Configuring INN

Contents

Contents

  1. Configuring INN
    1. Contents
    2. Introduction
    3. Setting up the Daemon
    4. Finer Tuning
    5. Manipulating Groups
    6. Appendix
      1. Helpful Links

Introduction

As part of my EmailConsideredHarmful compaign I've decided I only want email which is written by a human, and intended specifically for me, to end up in my mailbox. At work I'm trying to get all automated email (Nagios, cron, postmaster, etc) directed into news groups. Unfortunately this requires a news server ... which I've never had much to do with professionally, so it begins ...

Setting up the Daemon

In inn.conf, set the name of your organization: 

organization: Spack Org

In storage.conf, add: 

method tradspool { 
        newsgroups: *
        class: 0
}

In readers.conf, add: 

auth "local" { 
    hosts: "*.spack.org, spack.org"
    default: "@spack.org"
}

access "local" {
    users: "@spack.org"
    newsgroups: "*"
}

Create the history database: 

# cd /var/lib/news 
# makedbz -i
# chmod 664 *n*
# chown -R news:news *

# mv history.n.dir history.dir
# mv history.n.hash history.hash
# mv history.n.index history.index

Finer Tuning

You can hide the control and junk groups from users by editing the readers.conf and changing the "newsgroups: *" line to: 

newsgroups: *,!junk,!control,!control.*

You can enable the posting of binary attachments (only relevant if you're using cleanfeed) by changing cleanfeed.conf: 

### Block binaries in non-binary newsgroups? 
'block_binaries' => 0,

Manipulating Groups

To create a new group (note that if you want to create a spack.lfjokes news group you shouldn't create the "spack" news group): 

# ctlinnd newgroup spack.lfjokes

Creating a moderated group: 

# ctlinnd newgroup spack.goodstuff m moderator@notspack.org

To remove a group: 

# ctlinnd rmgroup spack.lfjokes

Appendix

Helpful Links

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IscInn (last edited 2005-03-16 19:03:24 by AdamShand)