2.1.2.2 Newsgroup Blocking

Blocking news groups from being fed to downstream servers is controlled by the configuration file /var/news/config/newsfeeds (see newsfeeds(4) for an extensive description).

The format for newsgroup blocking is:

server-name:sendgroup,!blockgroup1,!blockgroup2...::

For example, the entries

ME:*,!control,!junk,!local.*::
news.otherplace.com:*,!alt.binaries.*,!local.*::

do two things:

• Send all news groups except control, junk, and any group beginning local. to all servers by default.

• Send all groups except groups begining with alt.binaries. or local. to the server named news.otherplace.com.

After you make changes to /var/news/config/newsfeeds, you must stop then start the news server using snsnews.