NODELIST.BBS(5)

NAME
nodelist.bbs - specify the node list for use by innbbsd and bntplink.

SYNOPSIS
node[/exclude1,exclude2,...] [+|-][username@]hostname protocol(port) full name

DESCRIPTION

You can use nodelist.bbs for innbbsd and bntplink. When used by innbbsd, it controls the access permission for receiving incoming articles and when used by bntplink, it specifies the destination user, host, port and protocol to contact for sending outgoing articles.

OPTIONS

node[/exclude1,exclude2,..]
    is the nodename for reference by newsfeeds.bbs

/exclude1,exclude2,...
    is used to exclude posts from site exclude1, exclude2,....

hostname
    is the referred hostname in full qualified domain name and optionally with [+|-]username. When used by innbbsd , the [username@]hostname is used for access control. Only hosts specified in nodelist.bbs, can connect to innbbsd. If username is added, innbbsd will consult to remote identd and only ident user matched to specified username has permission to access innbbsd.

protocol(port)
    is the protocol used by bntplink when sending outgoing articles. Current supports of prototol include IHAVE, POST, and, DATA. You can add optionally any number as port , but only root can use number less than 1024.

full name
    can be added for reference. It is meaningful when node matches to name specified in bbsname.bbs, and is used for Organization header for every outgoing articles sent out from this host.

EXAMPLES

    # This is a sample nodelist.bbs
    #
    # default protocol is IHAVE(119)
    # default POST and IHAVE port is 119
    # name   hostname & domainname  protocol(port)  full name
    #------- ---------------------- -------------   ----
    my-bbs   bbs.xxx.edu.tw         IHAVE(7777)     My BBS Organization Name
    news1    news@news.xxx.edu.tw   IHAVE(119)      News Feed Source 1
    news2    news@news.yyy.edu.tw   IHAVE(119)      News Feed Source 2
    news3    news@news.xxx.com.tw   POST(119)       News drain Source 1
    news4    @news.zzz.com.tw       POST(119)       News drain Source 2
    news5    news.aaa.com.tw        POST(119)       News drain Source 3
    bbs1     bbs@bbs.xxx.edu.tw     IHAVE(5555)     BBS Feed destination for local
    bbs2/bbs.yyy.edu.tw   +bbs@bbs.yyy.edu.tw    IHAVE(5555)     BBS Feed destination for all
    mail-list1 user1@serv.xxx.tw    DATA(25)        Reply for list owner
    mail-list2 -user2@serv.xxx.tw   DATA(25)        Reply for list owner and remove

Hosts or user@host in bbs.xxx.edu.tw, news@news.xxx.edu.tw, news@news.yyy.edu.tw, news@news.xxx.com.tw, news.aaa.com.tw, bbs@bbs.xxx.edu.tw, bbs@bbs.yyy.edu.tw, user1@serv.xxx.tw, and user2@serv.xxx.tw have permission to connect innbbsd, and you should note no users in news.zzz.com.tw (specified by node news4 ) can connect, since the user field is null. It is used for bntplink only.

The node bbs2 indicate every articles received or posted should be sent to it.

FILES and DIRECTORIES
~bbs/innd/bbsname.bbs,~bbs/innd/nodelist.bbs,~bbs/innd/newsfeeds.bbs ~bbs/innd/innbbs.conf,~bbs/out.going,~bbs/innd/bbslog ~bbs/bbslog ~bbs/boards

AUTHOR
Shih-Kun Huang (skhuang@csie.nctu.edu.tw)

BUGS

SEE ALSO
newsfeeds.bbs(5),innbbsd(8),bntplink(8)