What are control control.cancel and junk groups?

[Kevin McKinnon]

antonio wrote:
> Hi I don' t understand what are these 3 groups : control control.cancel and 
> junk. I'v tried to remove them but if I do it innd doesn't start...

The requirement for having these newsgroups is documented in the 
INSTALL file.

> What is the purpose of these groups ? 

Control messages for adding and removing new newsgroups are 
propagated via the control group.  Message cancellation messages are 
propagated via control.cancel.

> Are they necessary?

Yes.

> If yes how may I make them invisible?

In your ~news/etc/readers.conf file, change the ordinary users 
section to read as:


# ordinary users
access "all" {
        # users can read/post to all but our internal newsgroups.
        users: "*"
        newsgroups: "*,!control.*,!junk"
        access: "Read Post"
}
 
I've been running INN 2.3 for ~four months, I can't remember if 
readers.conf is the same for INN 2.2 or earlier.  Your mileage with 
this suggestion may vary depending on which version of INN you're 
running.

Cheers,
Kev

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