Changi NNTP Server 1.0

active

If an article is posted from a newsreader to a newsgroup not found in the active file, then that article is ignored.

If an article has been sent from a remote server, each crosspost to a newsgroup not listed in the active file is ignored. If it hasn't been sent to any newsgroup found in the active file, that article will be junked. This means that the article is moved to a special newsgroup named junk.

By default a file named active is expected in CHANGIWORKDIR, but its fully qualified pathname may be modified by setting the environment variable CHANGIACTIVEFILE.

Each line in the active file consists of four fields separated by spaces.

newsgroup himsg lomsg mode

newsgroup

Specifies the name of the newsgroup.

himsg

This is the highest article number that has been used in the newsgroup.

lomsg

This is the lowest article number in the group. If this number is greater then himsg, then there are currently no articles in the newsgroup.

mode

This field may contain one of the following flags:

y

Local postings are allowed.

n

No local postings are allowed.

m

The group is moderated. All posts to this group must be approved or will be mailed to the moderator.

x

This flag is currently not supported. Articles sent to this group are discarded. They are not passed to other sites.

=other.group

This flag is currently not supported. The specified newsgroup is an alias. Articles will be stored in other.group. Note that the newsgroups header is not changed.