Re: Which newsfeeds entry?

Thus spake Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com>
 

Hi all,

I added a new peer and noticed that they were trying to send me files
in binaries groups. I think this is the first time this has happened
but a new version of newfeeds was proposed, but I'm not convinced.
Maybe someone with a bit more experience in this stuff can take a look.

This is the original:

newsfeed.endofthelinebbs.com/newsfeed.endofthelinebbs.com\
     :*,!control*,!@alt.bin*,@alt.dvd*,!@*pedophil.*,@*dateien*,!@*.bain*,\
     !@*.biana*,!@*.biinaries*,!@*bina*,!@*.bineries*,!@*.binia*,\
     !@*.binries*,!@*.cd.image*,!@*.files.images*,!@*.mp3*,\
     !@*music.bin*,!@*.pictures*,!@*porno.images*,!@*warez*,!@unidata.*,\
     !junk/!local\
     :Ap,Tm,<262144:innfeed!

This is the suggested replacement.
newsfeed.endofthelinebbs.com/newsfeed.endofthelinebbs.com\
     :*,!control*,@alt.bin*,@alt.dvd*,@*pedophil.*,@*dateien*,@*.bain*,\
     @*.biana*,@*.biinaries*,@*bina*,@*.bineries*,@*.binia*,\
     @*.binries*,@*.cd.image*,@*.files.images*,@*.mp3*,\
     @*music.bin*,@*.pictures*,@*porno.images*,@*warez*,@unidata.*,\
     !junk/!local\
     :Ap,Tm,<262144:innfeed!

Your patterns starting with !@ don't do what you probably meant them to
do and will only exclude groups having a "@" as the first character of
the group name:

"In addition, "!" (and possibly "@") have special meaning as the first character of a pattern"
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
see man 3 libinn_uwildmat

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