Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Can FEEDS files have multiple entries?
From: system@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall)
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 10:59:05 NZDST
Organization: The Code Works Limited, PO Box 10-155, Auckland, New Zealand
Keywords: dos waffle 165 news feed

frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes:

> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes:
> 
> > I was wondering if it was possible in the DOS version of Waffle 1.65
> > to specify multiple feed lines in the FEEDS file.
> 
> As promised, here is the followup.
> 
> Several helpful responses were received, stating that for multiple feed
> lines in the FEEDS file, you just require some blank space in the start
> of each continuation line.
> 
> So instead of:
> 
> that.site /batch=comp16 comp.bbs.waffle,comp.os.msdos.programmer
> that.site /batch=comp16 alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die,news.admin
> that.site /batch=comp16 alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg
> 
> You can just have:
> 
> that.site /batch=comp16 comp.bbs.waffle,comp.os.msdos.programmer,
>           alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die,news.admin,
>           alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg
> 
> In fact, before I received this information (which, er, happens to be
> in the docs as well :-) ) my feed site was getting duplicate copies of
> outgoing news should the article be cross-posted to groups specified
> in other lines.
> 
> One person suggested using something to the effect of:
> 
> that.site /batch=comp16 *,!excluded.group,!excluded.group
> 
> However this is bad -- I already played that game (it almost cost me
> my feed!!  Right Paul?  :-)  ) -- basically I was feeding my neighbour
> all groups that I was getting and excluding ones he didn't want.
> 
> Everytime someone cross-posted into a group I hadn't thought of I'd
> get a complaint and would have to modify my FEEDS file to exclude it.
> In his style of wit it looked like something below (sorry I can't seem
> to find the exact quotation):
> 
> that.site /batch=comp16 *,!this.group,!that.group,!the.other.group,
>           !oops.forgot.one,!there.that.should.be.it.now,!heres.another,
>           !hey.it's.not.my.fault.they.just.created.foo
> 
> Ad absurdum...
> 
> Anyways, I've got it working perfectly now...well, perfect enough!
> 
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What would be nice is to let down-mail sites be able to specify / change 
the groups that they want and have the FEEDS file edited automatically. 
This is something I plan to work on....unless someone else is already 
doing so, or has done so. Comment?

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