Anyone know what this is all about?

[Ryan MacDonald]

Since I started my feed yesterday I have been getting these emails?  Is 
this a problem on my end, or just some random thing sent out by some 
admin somewhere?

Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:44:00 -0600
From: news <news at lich.peakss.com> <mailto:news at lich.peakss.com>
To: news at lich.peakss.com <mailto:news at lich.peakss.com>
Subject: checkgroups by group-admin at usenet.eu.org <mailto:group-admin at usenet.eu.org>

    group-admin at usenet.eu.org <mailto:group-admin at usenet.eu.org> posted the following checkgroups message:
    Path: lich.peakss.com!attdv1!attdv2!ip.att.net!frgp!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.tele.dk!212.177.105.133!news.mailgate.org!news2.livenet.it!news.computerville.it!not-for-mail
    From: group-admin at usenet.eu.org <mailto:group-admin at usenet.eu.org> (Mario Benvenuti)
    Newsgroups: news.admin.hierarchies,europa.usenet.admin,europa.general
    Subject: cmsg checkgroups
    Control: checkgroups
    Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 21:47:14 +0000 (UTC)
    Organization: ComputerVille
    Lines: 22
    Approved: group-admin at usenet.eu.org <mailto:group-admin at usenet.eu.org> (Mario Benvenuti)
    Message-ID: <993158196.checkgroups at pisolo.computerville.it> <mailto:993158196.checkgroups at pisolo.computerville.it>
    NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.185.238.200
    X-Trace: ventolo.computerville.it 993160034 29793 194.185.238.200 (21 Jun 2001 21:47:14 GMT)
    X-Complaints-To: abuse at computerville.it <mailto:abuse at computerville.it>
    NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 21:47:14 +0000 (UTC)
    X-Info: http://www.europa.usenet.eu.org
    X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.3ia From,Newsgroups,Subject,Control,Approved,Message-ID
    	iQCVAwUBOzJkNMf+GMD1kZyjAQGzLQP/RcHbNeJBt45uC2JZsMZ8nTL9xLxUe9HF
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    	HPlm6ReT2T8=
    	=61kt
    Xref: lich.peakss.com control.checkgroups:1

    If you want to process it, feed the body
    of the message to docheckgroups while logged
    in as user ID "":

    /usr/lib/docheckgroups '^*' <<zRbJ
    europa.commercio	Business/Wirtschaft/Biznes/Kauppa.
    europa.ecologia	Environment/Umwelt/Miljoe/Okruzhaiushchaia sreda/Ymparisto.
    europa.education	Bildung/Utbildning/Obrazovanie/Koulutus.
    europa.general	Interesse general/Allgemeines/Obshchee/Yleista.
    europa.historia	History/Istoriia/Geschichte.
    europa.intro+faq	Benvenite/Welcome/Willkommen/Priom. (Moderated)
    europa.linguas	Languages/Sprachen/Spraak/Iazyk.
    europa.musica	Music/Musik/Muzyka/Musiikki.
    europa.novas	Actualitates/Current events/Tagesthemen/Novosti/Ajankohtaista.
    europa.politica	Politics/Politik/Politika/Polittiikka.
    europa.sport	Sports/Idrott/Urheilu.
    europa.sport.football	Fussball/Fotboll/Futbol/Jalkapallo.
    europa.technologia	Technology/Teknologi/Tekhnologiia/Teknologia/Technik.
    europa.telecom	Fernmeldewesen/Telekom/Dal'niaia sviaz'/Telekommunikaatio.
    europa.test	Testing/Probepostings.
    europa.union	European Union/UE/EU/Evropeiskii Soiuz/Euroopan Unioni.
    europa.union.euro	Moneta commun/SingleCurrency/Waehrung/Edinaia valiuta.
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    europa.viages.tourismo	Tourism/Tourismus/Turism/Turizm/Turismi.
    europa.viages.transporto	Transport/Puteshestvie/Matkailu.
    zRbJ


Thanks,
Ryan


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Ryan MacDonald
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Clarent Corporation
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