Dale <
dale@dalekelly.org> wrote:
A couple years ago with Altopia.com I got free.metaphysics created.
eternal-september.org carries it
aioe.org carries it
but I have heard it is not listed on ...
ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active
is this where I ask to get it listed?
No. This is the wrong newsgroup. free.config would have been the correct newsgroup.
news.groups discusses groups in the Big 8 hierarchy. The hierarchy administrators of the Big 8 do not maintain free.*. free.* is maintained
on a DYOFDW basis.
There is no Usenet central.
I've pointed this out to you several times already.
ftp.isc.org runs a News server for the purpose of testing control
messages. If a newgroup message is in correct syntax, then both active
and newsgroups files in
ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG are updated.
For this purpose, the Newsgroups file line is required.
This is what yours looks like:
For your newsgroups.
free.metaphysics The first free.* hierarchy metaphysics group.
The Newsgroups file line syntax is explained in the document I've already pointed you to:
ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/README
You fucked up. That's why it's not in the active file nor the newsgroups
file at ftp.isc.org.
Why have you "heard"? You're supposed to verify it for yourself that
your newgroup message was in correct syntax and got processed.
Now, read Russ's README as I've told you to and make sure you get the
syntax of the Newsgroups file line correct BEFORE sending the newgroup
message, otherwise your error is archived for all time as it is here.
If you can't be bothered to follow syntax, then please stop sending
newgroup messages.
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