DISTRIB.PATS(5) File Formats Manual DISTRIB.PATS(5)NAME
distrib.pats - default values for Usenet Distribution header
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/news/distrib.pats is used to determine the default value of the Distribution header. It consists of a series of lines; blank
lines and lines beginning with a number sign (``#'') are ignored. All other lines consist of three fields separated by a colon:
weight:pattern:value
The first field is the weight to assign to this match. If a newsgroup matches multiple lines, the line with the heighest weight is used.
This should be an arbitrary number greater than zero. Unlike other INN files, the order of lines in this file is not important.
The second field is the name of the newsgroup or a wildmat(3)-style pattern to specify a set of newsgroups. Multiple patterns are not
allowed.
The third field is the value that should be used if this line is picked as the best match. It can be an empty string.
Programs such as inews(1) that process a user's posting should consult this file, typically by using the DDxxx routines, documented in lib-
inn(3). The intent is that all newsgroups to which an article is posted be used to index into this file, and the value with the highest
weight should be used as the value of the Distribution header, if none was specified.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is revision 1.7, dated 1996/09/06.
SEE ALSO inews(1), libinn(3).
DISTRIB.PATS(5)
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MODERATORS(5) File Formats Manual MODERATORS(5)NAME
moderators - mail addresses for moderated Usenet newsgroups
DESCRIPTION
The GetModeratorAddress(3) routine reads the file /etc/news/moderators to determine how to reach the moderator of a newsgroup. This is
used by inews(1) when an unapproved local posting is made to a moderated newsgroup.
The file is read until a match is found. Blank lines and lines starting with a number sign (``#'') are ignored. All other lines should
consist of two fields separated by a colon.
The first field is a wildmat(3)-style pattern. If it matches the name of the newsgroup, then the second field is taken to be a format
string for sprintf(3). This string should have at most one %s parameter, which will be given the name of the newsgroup with periods
transliterated to dashes.
Here is a sample file:
foo.important:announce-request@foo.com
foo.*:%s@mailer.foo.com
gnu.*:%s@prep.ai.mit.edu
*:%s@uunet.uu.net
Using the above file, postings to the moderated newsgroup in the left column will be sent to the address shown in the right column:
foo.important announce-request@foo.com
foo.x.announce foo-x-announce@mailer.foo.com
gnu.emacs.sources gnu-emacs-sources@prep.ai.mit.edu
comp.sources.unix comp-sources-unix@uunet.uu.net
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is revision 1.15, dated 1996/09/06.
SEE ALSO inews(1), inn.conf(5), libinn(3), wildmat(3).
MODERATORS(5)
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