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        !             2:      Mkgrdates is run by cron periodically (say, every 6 or 12 hours --
        !             3: it's up to you).  All it does is produce a cronologically ordered list
        !             4: of newsgroups in the active file, along with their dates of creation.
        !             5: It tries to be intelligent, and if the active file hasn't changed since
        !             6: it was last run, it simply exits.
        !             7: 
        !             8:      So, you'll need to put "mkgrdates" in /usr/lib/crontab to
        !             9: be run periodically.  Every day is probably good enough.
        !            10: 
        !            11:      Some things you might want to be aware of are that it creates
        !            12: and updates the files STAT_FILE and NGDATE_FILE, defined in
        !            13: ../common/conf.h.  It's up to you to define these constants to suit
        !            14: your system.
        !            15: 
        !            16:      The file "access_file" is the file which tells the news server
        !            17: which hosts can read, which can post, and which can transfer.
        !            18: This file wants to be installed wherever ACCESS_FILE in ../common/conf.h
        !            19: says it should be (you can configure this to suit you).  Remember
        !            20: that this should be readable by whatever uid the news server runs
        !            21: as.  Further, remember that the entry "default" must be first in
        !            22: the table.
        !            23: 
        !            24:      >>> The access file does not support subnets.  Only class
        !            25:      >>> A, B, and C networks, as well as hosts.
        !            26:      >>> Look for a subnet supporting release eventually.
        !            27: 
        !            28:      Finally, edit Makefile to reflect DESTDIR -- where you want
        !            29: the binary to be installed for mkgrdates.

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