From: revdoc@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au (Phil Herring)
Newsgroups: aus.net.news,aus.news
Subject: FAQ: Checkgroups for aus.*
Date: 1 Dec 1995 10:46:39 +1100
Organization: University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Message-ID: <49lfov$6uo@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au>

Checkgroups message for aus.*
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(Last update: 29/8/95)

1. What's a checkgroups message?
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A checkgroups message is a control message like a newgroup or an
rmgroup; it's designed to manage your active and newsgroups files.
Specifically, it supplies a definitive list of the newsgroups that you
should be carrying.

A checkgroups that lists all the currently valid groups in the aus.*
namespace is posted every other week to every site in the aus
distribution. By the time you read this, that message will have
arrived at your site. *This* message is just a listing of the
newsgroups in that control message.


2. What happens when my site receives a checkgroups message?
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That depends on your software, and how it's configured. The default
behaviour for INN is to mail a list to your news adminsitrator,
showing which groups are to be added, and which are to be removed. The
list is in a form that can be fed directly into sh to perform the
changes.

It is also possible to configure your news software to do the changes
immediately, if it has been sent from a specific email address. By
default, INN is configured to respond to checkgroups message from
Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU>. (However, he never sends checkgroups
messages these days, which is a problem!)


3. What if I want to synch my active and newsgroups files right away?
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If required, you can apply this checkgroups as follows: remove
everything below here, then feed it into sh while logged on as 'news'.
You may have to change the path shown.

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/usr/local/news/bin/control/docheckgroups <<!
aus.ads.commercial		Commercial advertisements.
aus.ads.forsale			Items for sale (no commercial ads).
aus.ads.forsale.computers	Computer-related items for sale (no commercial ads).
aus.ads.jobs			Jobs, wanted and available.
aus.ads.wanted			Items wanted (no commercial ads).
aus.archives			Announcements of available software.
aus.aswec			Australian Software Engineering Conference.
aus.aviation			Planes, gliders, flying, etc.
aus.bicycle			Push bikes.
aus.books			Australian discussion of books.
aus.bushwalking			Bushwalking, hiking, and other outdoor activities.
aus.cars			Petrol heads.
aus.comms			Discussion about communications in general.
aus.comms.fps			Fast Packet Switching.
aus.comms.videocon		Videoconferencing - compressed video.
aus.computers			Misc computer types.
aus.computers.ai		AI discussions.
aus.computers.amiga		Discussions about Commodore Amiga computers.
aus.computers.cdrom		CD-ROM
aus.computers.ibm-pc		Discussions about the IBM pc & clones.
aus.computers.linux		The Linux operating system.
aus.computers.logic-prog	Logic Programming.
aus.computers.mac		Macintosh computers and software.
aus.computers.os2		The OS/2 operating system.
aus.computers.parallel		Parallel computing.
aus.computers.sun		Sun computers and software.
aus.computers.tex		The Tex typesetting system.
aus.culture.china		soc.culture.china redistributed.
aus.culture.lesbigay		Gay and bisexual life.
aus.culture.ultimo		Inner-city life.
aus.education			Helping educators in Australia.
aus.education.bio-newtech	New Technologies in Biology Teaching.
aus.education.npit
aus.education.open-learning	The Open Learning program.
aus.education.rpl
aus.electronics			Electronics hobbyists and engineers.
aus.environment.conservation	Information and discussion of conservation issues.
aus.environment.misc		Miscellaneous environmental issues.
aus.films			Movies, Cinema, TV.
aus.flame			Abusive noise, posted by morons.
aus.flame.gareth-powell		Australia's favourite computer journalist.
aus.flame.usa			Careful, reasoned criticism of the United States of America.
aus.foodtech			Food technology.
aus.games			Discussions of games.
aus.games.bridge		The game of bridge.
aus.games.roleplay		Discussions of role playing games.
aus.gardens			Gardens and gardening in Australia.
aus.general			General information, announcements, etc.
aus.hi-fi			Hi Fi Issues.
aus.invest			Investment and other financial matters.
aus.jokes			Jokes, humour, and boring trivia.
aus.legal			Legal issues.
aus.mathematics			Mathematics teaching and research.
aus.mbio			Molecular biology.
aus.motorcycles			Discussion of motorcycles and motorcycling.
aus.music			Music and related issues.
aus.net.access			Internet access.
aus.net.announce		Announcements of resources available on the net.
aus.net.directory		For the discussion of the X.500 Directory.
aus.net.directory.osi-ds	IETF OSI-DS WG mailing list.
aus.net.directory.quipu		The Quipu implementation of the X.500 Directory.
aus.net.mail			Mail systems, addressinc, &c.
aus.net.news			The news system.
aus.net.policy			Discussion of all aspects of Australian Internet policy
aus.net.status			Status of local & international net links.
aus.org.acs			The Australian Computer Society.
aus.org.acs.books		The Australian Computer Society book reviews.
aus.org.auug			AUUG Inc - Australian Unix User Group.
aus.org.efa			The Electronic Frontier Australia.
aus.org.sage			The System Administrator's Guild.
aus.org.waia			Discussion forum for the W.A. Internet Association.
aus.personals			Personal ads.
aus.pets			Australasian pet owners, and their pets.
aus.photo			Photography, video, etc.
aus.politics			Politics, debates, rational(?) arguments.
aus.radio.amateur.misc		Amateur Radio.
aus.radio.amateur.digital	Digital techniques (packet etc) in Amateur Radio.
aus.radio.amateur.wicen		Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network.
aus.radio.broadcast             Australian broadcast radio.
aus.rail			Railways and trains.
aus.rail.models			Model railways and trains.
aus.religion			Discussions of, or related to, religions.
aus.religion.christian		Christianity and issues relevant to Christianity
aus.sex				Discussion of matters sexual.
aus.sf				Australian discussion of SF&F literature, media, fandom.
aus.sf.babylon5			The TV series _Babylon 5_.
aus.sf.star-trek		_Star Trek_, old and new.
aus.snow			Winter sports in Australia.
aus.sport			Generic discussions of sport.
aus.sport.aussie-rules		Australian rules football.
aus.sport.motor			Motor sports.
aus.sport.rugby-league		Rugby league football.
aus.sport.scuba			Scuba diving.
aus.stats.s			Discussions of the S data analysis & graphics software.
aus.students			Going to school in Australia.
aus.students.overseas		Australian students abroad, students from abroad in Australia.
aus.talk.ltuae			Life, the Universe, and Everything.
aus.theatre			The theatre.
aus.tv				Television.
aus.tv.community		Community television.
aus.tv.x-files			Discussion of "X-Files" and related subjects.