• Two issues with newslink.cfg

    From Phil@VERT/CYBERCHA to All on Saturday, April 02, 2016 12:02:43
    I am trying to fix two issues inew my newslink.cfg file.

    Newslink.cfg file:

    ; Synchronet NewsLink configuration file

    ; Remove the following line to enable NewsLink operation
    ;DISABLED

    ; One server per configuration file, specify server address on next line
    SERVER news-europe.giganews.com

    ; Uses TLS to secure the connection - the server certificate is NOT checked
    ; however. This changes the default port to 563.
    ;TLS

    ; Specify your username and password on the server (if any)
    USER XXXXXXXX
    PASS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    ; Uncomment the following line to over-ride the auto-generated tagline
    TAGLINE http://wildcat.dynu.com or Telnet://Wildcat.dynu.com 2300. ALL TOS VIOLATIONS COMMING FROM THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE
    SENT TO abuse[at]wildcat.dynu[dot]com.

    ; For every newsgroup you want to link, add an "AREA" line
    ; The first word must be "AREA"
    ; The second word is the internal code for the sub-board you wish to link (as shown in SCFG)
    ; The third word is the newsgroup name (as it appears on the news server)
    ; If the newsgroup name is the same as in scfg and there are no flags,
    ; the third and fourth field may be omitted.
    ; The fourth word is an optional list of flag characters (see docs/newslink.txt details)
    ;
    ; Example: Use -ix 500 -re 0 to get all the messages ;Area NGAMIGA amiga -asr
    ;AREA NGSYNCHRO alt.bbs.synchronet -asr

    ;AREA NGCMPOS9 comp.os.os9 -a
    ;AREA NGALTBBS alt.bbs -a
    ;AREA NGSOP alt.bbs.sysop -a
    ;AREA NGSOPS alt.bbs.sysops -a
    ;AREA NG12HR alt.12hr -a
    ;AREA NGOS2 alt.comp.os.os2 -a
    ;AREA NGMAC alt.comp.os.mac -a
    ;AREA NGWCBBS alt.bbs.wildcat -a
    ;AREA NGBITCOCO bit.listserv.coco -a
    AREA NGWCBBSCOD alt.bbs.wildcat.wccode -a

    ;AREA NG26CR ALT.2600.CRACK
    ;AREA NG26CRS ALT.2600.CRACKS
    ;AREA NG26DEBAT ALT.2600.DEBATE
    ;AREA NG25WAREZ ALT.2600.WAREZ


    1. Unrecognized configuration keyword.
    2. Not resetting the last pointer to 0 or 1.

    I tried using this and it's working AREA NGWCBBS alt.bbs.wildcat -due and I tried using just -du nnd its not working. It
    only happens in some of the newsgroups and my NNTP provider told me that they do not restrict their customers from
    resetting the last message read on their server.

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  • From mark lewis@VERT to Phil on Saturday, April 02, 2016 15:45:12
    02 Apr 16 12:02, you wrote to All:


    ; Uncomment the following line to over-ride the auto-generated tagline
    TAGLINE http://wildcat.dynu.com or Telnet://Wildcat.dynu.com 2300. ALL
    TOS
    VIOLATIONS COMMING FROM THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE SENT TO abuse[at]wildcat.dynu[dot]com.

    this line... it starts with a space unlike the others... it is also pretty long... in the message you posted, the first part went out past 80 characters and then the last part started on a new line of its own... try making sure that
    the line starts without a space and that the actual contents of the line are all on one line and not automatically split to two lines by your editor...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Phil on Saturday, April 02, 2016 15:05:15
    Re: Two issues with newslink.cfg
    By: Phil to All on Sat Apr 02 2016 12:02 pm

    I tried using this and it's working AREA NGWCBBS alt.bbs.wildcat -due and I tried using just -du nnd its not working. It only happens in some of the newsgroups and my NNTP provider told me that they do not restrict their


    wrong syntax.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Phil on Sunday, April 03, 2016 23:37:03
    Re: Two issues with newslink.cfg
    By: Phil to All on Sat Apr 02 2016 12:02 pm

    I am trying to fix two issues inew my newslink.cfg file.

    Newslink.cfg file:

    AREA NGWCBBSCOD alt.bbs.wildcat.wccode -a

    The '-' is not used in the newslink.cfg file AREA lines. The 'a' flag just means 'import ASCII only'. I see no other flags use regarding special pointer handling, so I'm not sure what you're wanting to happen that isn't.

    What is the "unrecognized configuration keyword"? Please paste the exact, complete error message.

    digital man

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