Acbosgd.422
net.news
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!cbosgd!mark
Thu Dec 17 14:00:15 1981
using your ngfile
I hadn't realized it before, but the ngfile only restricts the newsgroups
of articles posted locally - it has nothing to do with articles that come
in from other network sites.  (At least this is true in B news, and I think
it must also be true in A news.)  This makes it possible to specifically
un-authorize certain newsgroups and classes of newsgroups.  For those of you
that have "all" in your ngfile, you probably should include something like
       all
       !fa.all
       !net.unix-wizards
where you list all the newsgroups you specifically DON'T want people to
post to.  We certainly should have !fa.all in all ngfiles except those
at Berkeley where it has to be there, and it might be nice to forbid
some of those bad ones that keep cropping up.  I recommend that all sites
check their ngfiles and forbid some newsgroups today!

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