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Internet/!TCPIPhelp/DemGroup
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1994-07.adf » !Networks_networks |
| Filename: | Internet/!TCPIPhelp/DemGroup |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0732 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
# The DemGroup file contains a list of newsgroups. If you used some other # prefix than Dem for news in your configure file, then this file must use # that prefix in the name. # # The file tells KA9Q which newsgroups to download from Internet. Groups # on one line separated by commas are read in a batch � all new replies # from those groups are read in one go, and then replies from the groups # on the next line, and so on. # # The * character is a wildcard. Note that comp.sys.acorn* and comp.sys.acorn.* # are not equivalent � the second form will not read comp.sys.acorn itself. A # group prefixed by a ! will not be read, if it is part of a wildcarded set # which is on the same line. Hence: # # comp.sys.acorn*,!comp.sys.acorn.games # # would *not* read comp.sys.acorn.games, but would read the others. # # If you go overboard on the number of groups that you include here, news # downloads will take a very long time. Some groups that you may consider # including are: # comp.sys.acorn : general bulletin board about Archimedes & Acorn # comp.sys.acorn.tech : useful for technical queries # comp.sys.acorn.games : games on Acorn machines # demon.ip.support : technical support and help for demon customers # demon.ip.support.archimedes : technical support specific to Archimedes users # demon.test : an area for test postings # demon.news : news about demon # demon.service : reports on the demon service # # If you have worked out how to use ftp, then the full set of groups carried # by DIS can be ftp'd from ftp.demon.co.uk. It is the file /pub/news/active.zip # and must be uncompressed by Spark or a similar program. # # The example file below is the file written by SetDemon if it cannot find a # DemGroup file. comp.sys.acorn* demon.*
00000000 23 20 54 68 65 20 44 65 6d 47 72 6f 75 70 20 66 |# The DemGroup f| 00000010 69 6c 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 61 20 6c |ile contains a l| 00000020 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 6e 65 77 73 67 72 6f 75 70 |ist of newsgroup| 00000030 73 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 75 73 65 64 20 73 |s. If you used s| 00000040 6f 6d 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 0a 23 20 70 72 65 66 |ome other.# pref| 00000050 69 78 20 74 68 61 6e 20 44 65 6d 20 66 6f 72 20 |ix than Dem for | 00000060 6e 65 77 73 20 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6e |news in your con| 00000070 66 69 67 75 72 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 74 68 65 |figure file, the| 00000080 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 6d 75 73 74 |n this file must| 00000090 20 75 73 65 0a 23 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 72 65 66 | use.# that pref| 000000a0 69 78 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 2e 0a |ix in the name..| 000000b0 23 0a 23 20 54 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 65 6c |#.# The file tel| 000000c0 6c 73 20 4b 41 39 51 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6e 65 |ls KA9Q which ne| 000000d0 77 73 67 72 6f 75 70 73 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 77 6e |wsgroups to down| 000000e0 6c 6f 61 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e |load from Intern| 000000f0 65 74 2e 20 47 72 6f 75 70 73 0a 23 20 6f 6e 20 |et. Groups.# on | 00000100 6f 6e 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 |one line separat| 00000110 65 64 20 62 79 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 73 20 61 72 65 |ed by commas are| 00000120 20 72 65 61 64 20 69 6e 20 61 20 62 61 74 63 68 | read in a batch| 00000130 20 98 20 61 6c 6c 20 6e 65 77 20 72 65 70 6c 69 | . all new repli| 00000140 65 73 0a 23 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 |es.# from those | 00000150 67 72 6f 75 70 73 20 61 72 65 20 72 65 61 64 20 |groups are read | 00000160 69 6e 20 6f 6e 65 20 67 6f 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |in one go, and t| 00000170 68 65 6e 20 72 65 70 6c 69 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d |hen replies from| 00000180 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 6f 75 70 73 0a 23 20 6f 6e | the groups.# on| 00000190 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 2c 20 | the next line, | 000001a0 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 20 6f 6e 2e 0a 23 0a 23 20 54 |and so on..#.# T| 000001b0 68 65 20 2a 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 69 |he * character i| 000001c0 73 20 61 20 77 69 6c 64 63 61 72 64 2e 20 4e 6f |s a wildcard. No| 000001d0 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 73 |te that comp.sys| 000001e0 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2a 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 |.acorn* and comp| 000001f0 2e 73 79 73 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2e 2a 0a 23 20 61 |.sys.acorn.*.# a| 00000200 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 65 71 75 69 76 61 6c 65 6e |re not equivalen| 00000210 74 20 98 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 66 |t . the second f| 00000220 6f 72 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 61 |orm will not rea| 00000230 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 73 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e |d comp.sys.acorn| 00000240 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 2e 20 41 0a 23 20 67 72 6f | itself. A.# gro| 00000250 75 70 20 70 72 65 66 69 78 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 |up prefixed by a| 00000260 20 21 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 72 | ! will not be r| 00000270 65 61 64 2c 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 70 61 |ead, if it is pa| 00000280 72 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 77 69 6c 64 63 61 72 64 |rt of a wildcard| 00000290 65 64 20 73 65 74 0a 23 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 |ed set.# which i| 000002a0 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6c 69 |s on the same li| 000002b0 6e 65 2e 20 48 65 6e 63 65 3a 0a 23 0a 23 20 63 |ne. Hence:.#.# c| 000002c0 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 73 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2a 2c 21 |omp.sys.acorn*,!| 000002d0 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 73 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2e 67 |comp.sys.acorn.g| 000002e0 61 6d 65 73 0a 23 0a 23 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 2a |ames.#.# would *| 000002f0 6e 6f 74 2a 20 72 65 61 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 |not* read comp.s| 00000300 79 73 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2e 67 61 6d 65 73 2c 20 |ys.acorn.games, | 00000310 62 75 74 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 72 65 61 64 20 74 |but would read t| 00000320 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 2e 0a 23 0a 23 20 49 |he others..#.# I| 00000330 66 20 79 6f 75 20 67 6f 20 6f 76 65 72 62 6f 61 |f you go overboa| 00000340 72 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |rd on the number| 00000350 20 6f 66 20 67 72 6f 75 70 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 | of groups that | 00000360 79 6f 75 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 20 68 65 72 65 |you include here| 00000370 2c 20 6e 65 77 73 0a 23 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 |, news.# downloa| 00000380 64 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 61 6b 65 20 61 20 76 |ds will take a v| 00000390 65 72 79 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 53 |ery long time. S| 000003a0 6f 6d 65 20 67 72 6f 75 70 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 |ome groups that | 000003b0 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 63 6f 6e 73 69 64 65 72 |you may consider| 000003c0 0a 23 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 69 6e 67 20 61 72 65 |.# including are| 000003d0 3a 0a 23 20 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 73 2e 61 63 6f |:.# comp.sys.aco| 000003e0 72 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |rn | 000003f0 3a 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 62 75 6c 6c 65 74 |: general bullet| 00000400 69 6e 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 41 |in board about A| 00000410 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 26 20 41 63 6f 72 |rchimedes & Acor| 00000420 6e 0a 23 20 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 73 2e 61 63 6f |n.# comp.sys.aco| 00000430 72 6e 2e 74 65 63 68 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |rn.tech | 00000440 3a 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 66 6f 72 20 74 65 63 |: useful for tec| 00000450 68 6e 69 63 61 6c 20 71 75 65 72 69 65 73 0a 23 |hnical queries.#| 00000460 20 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 73 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2e | comp.sys.acorn.| 00000470 67 61 6d 65 73 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3a 20 67 |games : g| 00000480 61 6d 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 6d 61 |ames on Acorn ma| 00000490 63 68 69 6e 65 73 0a 23 20 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 69 |chines.# demon.i| 000004a0 70 2e 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |p.support | 000004b0 20 20 20 20 20 3a 20 74 65 63 68 6e 69 63 61 6c | : technical| 000004c0 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 61 6e 64 20 68 65 6c | support and hel| 000004d0 70 20 66 6f 72 20 64 65 6d 6f 6e 20 63 75 73 74 |p for demon cust| 000004e0 6f 6d 65 72 73 0a 23 20 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 69 70 |omers.# demon.ip| 000004f0 2e 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 2e 61 72 63 68 69 6d 65 |.support.archime| 00000500 64 65 73 20 3a 20 74 65 63 68 6e 69 63 61 6c 20 |des : technical | 00000510 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 63 |support specific| 00000520 20 74 6f 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 75 | to Archimedes u| 00000530 73 65 72 73 0a 23 20 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 74 65 73 |sers.# demon.tes| 00000540 74 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |t | 00000550 20 20 20 3a 20 61 6e 20 61 72 65 61 20 66 6f 72 | : an area for| 00000560 20 74 65 73 74 20 70 6f 73 74 69 6e 67 73 0a 23 | test postings.#| 00000570 20 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 6e 65 77 73 20 20 20 20 20 | demon.news | 00000580 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3a 20 6e | : n| 00000590 65 77 73 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 64 65 6d 6f 6e 0a |ews about demon.| 000005a0 23 20 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 20 |# demon.service | 000005b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3a 20 | : | 000005c0 72 65 70 6f 72 74 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 |reports on the d| 000005d0 65 6d 6f 6e 20 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 0a 23 0a 23 |emon service.#.#| 000005e0 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 77 6f 72 | If you have wor| 000005f0 6b 65 64 20 6f 75 74 20 68 6f 77 20 74 6f 20 75 |ked out how to u| 00000600 73 65 20 66 74 70 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 |se ftp, then the| 00000610 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 73 65 74 20 6f 66 20 67 72 6f | full set of gro| 00000620 75 70 73 20 63 61 72 72 69 65 64 0a 23 20 62 79 |ups carried.# by| 00000630 20 44 49 53 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 66 74 70 27 | DIS can be ftp'| 00000640 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e |d from ftp.demon| 00000650 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 2e 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 |.co.uk. It is th| 00000660 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 6e 65 77 73 |e file /pub/news| 00000670 2f 61 63 74 69 76 65 2e 7a 69 70 0a 23 20 61 6e |/active.zip.# an| 00000680 64 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 75 6e 63 6f 6d 70 |d must be uncomp| 00000690 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 53 70 61 72 6b 20 |ressed by Spark | 000006a0 6f 72 20 61 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 20 70 72 6f |or a similar pro| 000006b0 67 72 61 6d 2e 0a 23 0a 23 20 54 68 65 20 65 78 |gram..#.# The ex| 000006c0 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 |ample file below| 000006d0 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 72 69 | is the file wri| 000006e0 74 74 65 6e 20 62 79 20 53 65 74 44 65 6d 6f 6e |tten by SetDemon| 000006f0 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 66 69 | if it cannot fi| 00000700 6e 64 20 61 0a 23 20 44 65 6d 47 72 6f 75 70 20 |nd a.# DemGroup | 00000710 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 20 0a 0a 63 6f 6d 70 2e 73 79 |file. ..comp.sy| 00000720 73 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2a 0a 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 2a |s.acorn*.demon.*| 00000730 0a 0a |..| 00000732
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