Configuring INN For NoCeM

The following steps are necessary to set up a standard Linux bos running INN 2.4.x to use NoCeM messages.

Assumptions

• INN has been set up roughly as specified here
  • You may also use encap to configure this, using these package format files: inn-2.4.1a.ep, inn-2.4.2.ep
• You're already carrying news.lists.filters or other newsgroups carrying NoCeM notices.
• You're using the perl-nocem script that comes with INN.

Steps

1. Fix perl-nocem (in /usr/local/bin/, /usr/local/news/bin/, or equivalent) to remove some warnings and to not use Sys::Syslog (which is currently broken for Linux). A diff is available here.
   • This is no longer necessary with devel versions of INN, as of September 2006.
2. Create a nocem.ctl file in news/etc, which contains the lines indicating which issuers you want to follow. A registry of possible issuers is here.
   • A sample line: clewis@ferret:mmf,spam
     This will remove all articles that Chris Lewis has issued NoCeM notices for that are either make-money-fast scams (mmf) or spam.
   • To use this with Tim's pgpmoose filters, use this:
     pgpmoose@killfile.org:pgpmoose-forged-moderation
3. Create the proper GPG keyring:

   mkdir -p ~news/etc/pgp; cd ~news/etc/pgp
   touch ncmring.gpg
    

4. Import the proper GPG keys. A registry of keys is here.
   • The key for Tim's pgpmoose filters is here, and can be set up with:

     cd ~
     wget http://www.killfile.org/~tskirvin/nocem/vlad.pgp
     gpg --import --keyring ~news/etc/ncmring.pgp --no-default-keyring vlad.pgp

5. Add the following lines to your newsfeeds file (adjusting for the location of the perl-nocem script):

   nocem:!*,alt.nocem.misc,news.lists.filters\
   	:Tc,Wf,Ap:/usr/local/bin/perl-nocem

6. Restart INN (or at least 'ctlinnd reload newsfeeds new NoCeM config').