HP UX Internet Express Software manual Configuring an External Newsfeed

Figure 69 Configuring the INN Server

The fields for configuring a news server are as follows:

•Domain—This field specifies the domain name of your system. By default, the domain name of your system is used. Enter a value in this field only if your system's host name (as stored in the HOSTNAME variable in the /etc/rc.config file) is not domain qualified.

•From Host—This field is optional. INN uses the contents of the From Host field in the From header line of articles sent by your server to other news servers. The fully qualified name of your system is the default value for this field. The value of the FROMHOST environment variable, if defined, overrides this setting.

•Moderator Host—By default, when an unapproved posting is made to a moderated newsgroup, the /usr/news/etc/moderators file is searched for the address of the newsgroup moderator. If this file does not exist or if a moderator could not be found, the posting will be sent to the address specified in this field.

•Path Host—Use this field to specify the local site name to appear in the path header line of news articles sent from your server. By default, the news server uses the fully qualified name of your system as the value for Path Host. When news articles go from system to system, each site prefixes its site name to the path header line. A typical path header line looks like the following:

sdl!newsgw.mentorg.com!uunet!gatech!barrnet.net!jfrank.com!usenet.

INN daemons (see Section : INN Daemons) search the path header line for host names you

specified to be excluded (when you configure an external newsfeed; see Section : Configuring an External Newsfeed).

•Organization—This is an optional field that specifies the value for the Organization header of news articles sent from this server. The value of the ORGANIZATION environment variable, if defined, overrides this.

•NNTP Server Host—This is an optional field, which contains the name of the NNTP server to which an article is posted. The value of the NNTPSERVER environment variable, if defined, overrides this setting.

After you set the configuration data, click on Submit. You must reload the INN configuration files for the changes to take effect (see Section : Controlling the INN Server).

Configuring an External Newsfeed

Before you configure an external newsfeed, you must have an agreement with the person who manages the newsfeed server, who must perform some administrative tasks on their system. Inform

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