Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site elsie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!elsie!ado From: ado@elsie.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Handling of "Distribution:" lines Message-ID: <852@elsie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 19:50:44 EST Article-I.D.: elsie.852 Posted: Tue Mar 13 19:50:44 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 19:52:10 EST Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 22 I once again get to expose my ignorance. Normally, to decide whether to transmit an article to another system, 2.10 "inews" considers this question: Does the other system want a news group mentioned on the "Newsgroups:" line? However, if there's a "Distribution:" line in an article, then "inews" instead considers this question: Does the other system want a news groups mentioned on the "Distribution:" line? It seems to me that the question to ask in the second case is: Does the other system want a news group mentioned on the "Newsgroups:" line, AND does it also want a news group mentioned on the "Distribution:" line? Otherwise, if you have a Distribution: net line, your item gets sent willy-nilly everywhere--even to systems where it is immediately discarded. Brass tacks: I think you get to do an extra "ngmatch" call per system in "broadcast" when there's a "Distribution:" line. Who has light to shed on this area? -- UUCP: decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!elsie!ado DDD: (301) 496-5688