That 'newgroup' DOS thing....

[Olaf Titz]

> Even if we can't set something up in advance, is there a config file or
> other mechanism such that when we identify a 'category' of unwanted
> control message we could quickly add a parameter with filtering syntax to
> a config file and have INND reject the *rest* of the bad newgroup messages
> without spawning those additional processes?

If you use cleanfeed, write a local_filter_newrmgroup routine, else
put this code just into filter_art in filter_innd.pl:

if ($hdr{"Control"}=~/(new|rm)group\s+.*\.h.pc(r.m|l.n)e/)
        return "hipclone";

Adjust the regex to your taste. :-)

Olaf