[leafnode-list] Re: using leafnode with existing spool

[Gary R. Schmidt]

On 24/11/2022 05:07, Julian Bradfield via leafnode-list wrote:
> "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt at acm.org> wrote:
> 
>> Please don't reply directly, this is a mailing list, ask and answer there.
> 
> I replied directly because I didn't want to embarrass you further
> on-list about your not reading my post. It is, or was in the good old
> days, standard mailing list etiquette to send private replies when the
> reply is not useful to the discussion, but only to the recipient - all
> other list readers could see that you weren't reading the question,
> and didn't need to be told again!
> 
In the time I've been using (and maintaining) mailing lists ask & answer 
on the list has been the default.

And as someone who remembers the shell and editor wars of longago, I've 
long grown a thick enough skin that being told I'm wrong in public 
doesn't trouble me.

>> So if $NEWSSPOOL is /news, and Leafnode is configured
>> "--with-spooldir=/leafnode/", then "ln -s /news/comp /leafnode" and so
>> on should do the right thing.
> 
> OK. That seems deceptively simple :) I'll give it a try.
> (Well, I'll configure Leafnode with --with-spooldir=/news )
> 
I hope by this you mean that $NEWSSPOOL is not /news??  The spool 
directories should not be the same.

> I presume it does or can read .overview files put there by somebody
> else.
> 
Leafnode doesn't use the .overview files, it just scans the directories.

>> The out.going directory in Leafnode is different, it is where out going
>> messages are placed, not newsbatches.
> 
> There aren't any out-going messages, so that shouldn't be an issue.
> 
>> I think, if the only Leafnode binary that is run is leafnode, it is doable.
> 
> OK, I'll try - backing up the spool first!

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)