Hi Jeff,   
      
   > I know that news groups are defined in BCFG. But is there a file defining the   
   > specific news groups that will BBBS will attempt to download?   Or is   
   > the news group list contained in a data file somewhere?   
      
   No, but you give details in bcfg4->Global->Confs see below:   
      
      
           Name: NEWS:alt.os.linux.gentoo                                  |   
           |--| Description: Gentoo newsgroup   
           |--|    Fidoname: ALT.OS.LINUX.GENTOO  <-------here   
           |--|    NNTPname: ALT.OS.LINUX.GENTOO  <-------here   
           |--|   *.MSG dir:   
           |--| Fido export: 1:11/201 14/5 116/18 [etc]..   
   |--|                                                   [ ]  Must for all    |   
   |--|   Moderator: 0:0/0.0                              [ ]  Invite users    |   
   |--|  Fido flags: SV                                   [ ]  Alias allowed   |   
   |--|    NNTPhost: 1 <----------here                    [ ]  Allow tagline   |   
   |--|  Fido group: X                                    [ ]  Post conf.      |   
   |--|  Nodenumber: 0                                    [ ]  Allow private   |   
   |--|      Origin: 0                Conf #00273         [ ]  No reply        |   
   |--|    Msg scan: 50                                   [ ]  No mark reset   |   
   |--|     BPC min: 300               Total: 495         [X]  Fido area       |   
   |--|     BPC max: 400                Post: 1           [X]  No Fido strip   |   
   |--|      Import: ISO              Resume: 65535       [ ]  AllFix          |   
   |--|      Export: ISO            Fileinfo: 65535       [ ]  NameFix         |   
   |--|                                                   [ ]  AGNET           |   
      
      
   Then you use that NNTPHost number in your "getnews" script.  Here's mine:   
      
   ==getnews.sh===   
   #!/bin/sh   
   cd /home/bbbs   
   ./bbbs bnntp w 1 news.mixmin.net   
   ./bbbs bnntp r 1 news.mixmin.net   
   ====end===   
      
   If you type bbbs bnntp, you'll see all the parameters for the command:   
      
   bbs@filegate:~$ ./bbbs bnntp   
      
   Usage: BBBS BNNTP W [host0] {host1} {host2} {...}     Receive news from hosts   
          BBBS BNNTP R [host0] {host1} {host2} {...}     Send news to hosts   
          BBBS BNNTP Z [host0] {host1} {host2} {...}     Reset "want" pointers   
          BBBS BNNTP S [host] [localname] [#_of_msgs]    Set "want" pointer   
          BBBS BNNTP C [host] [localname] [#_of_msgs]    Set "want", no dupes   
          BBBS BNNTP G [host] [filename]                 Get arealist   
          BBBS BNNTP L                                   Export conf->email msgs   
      
   Hope this helps :)   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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