This directory contains the 2nd half of a news <=> mail gateway system.

The 1st half is the mail -> news gateway, which is already implemented
in mailagent via the POST comamnd.

The 2nd half is the news -> mail gateway, and it is implemented by
the newsgate program held in this directory.

WARNING: you will need the Log::Agent module, which you can get
from http://search.cpan.org.

Files:

	rules         mailagent rules examples for the mail -> news part
    newsgate      a news article redispatcher, according to ml.map
    ml.map        configures the newsgroup / list addresses mappings

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In order for newsgate to operate correctly, it needs to be plugged
the same way mailagent is plugged in the mail system via .forward.
Here, newsgate needs to be plugged as one of the "feeds" for the
ml.* hierarchy (or whatever hierarchy you wish to gateway).  Doing
this will probably require "news" rights on the news server.

Also, to allow newsgate to properly set the envelope of the message
being sent, the "news" user (the user under which newsgate is called
by the news server) should be declared as a "trusted user" in
sendmail's configuration.

Newsgate is written with sendmail's interface.  MTAs providing a
sendmail-like wrapper should work fine, provided it implements the
following switches:

	-f      sets the envelope address (needs to be "trusted user")
	-t      determine recipients by parsing message's To and Cc
    -odb    delivery in background
    -oi     a single "." is not the end of a message

Have fun!

Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com>
Grenoble, France, January 2001.