News administrator information
Some sites maintain their active file (list of accepted
newsgroups) by synching from neighbor sites or from well
known lists such as the one available from the
ISC FTP site.
Other sites maintain the active file by accepting control
messages. Here is the information needed to accept control
messages for the netscape.* hierarchy.
If your news server verifies PGP signed control messages, you should add this to the key ring:
Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024/72A7797D 1998/04/08 netscape.public.admin
netscape.public.newsgroups <news@netscape.com>
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.6.3ia
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ZTLjwN2e9oQgssv9MLQrTt3tJ+X9L+SVAV/ZQohIslLl5aQR5rFcgqze/gHtN31W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=4lmK
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Next, add these lines to your control.ctl file:
## NETSCAPE # Contact: news@netscape.com # *PGP* See comment at top of file. checkgroups:news@netscape.com:netscape.*:verify-netscape.public.admin=miscctl newgroup:news@netscape.com:netscape.*:verify-netscape.public.admin rmgroup:news@netscape.com:netscape.*:verify-netscape.public.admin
If you do not use PGP, use these entries in control.ctl:
## NETSCAPE (Netscape Communications Corp) # Contact: news@netscape.com # checkgroups:news@netscape.com:netscape.*:mail newgroup:news@netscape.com:netscape.*:doit=newgroup rmgroups:news@netscape.com:netscape.*:doit=rmgroup
Here is a checkgroups message which lists the groups that were available as of 27-May-1999:
From: news@netscape.com Organization: Netscape Communications Corp. Newsgroups: netscape.public.admin Subject: cmsg checkgroups Control: checkgroups netscape.public.admin Hierarchy administration. netscape.public.general General discussion for Netscape products and services. netscape.public.test Test postings to netscape.public hierarchy. netscape.public.dev.css Cascading Style Sheets 1/2 netscape.public.dev.dom Document Object Model 1/2 netscape.public.dev.html HTML 4.0 netscape.public.dev.rdf Resource Description Framework netscape.public.dev.skins Nav5 Skins (customized browser UI) netscape.public.dev.xul XML User-interface Language netscape.public.mozilla.announce Mozilla announcements. (Moderated) netscape.public.mozilla.beos BeOS port of Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.builds Mozilla build problems and build system issues. netscape.public.mozilla.calendar Calendar functions in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.calendar.checkins Calendar revisions in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.checkins Info on checkins to the Mozilla CVS tree. netscape.public.mozilla.crash-data Info generated at crash time by Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.crypto Cryptography support in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.documentation Documenting Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.dom Document Object Model (DOM) in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.directory LDAP based functions in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.editor NGLayout-based editor component for Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.embedding Embedding Mozilla parts in other apps. netscape.public.mozilla.general General discussion of Mozilla-related topics. netscape.public.mozilla.gtk A Mozilla front-end based on the GIMP Tool Kit. netscape.public.mozilla.i18n Mozilla internationalization. netscape.public.mozilla.java Java language issues with Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.jseng JavaScript engineering in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.layout Document layout in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.layout.checkins Code changes for layout in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.license The Netscape and Mozilla Public Licenses. netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news The Mozilla mail and news client. netscape.public.mozilla.mac Macintosh port of Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.mathml support for MathML processing in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.netlib Networking library used by Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.newsclips Mozilla in the online press. netscape.public.mozilla.nspr Netscape Portable Runtime. netscape.public.mozilla.oji Open JVM Interface used by Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.os2 OS/2 port of Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.patches Patches to the Mozilla source code. netscape.public.mozilla.performance Performance optimization of Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.performance.size-matters Downsizing Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.prefs Mozilla preferences discussion. netscape.public.mozilla.qa.browser Browser quality assurance. netscape.public.mozilla.qa.editor Composer quality assurance. netscape.public.mozilla.qa.general General Quality assurance issues. netscape.public.mozilla.qa.i18n Internationalization quality assurance. netscape.public.mozilla.qt A Mozilla front-end based on the Qt toolkit. netscape.public.mozilla.rdf Resource Description Format in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.rhapsody Rhapsody port of Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.rt-messaging Real-Time Messaging in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.small-devices Porting Mozilla to small devices. netscape.public.mozilla.security Security policies in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.ui User interface issues in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.unix Unix and X11 port of Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.unix.checkins Unix code changes in Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.webtools Web tools used with Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.wishlist Mozilla feature wishlists. netscape.public.mozilla.xpcom Cross Platform Component Object Model. netscape.public.mozilla.xpfe Cross platform front end for Mozilla. netscape.public.mozilla.xpfe.checkins Code changes for the Mozilla XPFE.
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