P> -A sucking feed has several advantages, not all obvious. - -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985036">Disk space and line usage</A></H3> - -<P> -This is the most obvious advantage, you may only -end up getting a couple of hundred groups, possibly saving 80% -of your disk space and 80% of your network bandwidth. A 64Kbps -line isn't enough to take a full news feed, but with a sucking -feed it is easily enough to give the 'impression' of a full news -feed. - -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985037">More items in 'low use' groups</A> -</H3> - -<P> -More items in 'read' groups: As disk space is saved, -it becomes very easy to keep 1 or 2 weeks of news (or more) in -the groups people actually want, most full feed systems can only -store a few days of news in each group. - -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985038">Efficient file IO</A> </H3> - -<P> -As items are fetched for one group at a time, most -file IO is to a single open file, this is a lot more efficient -that the standard news system of getting items in a 'random' order. - This efficiency is more significant on operating systems with -slower file systems, e.g. Windows NT and VMS. - -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985039">Low impact on upstream site</A></H3> - -<P> -DNEWS does not use the 'newnews' command which all -news managers hate, it uses low impact commands to find the new -messages and retrieve them without accessing the history database -on the upstream server. As so much fewer articles are fetched -the overall load is greatly reduced. The exact load depends on -how many groups are being sucked. - -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985040">Easy configuration on upstream site</A> -</H3> - -<P> -On the upstream site, instead of setting up and managing -a feed, something which is difficult to do and tends to require -almost constant maintenance, all that is required is to give your -system simple 'news reader' access. -<p> -<a href="#Section_1">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_1.3">1.3 Where are the log files?</A></H2> - -<P> -Look in dnews.conf for the symbol LOG_DIR, this will -tell you which directory to find them in, there are three files: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>dnews.log The main log file -dnews.in A one line log of each message that came in -dnews.out A one line log of each item dnews sent out.<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -The file dnews.log contains .in and .out messages -as well. By default the logging level is set to INFO, you can -set it in dnews.conf to one of, error,warn,info,debug. E.g.: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>loglvl warn</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -In debug mode all error messages are sent to the -log file, in info mode only error,warn and info messages are printed. - In warn mode only error and warn messages are sent, and in error -mode only serious errors are printed to the log file. -<p> -Every night, or if the log files get more than DEBUG_ROTATE -lines in them the files are rotated like this: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>dnews.log -> dnews.log2 ->dnews.log3 ->dnews.log4 ->(deleted)</FONT> -</PRE><p> -<a href="#Section_1">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_1.4">1.4 Where is dnews.conf?</A></H2> - -<P> -This is the main configuration file, and you can't -move it from it's built in directory which is: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>Windows NT /winnt35/system32/dnews.conf (system dir) -Unix /etc/dnews.conf<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -All other configuration files will be in the config -directory defined in dnews.conf -<p> -<a href="#Section_1">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<hr> -<H1>2.0 General "How do I" questions.</H1> - -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.1">2.1 How do I limit user access to -the server</A></H2> - -<P> -You can limit user access to the server by username -and password and by group, to do this you need to edit access.conf. - This file is both tricky in it's syntax and order sensitive, -but quite powerful. -<P> -Note that the netscape news reader does not currently -implement usernames and passwords so you will need to make your -users use a proper news reader :-) -<P> -Here is a simple access.conf where you only allow -users in your domain with ip names and you only let them connect -using usernames and passwords: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2># By default don't let anyone even connect -*:::!* -# Let people in my domain connect long enough to send a username/password -pc*.here.edu:read:::!* -# Here are the individual users and their passwords -pc*.here.edu:read,post:joe:joespassword:* -pc*.here.edu:read,post:alice:alicespassword:* -pc*.here.edu:read,post:jack:jackspassword:* -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Here is a second example, where we want to stop joe -from posting to the group local.rules, but he can read it ok still. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2># By default don't let anyone even connect -*:logoff::!* -# Let people in my domain connect long enough to send a username/password -pc*.here.edu:read:::!* -# Here are the individual users and their passwords -pc*.here.edu:read:joe:joespassword:* -pc*.here.edu:read,post:joe:joespassword:*,!local.rules -# And don't let anyone from the finance section even connect -*finance.here.edu:logoff:::*</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.2">2.2 How do set my local groups so -they won't expire</A></H2> - -<P> -At the <I><B>end </B></I>of your expire.conf file -add a line like this: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=1>upto 1000% groups local.* keep 999 minitems 10000 maxitems 100000 -<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -This will keep all items in the local group for 999 -days, and even then will keep at least 10000 items but will expire -items if more than 100000 items are in the group. -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.3">2.3 Creating local news groups</A> -</H2> - -<P> -If you wish to have local groups on your server, -that are not on the server you 'suck' from, then you should remove -the 'POSTING' flag from the feed to your feeder site (in newsfeeds.conf). - But only if you can get ihave (or transfer permission) to send - articles up stream rather than simple 'posting' access. -<P> -You can still have local groups if you can't get -ihave access, it's just not the 'recommended' setup. -<P> -You can add groups with the TELLNEWS NEWGROUP command, -e.g. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews newgroup here.chat y myname Local group - -here.chat = name of group -y = Normal group (m = moderated) -myname = A record of who created the group (one word) -Local group = description for active.names file. <BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -To stop your local group from being sent up stream, -you would change the line in your newsfeeds.conf file: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>groups *,!here.chat,!here.secret.*</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -NOTE: KNOWN BUG, with version 2.0 items will still -be sent upstream if you have left the 'POSTING' keyword in your -feed. This will probably be fixed in a future version. (ofcourse -this isn't a major problem unless the items are very secret as -your upstream site will probably just reject them anyway) -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.4">2.4 Can I restore some news files -(*.itm, *.idx) from tape?</A></H2> - -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>You have restored part of a database, to merge this new stuff into the indexes use: -</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>tellnews addlost</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Which will scan the entire database and rebuild the -history file. This could take 12 hours or more to run on 4 Gig -of news. -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.5">2.5 How do I move the spool area to -a bigger disk</A></H2> - -<P> -First shutdown DNEWS: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews exit</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Then move the entire SPOOL tree structure from it's -current place to it's new place, for example on NT you might use -file manager to move -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>c:\dnews\spool... to e:\dnews\spool... -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Change the definition of SPOOL in DNEWS.CONF -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>NOTEPAD \winnt35\system32\dnews.conf -spool e:\dnews\spool -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Restart DNEWS: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>(NT) Control Panel, Services, Start -(UNIX) su root; dnews_start.sh</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.6">2.6 How do I make the updates run -only at night</A></H2> - -<P> -Updates for a sucking feed normal run once every -ten minutes, this is controlled in DNEWS.CONF with the command -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>update_at *5 *</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -This "*5" tells dnews to do an update whenever -the minutes end in a digit '5' and the second "*" tells -it to do updates during any hour. -<P> -To do one update a night at 5 past 2 in the morning -you would use: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>update_at 5 2</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -To do updates every 10 minutes from 6p.m. to 8a.m. -you would use: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>update_at *5 18-8</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.7">2.7 How do I test the server using -TELNET</A></H2> - -<P> -NNTP is a text based protocol, this means you can -test it, and even read news without any software, just by using -telnet and typing in commands by hand, this is not a seriously -good way to read news, but it is a very good way to test your -own server or your feeding server: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>NT Accessories, Telnet, Connect, Remote Service - Enter the feeder.site and under PORT type in NNTP - Under Terminal Preferences turn ECHO on - Press Control J to end lines instead of ENTER -VMS $ telnet feeder.site /port=119 -UNIX > telnet feeder.site 119 - -Type in this sequence of commands to read an article by hand: - group comp.os.vms (select a group) - head (display the header) - body (display the body) - next (next item please) - help (show valid commands) - quit (exit the connection)</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.8">2.8 How do I suck from a two sites -at once</A></H2> - -<P> -Use the alternate suck names, NNTP_SUCK2, NNTP_SUCK3, -NNTP_SUCK4 -<P> -Put these in dnews.conf, followed by the list of -news groups that should be sucked from these alternate sites. - You should use the NNTP_FEEDER variable (suck1) for the largest -number of groups. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>nntp_feeder news.upstream.site -nntp_suck2 other.news.site chat.local.* -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Alternatively you can take a feed and suck from another -host at the same time. -<P> -Your list of groups will be based on the NNTP_FEEDER -host, other groups must be added using the tellnews newgroup command. -<P> -To do this just setup the system to suck as usual, -but then add a line to access.conf to allow your secondary feed -to come in, e.g.: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>other.feed.machine:ihave:::* -</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.9">2.9 How can I cut out spamming (cross -posts)</A></H2> - -<P> -Spamming, is where people cross post to hundreds -of news groups with information which is not relevant to the content -of the news group. e.g. advertising pyramid schemes etc... -<P> -Cross posting is a neat idea but enormously abused -mechanism, you can limit the abuse by rejecting items that are -crossposted to more than 'n' groups, a value of 5-10 would seem -reasonable to me. The default is 100 for DNEWS. -<P> -You can chage the limit in newsfeeds.conf under the -ME settings, e.g. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>site me -groups *,!*binary* -maxcross 4 -</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.10">2.10 How can I make XOVER faster?</A> -</H2> - -<P> -By default DNEWS caches the last 200 item headers -that it has read, if you have spare memory then it is well worth -increasing this value: The upper limit is 9000, at approx 3K -per header this would use about 27MB, but a value of 2000 would -use 6MB which most systems could easily deal with. In DNEWS.CONF -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>HEAD_CACHE 2000 -</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_2.11">2.11 How do I rename a volume on UNIX</A> -</H2> - -<P> -You may wish to rename a current volume /var/spool/news -to be /var/spool/dnews, to do this: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> cd /var/spool/news - mkdir OLD - mv * OLD - umount /var/spool/news - emacs /etc/vfstab (or /etc/fstab) - (change /news into /dnews) - mount /var/spool/dnews<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -When you are happy with the new system, or you need -the space: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> rm -r /var/spool/dnews/OLD</FONT> -</PRE> -<a href="#Section_2">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<hr> -<H1>3.0 Common Configuration Questions</H1> - -<H2><A NAME="Sec_3.1">3.1 How do I setup DNEWS to take in -a 'normal' NNTP - IHAVE feed</A></H2> -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>In access.conf, give your feed site access to send -you ihave messages: -</FONT> -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> - my.feeder.site.com:ihave:::* -</FONT> -</PRE> -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>In dnews.conf, comment out the nntp_feeder definition.</FONT> -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>In newsfeeds.conf, replace:</FONT> -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> - site $NNTP_FEEDER - groups * - builtin - posting</FONT> -</PRE> -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>With:</FONT> -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> - site my.feeder.site - groups * - builtin</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>And in dnews.conf add a line:</FONT> -<PRE><FONT SIZE=2> - cachedall true -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>You need to FTP an active file from your provider, -if he won't supply you one then you can get one of the NetWin -FTP site, but it is better to get a local one. Copy this file -to your spool directory:</FONT> -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>(Stop DNEWS first) -copy active_from_provider.txt /dnews/spool/active.dat<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>Now, read the FAQ section entitled "<B>3.6 How -do I set my EXCLUDE parameter correctly?"</B></FONT> -<P> -<FONT SIZE=3>Here is an example of a full feed from UUNET. - Note the exclude parameter is essential.</FONT> -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>-------dnews.conf--------- -In dnews.conf comment out nntp_feeder by putting a HASH in -front of the line, and add cachedall true, e.g. - # nntp_feeder your.feeder.ohio.edu - cachedall true - -------newsfeeds.conf cut here ---------- - site me - groups * - site news.uu.net - groups *,!local.* - builtin - exclude uunet - site YOUR.MAIL.GATEWAY - smtp -------access.conf cut here and change your domain and ipnumbers ------ -# Don't let the world connect :-) -*:logoff:::* - -# Do let your domain and ip range connect **** CHANGE THIS BIT *** -*.your.domain:Read,Post:::* -161.232.32.*:read,post:::* - -# Do let your news feed from UUNET send you items -news*.uu.net:ihave:::*</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_3">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_3.2">3.2 How do I setup DNEWS to take an -ihave feed from 5 machines but only send back to one.</A></H2> - -<P> -Lets assume you have been told you will get a feed -from any or all of: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>news1.xxx.net -news2.xxx.net -news3.xxx.net -news4.xxx.net</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -And you have also been told to send your feed back to -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>newsup.xxx.net</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -And after examining the PATH header in a news item -from your upstream feed you have seen that they stamp all incoming -messages with the name 'news_stamp.xxx.net' -<P> -Then you would setup access.conf and newsfeeds.conf -like this: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>news1.xxx.net:ihave:::* -news2.xxx.net:ihave:::* -news3.xxx.net:ihave:::* -news4.xxx.net:ihave:::*<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -And you would setup newsfeeds.conf like this: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>site me - groups * - -site newsup.xxx.net - groups * - builtin - exclude news_stamp.xxx.net - -site your.mail.gateway - smtp</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_3">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_3.3">3.3 How do I setup XMIT to send to -other sites</A></H2> - -<P> -If you have more than one large feed coming into -your site, then you should use XMIT to send to all sites and NOT -use the builtin feeding system at all, (see the keyword builtin -above, remove it!!) The builtin feeder will not run fast enough -to 'pass through' large feeds so you must use the XMIT feeder -in all directions. (Leaf sites can still use a sucking feed quite -safely as this is also very efficient) -<P> -The XMIT feeder is a high speed, auto configuring -streaming feeder with built in scheduling, so you don't need to -use CRON or anything else tricky like that. -<P> -First add entries to your NEWSFEEDS.CONF file, this -creates the .feed file that XMIT will use: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>NOTEPAD newsfeeds.conf - site other.site.here.com - groups *</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Now modify your startup procedure to run the xmit -job for each feed you have defined in newsfeeds.conf -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985059">Adding XMIT to Windows NT Services -(startup)</A></H3> - -<P> -On windows NT you need to setup each xmit job as -a service, to do this use the program ADDSVC.EXE which came with -the dnews distribution to add a service for each outgoing feed, -e.g. (notepad setupsvc.cmd and then run it to create the feeds) - -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>addsvc -add dxmit1 xmit.exe "dxmit1 site.name.edu -at *5 *" -addsvc -add dxmit2 xmit.exe "dxmit2 site2.name.edu -at *5 *" -<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Then from CONTROL PANEL, SERVICES, and start the -feed(s). -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985060">Adding XMIT to UNIX startup</A></H3> - -<P> -Add lines to your dnews_start.sh procedure, e.g. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>cd /usr/local/dnews -./xmit send.to.site.name -at "*2" "*" -./xmit send.other.site.name -at "*7" "*"</FONT> -</PRE> - -<H3><A NAME="_Toc347985061">Adding XMIT to VMS startup</A></H3> - -<P> -Modify RUNXMIT.COM and add it to dnews_start.com -<p> -<a href="#Section_3">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_3.4">3.4 What files can I copy from an -INN or CNEWS system</A></H2> - -<P> -This is not necessary, but if you are replacing a -system then there are some files that you may want to preserve -so that news.rc files are not 'too' confused by the new system. -<P> -You can safely copy these files: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> - active -> active.dat - active.times -> active.times - newsgroups -> active.names (may be changed in future)<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -If you copy the active file, you must reset DNEWS -with this special manager command: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> tellnews resetall</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_3">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><a name="Sec_3.5">3.5 How do I setup a news gateway for my LAN</a></H2> - -With DNEWS, a modem, and Windows NT (or 95) you can give all the users on a LAN internet news access (to read and post) with only a single dial in modem to any local internet provider. You may have to trigger the updates by hand to avoid leaving the modem connected 24 hours a day. -<p> -To do this, install a modem and ethernet card in a pc, then configure the pc for tcpip access to your local lan using a local ip number (you can make this up) and then configure it again for modem internet access to your local provider (probably using an ip address provided via ppp). -<p> -Here are some example settings if your LAN is not on the internet. -<pre> -<FONT SIZE=2>Ethernet Adapter: -IP Address 1.1.1.1 (anything just give each pc a different number) -Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 -Gateway (leave blank) -DNS (Leave blank) - -Modem TCPIP Adapter: -IP Address (leave blank, provider will supply) -Subnet Mask (blank) -Gateway (blank) -DNS 1.2.3.4 (You MUST get this from your provider) - -</FONT></PRE> -Then for myname in dnews.conf you would use 1.1.1.1 and from other PC's on your lan set their news server to be 1.1.1.1 -<p> -<a href="#Section_3">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><a name="Sec_3.6">3.6 How do I set my EXCLUDE parameter correctly?</a></H2> - -<P> -In newsfeeds.conf you must set your exclude parameter -to stop DNEWS from sending incoming messages back to your feed -site. Lets assume your feed site is called fastfeed.world.net. -You need to find out what it stamps onto news articles, to do -this read a news article (and show all headers so you can see -the PATH header) e.g. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> Newsgroups: alt.winsock.trumpet - Subject: Sportster Si does not seem to work with TRUMPET - Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 22:44:08 - Organization: Personal - Lines: 8 - Message-ID: <moleski.2.0016BD02@sasknet.sk.ca> - NNTP-Posting-Host: eagle28.sasknet.sk.ca - X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] - Path: fast1.world.net!world.net!news.icix.net!esol.intermedia.com -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Look thru the path, left to right, and find the first -or most generic name for your feed site, in this case 'world.net' -looks like the best name to choose. So here is the entry you -should put in newsfeeds.conf, you may need the builtin and posting -settings as well but that is up to you. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> site fastfeed.world.net - groups * - exclude world.net - builtin -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -You may need to delete your .feed and .sending files -from the spool directory to clear out the backlog of articles -queued. -<p> -<a href="#Section_3">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><a name="Sec_3.7">3.7 How do I setup DNEWS for local (intranet) use?</a></H2> - -<P> -This is fairly simple to achieve, install DNEWS normally, -then in dnews.conf set -<PRE><FONT SIZE=2> -cachedall true -</FONT></PRE> -<P> -Don't define the 'nntp_feeder' variable at all, remove -the word 'posting' from newsfeeds.conf then start the server. -<P> -Now create your local groups, try to pick names that -will never conflict with internet names if you decide to join -up at a later date, to achieve this add your companys name to -the start of each group name (or an abbreviation of it) -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> -tellnews newgroup netwin.chatting y Group for chatting about things -tellnews newgroup netwin.schedule y For scheduling meetings -tellnews newgroup netwin.products y Product sheets and info for sales staff -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Done! -<p> -<a href="#Section_3">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<hr> -<H1>4.0 I did something stupid, can I fix it?</H1> - -<H2><A NAME="Sec_4.1">4.1 I deleted some item files by hand, -is that ok?</A></H2> - -<P> -This is like editing a database with a binary editor -and removing a few records by hand, it is not a good idea :-( -<P> -However, DNEWS is written for people just like you, -the database will correct itself with a little luck. :-) -<P> -Please do not edit an item file and remove individual -items or change them, this will corrupt the database and the items -will simply disappear. -<p> -<a href="#Section_4">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_4.2">4.2 I deleted the history.dat file, -is that ok?</A></H2> - -<P> -No, it's not. You need to do this, type in: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews addlost -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -And cross your fingers and wait until the addlost -finishes (it could take a few hours on a full feed system) -<p> -<a href="#Section_4">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<hr> -<H1>5.0 Errors & Problems</H1> - -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.1">5.1 Large messages & Memory Use.</A> -</H2> - -<P> -Unless you have infinite memory on your system then -it is necessary to limit the size of messages that can be processed. - This also saves a lot of wasted bandwidth and disk space for -you and every other news system. DNEWS limits messages to 1MB -by default, (a fairly generous limit considering many news readers -still die horribly with messages greater than 64K and anything -bigger than this should not be sent via news but should be put -on an FTP/WEB site and a pointer to it should be sent) -<P> -To deal with messages of size 1MB dnews needs about -6MB of memory, so if you are short of memory you may want to reduce -this. To limit messages to 100k you would add a line in DNEWS.CONF -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>ITEM_MAX 100000</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -(this setting is not dynamic, you must restart DNEWS) -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.2">5.2 I'm not getting any binary groups, -why not?</A></H2> - -<P> -The default configuration file (newsfeeds.conf) that -comes with DNEWS excludes all binary groups. In my opinion these -groups should not exist, they are a left over from the days before -FTP and WEB and even EMAIL, so that news was the only option, -now it is much more appropriate to post pointers to large files, -rather than the file itself. -<P> -Anyway, you or your users demand it, to fix the problem -edit your newsfeeds.conf file and remove the !*binary* from the -'ME' feed. -<P> -Then use the commands: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews undelete *binary* -tellnews matchfeed -</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.3">5.3 My news reader says the newsgroups -don't exist?</A></H2> - -<P> -Check access.conf, you might have access to get in, -but no access to read the news groups so they will appear empty -or give 'no such newsgroup' errors. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.4">5.4 I don't know if posts are working?</A> -</H2> - -<P> -There are two main reasons for posts to fail: -<OL> -<LI>You've messed up your newsfeeds.conf file. -<LI>Your provider is not allowing you to send messages -via 'ihave' -</OL> - -<P> -Follow these instructions to figure out where the -error is:<BR> - -<P> -Post an item to some local TEST news group, e.g. -nz.test, then check the file DNEWS.OUT, this should give one line -per message sent 'out' of your system, if this file is empty, -or gives an error, first consider if the error is from DNEWS or -if it is from the site you are sending items to. Second, look -in dnews.log, search for "out:" once you've found the -failure message you will probably find more clues just above or -below it as to what went wrong. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.5">5.5 I'm still not convinced my posts -are getting to the other side of the planet?</A></H2> - -<P> -Post an item to alt.test, you should receive 10-15 -messages from news robots all over the world. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.6">5.6 I have an old fashioned feed coming -in but I'm not getting any items?</A></H2> - -<P> -There are two main reasons for incoming feeds to -fail: -<OL> -<LI>You've messed up your access.conf file (or your -DNS does not work) -<LI>Your provider has not successfully setup the -feed. -</OL> - -<P> -In case 1), first try letting everyone in by putting -a wildcard access line at the bottom of access.conf -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>*:read,post,ihave:::* -tellnews reload</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Then check the log files, or use tellnews status, -and you will see the name and number of any machine sending you -IHAVE messages, (in the list of connected channels) put this -name in access.conf. -<P> -If tellnews status shows the number twice, but no -name, then your DNS is not working, use numbers in the access.conf -file instead or fix your DNS. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.7">5.7 What should I do now that I've -deleted history.dat</A></H2> - -<P> -First I advise you not to play with guns because -you are in danger of shooting yourself in the foot. -<P> -Before restarting dnews, delete history.idx and history.dat, -and then start dnews and type: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews addlost</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Which will scan the entire database and rebuild the -history file. This could take 12 hours or more to run on 4 Gig -of news. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.8">5.8 Netscape shows items but I can't -read them, why?</A></H2> - -<P> -This means the item is missing from the history database, -this should never happen, but since it has, try this command: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews addlost</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Which will scan the entire database and rebuild the -history file. This could take 12 hours or more to run on 4 Gig -of news. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.9">5.9 Why doesn't the status report -match actual diskspace used?</A></H2> - -<P> -DNEWS maintains an internal count of free disk space, -this can be wrong, or possibly your setting for 'diskspace' in -dnews.conf could be wrong. Decide which is wrong, either fix -the number in dnews.conf or use the 'setused' command to change -the internal count, e.g. to set the used value to 950MB, type -in: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews setused 950</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Then wait 2 minutes and do another: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews status</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.10">5.10 DNEWS goes very slow when users -connect</A></H2> - -<P> -Check your DNS is working, try putting -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>nodns true</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -In dnews.conf, and fix access.conf to use numbers -then type: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews reload</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Then see if that speeds things up, if it does then -your DNS is faulty. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.11">5.11 My system runs out of memory?</A> -</H2> - -<P> -First check your pagefile settings, for a full feed -you will need about 120MB of pagefile on Windows NT. -<P> -See the section on large news messages. -<P> -Send the output of tellnews status to the mailing -list or NetWin and ask for comments. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.12">5.12 DNEWS goes very slow</A></H2> - -<P> -Check your DNS is working. -<P> -Type in: -<P><pre> -<FONT SIZE=2>tellnews stats </FONT> -<P> -<FONT SIZE=2>(not status)</FONT></pre> -<P> -This gives a listing of NNTP commands and how long -dnews is spending on each one, this will show if one command is -slow, and also if one command is being used more than is reasonable. - Also consider adding memory. -<P> -Send the output of tellnews stats and status to the -mailing list or NetWin for further suggestions. -<P> -Consider installing more memory or a faster disk -drive. -<P> -If the xover command is using most of the time then -consider increasing the buffering of headers. (see dnews.conf -options) -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.13">5.13 DNEWS locks up for brief periods -(or permanently)</A></H2> - -<P> -Panic! -<P> -Check the log file dnews.log, work out from the time -stamps what dnews was doing when it locked up. -<P> -This can happen if you run an expire while lots of -people are trying to use the system or while an ihave feed is -sending stuff in. -<P> -Use the tellnews stats command, this will also point -to commands which are taking too long to process for some reason. -<P> -Check your DNS and also that site you are sucking -from is working and it's news server is working, either of these -can cause a problem. If the site you suck from is down for a -few hours, you may have to remove the feeder line from dnews.conf -until it is up again. (normally you won't have to do this, it's -just a thing to watch for) -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.14">5.14 DNEWS Crashes</A></H2> - -<P> -Check the end of the file dnews.log, the only partly -acceptable reason for a crash is if DNEWS runs out of memory, -if the errors indicate this then see the section on memory problems -above. -<P> -If it gives an error 'signal xxx causing exit' then -set the debugging level to 'debug', if the log files just ends -suddenly, then set the debug level to 'flush' -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>loglvl debug (or flush) -debug_rotate 3000 </FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Now next time it crashes email the last few hundred -lines of dnews.log to NetWin. We really don't accept crashes -as acceptable behaviour and will go to some extreme lengths to -fix this sort of problem. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.15">5.15 TELLNEWS says Can't BIND</A>? -</H2> - -<P> -Can't BIND, and tellnews says "I can't talk -to you" when you telnet to the port. -<P> -On LINUX the slackware distribution comes with a -dummy nntp daemon installed, you must remove this so dnews can -bind to the socket. -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> edit /etc/inetd.conf - (comment out the NNTP line) - kill -HUP <pid of inetd process></FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.16">5.16 TELLNEWS fails or locks ups</A> -</H2> - -<P> -The DNEWS process may take 1-2 minutes to initialize, -so wait a bit before panicking. -<P> -Check if the process is running -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> ps -axl | grep dnews (linux) - ps -ef | grep dnews (SunOS)</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Check the log files -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2> more /usr/local/dnews/dnews.log</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -On UNIX if it gets started up with the wrong PID -you will get all sorts of protection problems, all the files -in: -<P><pre> -<FONT SIZE=2> /var/spool/dnews/... </font></pre> (including<tt><font size=2> var/spool/dnews</FONT></tt>) -<P> -must be owned by the same user, normally 'news'. -Also all the files in: -<P><pre> -<FONT SIZE=2> /var/local/dnews/*</FONT></pre> -<P> -Also on UNIX it is possible to start dnews twice, -this can cause real disasters, always check with ps and by looking -at the log before restarting DNEWS. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.17">5.17 TELLNEWS says remote node is -unknown</A></H2> - -<P> -Check the myname variable in DNEWS.CONF, also check -your DNS is working, if its isn't then use the number in dnews.conf -<P> -On VMS, if the symbol tellnews is not defined, it -will try and run telnet instead, this can be confusing. You may -have to log in again to get the symbol, or if you forgot to put -it in your sylogin: script then you will have to do so, e.g.: -<P><pre> -<FONT SIZE=2> $ tellnews :== $dnews_top:tellnews</FONT></pre> -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.18">5.18 TELLNEWS says "Cannot access -tellnews.pass"</A></H2> - -<P> -For some reason tellnews cannot find it's configuration -files, on NT this could be caused by a file protection problem -or more likely if the disk drive letter was not specified in the -configuration file DNEWS.CONF. -<P> -On VMS and UNIX you must be running the tellnews -command from the usercode ROOT or NEWS or NEWS$SERVER. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.19">5.19 I see errors "NNTP, Sorry -I can't talk to you</A>" in the log file?</H2> - -<P> -Your news-host does not want to talk to you, this -is because there is a security file which gives a list of hosts -which are allowed to connect, the name of your machine must be -in this list, and your machine's name must be in the Domain Name -Server tables as well as the Reverse Translation Domain Name server -tables. -<P> -The access file may be called something like: -<P> -<TT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> CNEWS /usr/local/lib/news/nntp_access</FONT></TT> -<P> -<TT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> INND /usr/local/news/nnrp.access</FONT></TT> -<P> -<A NAME="_Toc339472717"><TT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> DNEWS - /usr/local/dnews/access.conf</FONT></TT></A> -<P> -<TT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> DNEWS-NT /dnews/access.conf</FONT></TT> -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.20">5.20 What does "Transfer permission -denied" mean?</A></H2> - -<P> -This can come from one of two directions, DNEWS -can give this error when a site tries to feed it new items. -<P> -If you are using a sucking feed then you should stop -the site that is trying to send to you from sending as DNEWS will -ask for any items it wants. -<P> -If you do want to allow incoming IHAVE messages, - then add an IHAVE record for this ip address in the ACCESS.CONF -file, and also remove the 'POSTING' flag from the NEWSFEEDS.CONF -file for the ME site. -<P> -The last possibility is that this error is coming - from your feeding site, in which case you need to contact the -system manager of that site and ask him to give you 'ihave' access. -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_5.21">5.21 Posts not going upstream, 437 Duplicate article?</a></H2> - -<P> -The problem is DNEWS is echo'ing all your incoming -news back to your news feed site, this is clogging the outgoing -feed. To fix this see the section above entitled <B>"3.6 -How do I set my EXCLUDE parameter correctly?"</B> -<p> -<a href="#Section_5">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<hr> -<H1>6.0 I still can't figure it out, how can I get help?</H1> - -<P> -You have two options, the DNEWS discussion list has -lots of expertise on it. So try that first. -<P> -If that fails, or if you are a registered (not free) -customer then as part of normal support NetWin provide email -advice and help on setting up your system. In general try and -give as much information as possible about your setup and what -you want to do, and ALWAYS include a FAX or phone number just -incase your mail system is broken as well :-) e.g. -<P> -Hardware & OS: Windows NT - Intel (or NT-Alpha -or Solaris 4.3 etc...) -<P> -Version of DNEWS: 2.0b -<P> -Type of feed: Sucking feed (or full ihave feed...) -<P> -FAX: (include country code) -<P> -And any relevant setup files, usually one or more -of: dnews.conf, newsfeeds.conf, access.conf -<P> -And maybe a few lines from dnews.log showing the -problem -<P> -(Please don't email 3MB of log files to us :-)<BR> - -<P> -And state your problem clearly: -<P> -(a bad example) My feed doesn't work, why not? -<P> -(a good example) The IHAVE feed coming INTO my system -from my provider is being refused, he says it gives an error, -'transfer permission denied', I have searched the log files but -can't find an equivalent error at my end, what should I do? -<p> -<a href="#Section_6">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_6.1">6.1 DNEWS Mailing List</A></H2> - -<P> -There are two mailing lists for DNEWS, one is only -used to make major announcements of new version or urgent patches. - The other is for general discussion, you may want to join both. -<p> -<a href="#Section_6">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_6.2">6.2 To subscribe to the discussion -list send to:</A></H2> - -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>dnews-request@adam.com.au</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -A message containing one word: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>subscribe<BR> -</FONT> -</PRE> - -<P> -Then to post to the list send to: -<PRE> -<FONT SIZE=2>dnews@adam.com.au</FONT> -</PRE> -<p> -<a href="#Section_6">Return to the Index</a> -<p> -<H2><A NAME="Sec_6.3">6.3 To subscribe to the announcement -list</A></H2> - -<P> -Send a message to: -<P><tt> -<FONT SIZE=2> maiser@emagic.co.nz</FONT></tt> -<P> -Containing the line: -<P><tt> -<FONT SIZE=2> subscribe dnews</FONT></tt> -<P> -This is a moderated list, it's only function is to -provide timely information on new features, releases, bugs, installation -gotcha's etc to interested people. 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