Default ME entry in sample/newsfeeds

[Russ Allbery]

I had this saved and I don't think I ever responded to it, although I
checked in a new default newsfeeds file a while back.  So just to fill
people in....

Joe St Sauver <JOE at oregon.uoregon.edu> writes:

> As time goes by, full(-ish) feeds are going to be harder and harder for
> sites connected at less than DS3 (or fractional DS3) speeds to
> do. Moreover, how many times have you seen/heard someone confused about
> the function of ME, and how it interacts with INBOUND policy, etc.?

> For the ME line, I'd suggest a default of:

> ME:!*/!local,!collabra-internal::

> (If ME was called DEFAULT-OUTBOUND, then it would be much easier for
> folks to wrap their mind around, but that's a secondary issue.)

> Beneath that, perhaps, show several commented out typical ME entries
> that are alternatives people can uncomment if they'd rather follow some
> other policy direction.

What newsfeeds currently has is:

##  The ME feed entry is special magic.
##
##  "/exclude" entries for this feed entry will cause INN to reject all
##  articles that have passed through those listed sites (by matching
##  Path: entries).  There are some "pseudo-sites" in general use that can
##  be listed as exclusions to reject specific types of 3rd-party cancel
##  messages (see the "Cancel FAQ" in news.admin.net-abuse.usenet):
##
##      cyberspam       Cancels for spam, munged articles, binaries
##      spewcancel      Cancels for munged articles and runaway gateways
##      bincancel       Cancels for binary postings to non-binary groups
##      udpcancel       Cancels to force sites to enforce antispam policies
##
##  The "pattern" field for this feed entry gives the initial subscription
##  list for all other feeds specified in this file.  These patterns are
##  *prepended* to all other feed patterns.  Using this feature is
##  confusing and mildly discouraged; make sure you understand the man
##  page before using it.
##
##  "/distrib" for this feed entry specifies what distributions the server
##  will accept.  If any distributions are listed there, the server will
##  accept only articles with those distributions.  If all the
##  distributions listed are negated (starting with !), then the server
##  will only accept articles without those distributions.
##
##  Patterns affect *outgoing* feeds.  Distributions affect *incoming*
##  feeds.

# Empty default subscription list, reject all incoming articles with a
# distribution of "local" or "collabra-internal," accept all others.
ME:!*/!local,!collabra-internal::

I'd be happy to add another commented-out example if someone has a good
one that they think is needed, although I think the above is really what
nearly all sites want to use.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>