Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbatt!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.ATT.COM (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin Subject: Re: Bug in moderated groups handling? Message-ID: <3204@cbosgd.ATT.COM> Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 11:20:20 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.3204 Posted: Fri Jan 2 11:20:20 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Jan-87 20:52:29 EST References: <221@uniq.UUCP> <222@uniq.UUCP> <8076@gatech.EDU> <1599@hoptoad.uucp> <786@epimass.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Medical Information Systems, Columbus Lines: 31 Xref: mnetor news.software.b:165 news.admin:107 In article <786@epimass.UUCP> jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes: >The installation documentation says that "backbone" should be a mail >path "to a Usenet backbone site". The only source of information >anyone had on what a backbone site is is the backbone map >occasionally posted by Gene. Really, Gene, how was anyone supposed >to know which sites could be used for this purpose? Seems putting >ihnp4 in that field was just obeying the instructions in the >installation manual. > >Thanks for the list given above, but it doesn't look that official >("you might want to ..."). We news administrators need a regularly >posted, official list so this scheme can work. Also, none of your >listed sites are in the Bay Area, even though several moderators are. >This will hardly promote efficient mail paths. See the monthly message "How to construct the mailpaths file", posted to news.lists. It will always have the correct official list. This posting didn't exist before, but Gene has been working on it for several weeks, and the first posting occurred Jan 1. It's message 19 on our system, and since news.lists is a new group, it's probably around 19 on yours, too. By the way, according to the arbitron stats, only 58% of the sites are getting news.lists - if your site isn't, check your active file, log file, junk dir, and upstream, to find out why. While you're at it, check for mod.announce - the stats say only 94% of the sites are getting it. There has been recent traffic in both (although mod.announce is very low volume - 2 messages in December.) Mark