To manage Vnews newsgroups online, access the following URL using your web browser.
http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/news/news.cgi
This will bring up the web-based Vnews Newsgroup Manager. You can use the Vnews Newsgroup Manager to add, edit, and remove newsgroups.
Features
A summary of Vnews Newsgroup Manager features follows.
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Adding a Newsgroup
To add a newsgroup, click on [ADD NEWSGROUP]. The next page will ask for the name of the newsgroup, as well as the length until newsgroup expires, and maximum size, and whether a user can post or not post to this newsgroup. -
Modifying a Newsgroup
Editing the newsgroup is very much the same, click on [edit] to start editing the selected newsgroup. The next page will ask all the same questions as adding a newsgroup. -
Removing a Newsgroup
To remove a newsgroup click on [remove], the next page is where you will be asked if you are sure you want to remove this newsgroup. To remove the newsgroup, click on [yes], or [no] to keep the newsgroup, the next page will confirm that the newsgroup has been deleted.
NOTE: The Vnews Newsgroup Manager does not include user authentication. To add a username and password feature, see the following. During the Vnews installation, a sample .htaccess file is installed in your ~/www/htdocs/news directory. |
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