--- sample/get.news.innxmit.orig	Sat Mar 30 11:43:37 1996
+++ sample/get.news.innxmit	Fri Apr  5 23:24:47 1996
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@
 REMOTE_HOST=news.pixi.com
 LOCAL_HOST=localhost
 
-SPOOLDIR=/usr/spool/news		# base directory for articles to be rposted
-NEWSDIR=/usr/lib/news			# base directory for news binaries 
-BINDIR=/home/boby/doNews		# base directory for suck rpost and scripts
+if [ -d /var/spool/news ] && [ ! -d /var/news ]; then
+	SPOOLDIR=/var/spool/news	# base directory for articles to be rposted
+else
+	SPOOLDIR=/var/news
+fi
+NEWSDIR=/usr/local/news			# base directory for news binaries 
+BINDIR=/usr/local/bin			# base directory for suck rpost and scripts
 
-TMPDIR=${BINDIR}			# location for suck.* files
-DATADIR=${BINDIR}			# location of sucknewsrc and killfile
-MSGDIR=${BINDIR}/Msgs			# where to put MultiFile articles when getting them
+TMPDIR=/var/tmp			# location for suck.* files
+DATADIR=/usr/local/etc			# location of sucknewsrc and killfile
+MSGDIR=${TMPDIR}/Msgs			# where to put MultiFile articles when getting them
 
 BATCHFILE=${TMPDIR}/batch		# Name of batchfile to build for rnews or innxmit
 SITE=pixi				# name of site
--- sample/get.news.rnews.orig	Sat Mar 30 11:44:28 1996
+++ sample/get.news.rnews	Fri Apr  5 23:32:48 1996
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@
 REMOTE_HOST=news.pixi.com
 LOCAL_HOST=localhost
 
-SPOOLDIR=/usr/spool/news		# base directory for articles to be rposted
+if [ -d /var/spool/news ] && [ ! -d /var/news ]; then
+	SPOOLDIR=/var/spool/news	# base directory for articles to be rposted
+else
+	SPOOLDIR=/var/news
+fi
 NEWSDIR=/usr/lib/news			# base directory for news binaries 
-BINDIR=/home/boby/doNews		# base directory for suck rpost and scripts
+BINDIR=/usr/local/bin		# base directory for suck rpost and scripts
 
-TMPDIR=${BINDIR}			# location for suck.* files
-DATADIR=${BINDIR}			# location of sucknewsrc and killfile
-MSGDIR=${BINDIR}/Msgs			# where to put MultiFile articles when getting them
+TMPDIR=/var/tmp			# location for suck.* files
+DATADIR=/usr/local/etc			# location of sucknewsrc and killfile
+MSGDIR=${TMPDIR}/Msgs			# where to put MultiFile articles when getting them
 
 BATCHFILE=${TMPDIR}/batch		# Name of batchfile to build for rnews or innxmit
 OUTGOING=${SPOOLDIR}/out.going/pixi	# location of the list of articles to upload