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GetActive GetActive
NAME
GetActive - transfer active file from NNTP server host to local system
SYNOPSIS
GetActive nntpserver activefile
DESCRIPTION
GetActive transfers the active file from the NNTP server to a local
file. The active file is used at the server to define the available
newsgroups, and the article numbers present in those groups.
GRn and NNTPxfer both use an activefile. When the NNTP option is set
for GRn, GRn looks first for the active file to be named
UULib:News/Active, and secondly UULib:Newsgroups. NNTPxfer will used
whatever active file is specified by the user, and has no default.
PRAGMATICS
Using your NNTP server's active file on your system is probably NOT
the right thing to do. It is very likely that your server will carry
many more newsgroups than you desire, and NNTPxfer will attempt to
transfer articles for every newsgroup named in its active file.
As of February, 1994, Usenet volume was about 125 megabytes a day,
for over 4,000 newsgroups.
Also, the article numbers named in the server's active file will
represent current figures. You would not receive any new news until
after new news arrives at your server. Use of the "newgroup" command
will transfer all articles in the desired newsgroup.
Last, but certainly not least, NNTPxfer trying process all of that
news would takes LOTS of memory.
SEE ALSO
NNTPxfer.man
newgroup.man