Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Transferring mails to a newsgroup
From: dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 20:37:15 +1300
Organization: The Dawghaus BBS, Palmerston North, New Zealand (+64 6 357 9245)

eoin@xocolatl.com (John F. Snyder) writes:
> zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:
> -> eoin@xocolatl.com (John F. Snyder) writes:
> -> > zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:

> -> > -> In theory this should work.  
> -> >       ^^^^^^
> -> > Yes, but theory is not proving out in practice.
> -> In practice it does work (on my system).  
> -> In theory it will work on other systems. :)
> 
> And in practice is does not work on my system.  Shall we write 
> "The Journal of Irreproducible Results?"
> 
> Since it does work on your system, would you mind posting the
> appropriate sections of your  ~\system\usenet and ~\system\aliases
> and any other files you have changed for mail-to-newsgroups to work.

I've been staying out of this up till now, but I have quite a few
mail -> news gateways on this BBS and they work OK for inbound network
mail.

Local mailing is another matter - the first mailing is usually posted
OK, then the others are dumped - no message appears at all.  This
happens with internal and external editors ( I think Tom's working on this )

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From: ~\system\usenet

dawghaus.humor      /anon=1      /group=18
dawghaus.cure
dawghaus.devo                    /mod=DEVO-L@WKUVX1.BITNET
dawghaus.hendrix                 /mod=hey-joe@ms.uky.edu
dawghaus.joy_division
dawghaus.kinks
dawghaus.cohen                   /mod=lcohen-talk@inix.sri.com
dawghaus.manchester_scene        /mod=manchester@irss.njit.edu
dawghaus.rem                     /mod=murmer@athena.mit.edu
dawghaus.tmbg                    /mod=they-might-be@gnu.ai.mit.edu
dawghaus.smiths                  /mod=smiths@langmuir.berkley.edu
dawghaus.windsurfing             /mod=windsurfing@gcm.com

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From: ~system\aliases

postmaster        system
root              system
sysop             system
news              system
usenet            system
orphan            system
uucp              system

system            dogbowl

kilroy            kilroy@acmebbs
stefan            stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz

test            | bounce Your test mail was received as follows:

carington       | post dawghaus.humor
cure            | post dawghaus.cure
devo            | post dawghaus.devo
jimi_h          | post dawghaus.hendrix
joy_div         | post dawghaus.joy_division
kinks           | post dawghaus.kinks
l_cohen         | post dawghaus.cohen
mancmuse        | post dawghaus.manchester_scene
morrisey        | post dawghaus.smiths
rem             | post dawghaus.rem
tmbg            | post dawghaus.tmbg
windsurf        | post dawghaus.windsurfing

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The reason some of the groups aren't moderated is beacuse I get them
from a local listserver, which didn't have the main list addresses.
The groups concerned aren't listed in the public mailing lists, so
I'm still trying to track them down. ( Help appreciated )

Mail -> news is covered in the docs. RTFM!

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From: MANUAL.DOC


----------/ ELECTRONIC MAIL /------------------------------------------------
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.
.
o  Diverting mail elsewhere

   Mail aliases in /waffle/system/aliases are recognized by
   UUXQT, and appropriate action taken. Additionally some special
   cases are available with the | character in this file:
.
.
.
   %  Diverting mail into Usenet

      alias  | post newsgroup

      Takes an incoming mail message, and diverts it into a
      newsgroup. Appropriate header munging is performed to allow
      the message to flow as news.

      This feature is mainly used to divert a mailing list into
      a local newsgroup, for users to read while not cluttering
      a mailbox. (DO NOT do this with mainstream Usenet newsgroups,
      people will become VERY upset).

      Another use of this feature is to allow people to post
      from a remote location.

      The Unix version of "| post" works only from within Waffle.
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Alan B                           "Well, we were just laying there
Dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz        And this ghost of your other lover walked in
Dawghaus BBS +64 6 357-9245       And stood there.
Palmerston North, New Zealand     Made of thin air. Full of desire..

...Why these mountains? Why this sky? This long road? This empty room?"
                                                        - Laurie Anderson