Hi Jeff,
> I know that news groups are defined in BCFG. But is there a file defining the
> specific news groups that will BBBS will attempt to download? Or is
> the news group list contained in a data file somewhere?
No, but you give details in bcfg4->Global->Confs see below:
Name: NEWS:alt.os.linux.gentoo |
|--| Description: Gentoo newsgroup
|--| Fidoname: ALT.OS.LINUX.GENTOO <-------here
|--| NNTPname: ALT.OS.LINUX.GENTOO <-------here
|--| *.MSG dir:
|--| Fido export: 1:11/201 14/5 116/18 [etc]..
|--| [ ] Must for all |
|--| Moderator: 0:0/0.0 [ ] Invite users |
|--| Fido flags: SV [ ] Alias allowed |
|--| NNTPhost: 1 <----------here [ ] Allow tagline |
|--| Fido group: X [ ] Post conf. |
|--| Nodenumber: 0 [ ] Allow private |
|--| Origin: 0 Conf #00273 [ ] No reply |
|--| Msg scan: 50 [ ] No mark reset |
|--| BPC min: 300 Total: 495 [X] Fido area |
|--| BPC max: 400 Post: 1 [X] No Fido strip |
|--| Import: ISO Resume: 65535 [ ] AllFix |
|--| Export: ISO Fileinfo: 65535 [ ] NameFix |
|--| [ ] AGNET |
Then you use that NNTPHost number in your "getnews" script. Here's mine:
==getnews.sh===
#!/bin/sh
cd /home/bbbs
./bbbs bnntp w 1 news.mixmin.net
./bbbs bnntp r 1 news.mixmin.net
====end===
If you type bbbs bnntp, you'll see all the parameters for the command:
bbs@filegate:~$ ./bbbs bnntp
Usage: BBBS BNNTP W [host0] {host1} {host2} {...} Receive news from hosts
BBBS BNNTP R [host0] {host1} {host2} {...} Send news to hosts
BBBS BNNTP Z [host0] {host1} {host2} {...} Reset "want" pointers
BBBS BNNTP S [host] [localname] [#_of_msgs] Set "want" pointer
BBBS BNNTP C [host] [localname] [#_of_msgs] Set "want", no dupes
BBBS BNNTP G [host] [filename] Get arealist
BBBS BNNTP L Export conf->email msgs
Hope this helps :)
Take care,
Janis
Take care,
Janis
--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2
* Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
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