might be simpler to omit the "zip" line above and change the import line
below to:
import -u (and the directory where to dl your msg's)(default is
%home)
.. import news.zip
.. copy newsrc.vnet newsrc
.. set nntpserver=netnews.voicenet.com
.. souper -k 0 -m
.. zip -0m news *.msg areas
.. import news.zip
..
.. etc
..
.. I just basically am maintaining two newsrc's that keep track of the
.. different newsgroups and different numbers. Any messages that are on both
.. servers will be very elegantly rejected by Yarn's import program so there
.. should be no problem.
..
.. Posting should be easy too.
..
.. set nntpserver=tjunews.tju.edu
.. copy reply.zip reply.zip.bak
.. unzip -o reply.zip
.. souper -k 0 -s
.. set nntpserver=netnews.voicenet.com
.. unzip -o reply.zip
.. souper -k 0 -s
..
.. I obviously will post some of my messages to both servers, but that
.. doesn't matter at all. As long as the posts to both nntpservers have the
.. same message ID only one copy will ever show up in any newsgroup. If both
.. tjunews and voicenet try and send my message to your newserver, your
.. server will only accept the first one. You may even find that your
.. messages are propagated through usenet faster. If you find a list of open
.. nntpservers around the world you can post your message to all of them for
.. very fast propagation. I do that sometimes.
..
.. Hope that helped and didn't muddy the water further,
.. Ian
..
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