diff -Nur old/samples/buffindexed.conf new/samples/buffindexed.conf
--- old/samples/buffindexed.conf	2004-01-07 22:47:19.000000000 +0000
+++ new/samples/buffindexed.conf	2004-08-07 18:36:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 # index(0-65535) : path to buffer file : 
 #       length of buffer in kilobytes in decimal (1KB = 1024 bytes)
 
-0:/var/news/spool/overview/OV1:1536000
-1:/var/news/spool/overview/OV2:1536000
+0:/var/spool/news/overview/OV1:1536000
+1:/var/spool/news/overview/OV2:1536000
diff -Nur old/samples/cycbuff.conf new/samples/cycbuff.conf
--- old/samples/cycbuff.conf	2004-01-07 22:47:19.000000000 +0000
+++ new/samples/cycbuff.conf	2004-08-06 12:33:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 # "cycbuff" (literally) : symbolic buffer name : path to buffer file : 
 #       length of symbolic buffer in kilobytes in decimal (1KB = 1024 bytes)
 
-cycbuff:ONE:/export/cycbuffs/one:512000
-cycbuff:TWO:/export/cycbuffs/two:512000
-cycbuff:THREE:/export/cycbuffs/three:512000
+cycbuff:ONE:/var/spool/news/cycbuffs/one:512000
+cycbuff:TWO:/var/spool/news/cycbuffs/two:512000
+cycbuff:THREE:/var/spool/news/cycbuffs/three:512000
 
 # 2. Meta-cyclic buffers
 # Format:
--- inn-2.4.4/samples/inn.conf.in.orig	2008-05-05 12:18:36.000000000 +0200
+++ inn-2.4.4/samples/inn.conf.in	2008-06-12 23:34:03.819271092 +0200
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 # The following parameters are most likely to need setting, although the
 # defaults generated by configure may be reasonable.
 
-mta:                    "@SENDMAIL@ -oi -oem %s"
+mta:                    "@SENDMAIL@ -oi %s"
 organization:           "A poorly-installed InterNetNews site"
 ovmethod:               tradindexed
 hismethod:              hisv6
-pathhost:               @HOSTNAME@
+pathhost:               localhost
 pathnews:               @prefix@
 
 # General Settings
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 # Feed Configuration
 
 artcutoff:              10
-#bindaddress:
-#bindaddress6:
+#bindaddress:		all
+#bindaddress6:		all
 dontrejectfiltered:	false
 hiscachesize:           0
 ignorenewsgroups:       false
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
 maxconnections:         50
 #pathalias:
 #pathcluster:
-pgpverify:              @pgpverify@
+pgpverify:              true
 port:                   119
 refusecybercancels:     false
 remembertrash:          true
-#sourceaddress:
-#sourceaddress6:
-verifycancels:          false
+#sourceaddress:		any
+#sourceaddress6:	any
+verifycancels:          true
 wanttrash:              false
 wipcheck:               5
 wipexpire:              10
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 mergetogroups:          false
 overcachesize:          15
 #ovgrouppat:
+# note: must not be changed to false if using tradspool
 storeonxref:            true
 useoverchan:            false
 wireformat:             false
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@
 
 # Reading
 
-allownewnews:           true
+allownewnews:           false
 articlemmap:            false
-clienttimeout:          600
+clienttimeout:          1800
 initialtimeout:         10
 msgidcachesize:         10000
 nnrpdcheckart:          true
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@
 addnntppostingdate:     true
 addnntppostinghost:     true
 checkincludedtext:      false
-#complaints:
-#fromhost:
+#complaints:		abuse@localhost
+#fromhost:		""
 localmaxartsize:        1000000
 #moderatormailer:
 nnrpdauthsender:        false
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@
 # Posting -- Exponential Backoff
 
 backoffauth:            false
-#backoffdb:
+#backoffdb:		/var/lib/news/backoff
 backoffk:               1
 backoffpostfast:        0
 backoffpostslow:        1
@@ -132,11 +133,11 @@
 innwatchpauseload:      1500
 innwatchsleeptime:      600
 innwatchspoolnodes:     200
-innwatchspoolspace:     8000
+innwatchspoolspace:     25000
 
 # Logging
 
-docnfsstat:             false
+docnfsstat:             true
 logartsize:             true
 logcancelcomm:          false
 logcycles:              3
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
 keepmmappedthreshold:   1024
 #maxcmdreadsize:
 maxforks:               10
-nicekids:               4
+nicekids:               0
 nicenewnews:            0
 nicennrpd:              0
 pauseretrytime:         300
diff -Nur old/samples/newsfeeds.in new/samples/newsfeeds.in
--- old/samples/newsfeeds.in	2004-01-07 22:47:19.000000000 +0000
+++ new/samples/newsfeeds.in	2004-08-07 20:39:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -40,7 +40,17 @@
 
 # Empty default subscription list, reject all incoming articles with a
 # distribution of "local" or "collabra-internal," accept all others.
-ME:!*/!local,!collabra-internal::
+#ME:!*/!local,!collabra-internal::
+
+## Default of  everything to everybody except for junk, control, anything
+## with "local" as the newsgroup prefix (i.e. matches "localhost.stuff") or
+## groups under foo. Articles posted to any group under alt.binaries.warez
+## will not get propagated, even if they're cross posted to something that
+## is.
+ME\
+	:*,@alt.binaries.warez.*,!junk,!control*,!local*,!foo.*\
+        /pl,world,usa,na,gnu,bionet,pubnet,u3b,eunet,vmsnet,inet,ddn,k12\
+	::
 
 # The same as the above, but would reject all posts that have
 # news.example.com in the path (posts passing through that site).
@@ -122,4 +132,4 @@
 # INN).
 #capture\
 #	:*/foo\
-#	:Tp,H2:/usr/local/bin/capture %s
+#	:Tp,H2:/usr/bin/capture %s
diff -Nur old/samples/readers.conf new/samples/readers.conf
--- old/samples/readers.conf	2004-01-07 22:47:19.000000000 +0000
+++ new/samples/readers.conf	2004-08-07 20:32:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 # the local machine
 
 auth "localhost" {
-    hosts: "localhost, 127.0.0.1, stdin"
+    hosts: "localhost, 127.0.0.1, ipv6-localhost, ::1, stdin"
     default: "<localhost>"
 }