• keeping newsgroups file up to date

    From Nigel Reed@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 10 16:18:52 2021
    Hi all,

    In the past, I've only dealt with one or two peers so didn't think
    about it much, but now I'm adding more I find myself asking this
    question:

    How to I merge their list of newsgroups with mine so I don't reject
    their articles and what if they add a peer with a bunch of
    groups...should I grab their list from time to time and update mine?

    I'm sure someone has some scripts to deal with the scenario already so
    wonder if they'd mind either sharing or giving ideas on how they handle
    these situation?

    Thanks,
    Nigel


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  • From bje@ripco.com@21:1/5 to Nigel Reed on Sat Dec 11 13:10:05 2021
    Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

    How to I merge their list of newsgroups with mine so I don't reject
    their articles and what if they add a peer with a bunch of
    groups...should I grab their list from time to time and update mine?

    I'm sure someone has some scripts to deal with the scenario already so
    wonder if they'd mind either sharing or giving ideas on how they handle
    these situation?

    man actsync

    man actsyncd

    Should reveal all.

    -bruce
    bje@ripco.com

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  • From Nigel Reed@21:1/5 to bje@ripco.com on Sat Dec 11 22:53:58 2021
    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 13:10:05 -0000 (UTC)
    bje@ripco.com wrote:

    Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

    How to I merge their list of newsgroups with mine so I don't reject
    their articles and what if they add a peer with a bunch of
    groups...should I grab their list from time to time and update mine?

    I'm sure someone has some scripts to deal with the scenario already
    so wonder if they'd mind either sharing or giving ideas on how they
    handle these situation?

    man actsync

    man actsyncd

    Should reveal all.

    Ah, I sort of remember reading about that and it frightened the hell
    out of me for some reason. I saw myself nuking my active file lol. I'll
    go take another look.



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