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Subject: Re: Right, I'm at it again...new usenet server
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 22:18:28 +0200
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Hi Nigel,

> I'm going to rename my old server to "oldnewsfeed" and use the
> following to feed all the articles from my existing server to the new
> server...
> 
> on the old server
> 
>   cd /news/etc

If your history file is in /news/etc, that will be fine.  (It is usually 
in something like /news/db or /var/lib/news).
OK with the rest.  Follow well the 6.4 subject entry in the FAQ 
(xrefslave, etc.).



> I'll configure incoming.conf newsfeeds and innfeed.conf so that I'm not
> feeding any other servers and that oldnewsfeed is the only server able
> to send to that host.
> 
> Then I'll add my peers back in. Is that it? Am I safe?

Seems good.


> Am I going to send everything off to my peers?

No you aren't.

-- 
Julien ÉLIE

« Pour aller plus vite, j'additionne toujours de bas en haut : je fais
   du même coup l'addition et la preuve. » (Aurélien Scholl)