no newsgroups?

[Meghan]

> 
> > auth "pmc.com" {
> > 	hosts: "pmc.com, *.pmc.com"
> > 	default: "local at pmc.com"
> > }
> 
> The readers.conf manpage is complicated, but try staring at it some more.  
> There's a two-step process, where first an auth group is selected (to
> match the IP) to assign an identity, and then an access group is selected 
> (to match the identity) to assign permissions.
> 
> Your configuration will fail on the second step.  It might suffice to add:
> 
> access "pmc" {
>     users: "local at pmc.com"
>     newsgroups: "*,!junk,!control,!control.*"
> }

Wow!  That worked, thanks!!  I guess I just didn't understand that there
are two steps to the authentication.

Meghan >:-)