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NoCem Support (Added in DNEWS 5.1a)

  1. Install PGP software on your computer (see pgp.htm)
  2. In DNEWS.CONF specify the path to the PGP program
  3. Add the public keys for the standard NOCEM messages to your PGP key ring
  4. Get the nocem.conf file and copy it to your DNEWS CONFIG directory
  5. In DNEWS.CONF add "nocem true"
  6. Restart dnews
  7. Get & Test the sample message, tellnews test_nocem d:\nocem.txt

In DNEWS.CONF specify the path to the PGP program

This step is only necessary if you have not put 'pgp' into your path.

	pgp c:\app\pgp\pgp.exe

You may also need to define pgppath to point to the 'news' users keyring, e.g. (the path should match the home directory of 'news' in  /etc/passwd)

	pgppath /var/spool/news/.pgp

Add the public keys of NoCem posters so DNEWS which messages to trust

Transfer the file ftp://ftp.netwinsite.com/pub/dnews/nocemkys.txt This file is a list of the most common nocem posters keys, for the most up to date keys see the nocem home page:  http://www.cm.org/
Add the keys to your keyring, something like this with pgp 2.6

    pgp -ka nocemkys.txt

Get the nocem.conf file and copy it to your DNEWS CONFIG directory

copy ftp://ftp.netwinsite.com/pub/dnews/nocem.conf   d:\dnews\nocem.conf (typically)

Modify nocem.conf, put '*' and 'yes' next to the NoCem posters you want applied to your system, you can find out details of each of their cancelling policies from the nocem registry http://www.cm.org/

In DNEWS.CONF add "nocem true"

Add this line to dnews.conf, which can be found in \winnt\system32\dnews.conf or \etc\dnews.conf

    nocem true

Test the system

First resetart dnews, then download ftp://ftp.netwinsite.com/pub/dnews/nocem.txt

	tellnews test_nocem d:\nocem.txt
	200 trek DNEWS Version 5.1a-beta1, S0, posting OK
	    Accepted NoCem message, see dnews.log
	281 Completed
	205 closing connection - goodbye!
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