> 2. If one reads an article in a cached newsgroup or does a catchup -
> mark all articles as read, leaves the newsgroup, then reenters,
> those articles become unread again. With an uncached newsgroup
> this problem still happens, but much less frequent.
> This problem has existed in previous versions as well.
This sounds more like a problem with tin. nntpcache is never told
what messages are read or otherwise by tin.
> 3. kill -SIGHUP {nntpcached} makes the daemon no longer responds.
> I've reported this problem in the past...
Quite possible. That code is old and I don't trust it.
> 4. In nntpcache.access, I put a "-" to forbid access to a set of
> newsgroups. The result is that tin still shows those newsgroups
> as available, although those newsgroups become empty.
This is correct behavior. It is a performence issue to some extent -
pattern matching every line of the active and newsgroups file is
very expensive. I introduce a toggleable list ``concealing'' feature
of there is enough demand.
> Wish-list:
>
> 1. To have separate control of read/post rights to newsgroups
> on a per-group per-basis. I need this feature very very much.
strangly enough, I've just coded this into the nntpcache.access file
routines about an hour ago (!).
e.g
unknown@* * deny
* alt.oneway post
proff@suburbia.net * read,post
* suburbia.lists.lacc read
--
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims
may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons
than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may
sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who
torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with
the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_
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