[leafnode-list] Re: Duplicate posting to a moderated group

[clemens fischer]

Adam Funk wrote:

> On 2009-06-26, clemens fischer wrote:
> 
>> Leafnode does have the etc/leafnode/moderators file.  So how about
>> this: if the user wants to coerce the posting mode to "moderated",
>> he/she can use leafnode/moderators, if he/she doesn't care, just let
>> upstream handle it.  IOW, if the server having "y" in groupinfo can
>> handle posts, it can have that article.  "Handle posts" defined here
>> as: there are articles having that server in the PATH: header.
>
> If some upstream servers have "y" and some have "m" for the same
> group, one set of servers must be wrong; probably (in my scientific
> study where n=1) the "y" set.

Yes, but why does Leafnode have to worry?  We could post to any upstream
if it just works.  We'd only have to know if it does, therefor the
"Path:" header check, which would have to be done manually, I'm afraid.


clemens