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In article <Bw06vM.40J@alsvid.une.edu.au> mark@alsvid.une.edu.au (Mark Garrett Internet: mark@arvak.une.edu.au Phone: +61 66 20 3859) writes:
>	I know we are not all running C-news but. All that's necessary
>to stop alt.graphics is alias it to comp.graphics and then forget
>about it.

Or, just delgroup it locally, and then apply this patch to
/usr/lib/newsbin/ctl/newgroup.  This will make newgroup reject
newgroup requests for "alt.graphics" with the error message
"alt.graphics is a bogus newsgroup."  I do not suggest modifying
newgroup to bounce the mail back to the sender, since I believe the
From: line on the messages is Jeff Pozkanzer's address.

Here is the patch.

*** newgroup~	Mon Oct 12 18:11:58 1992
--- newgroup	Fri Aug  7 17:27:46 1992
***************
*** 48,53 ****
--- 48,57 ----
  	esac
  done
  
+ if [ "$1" = "alt.graphics" ]; then
+ 	reject=${reject-'alt.graphics is a bogus newsgroup'}
+ fi
+ 
  # consult control file, if present
  perms=$NEWSCTL/newgroupperm
  action=yv

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