A sample distrib.pats comes with the distribution and should
be in your $inn/site directory automatically. 
The sample needs the following modification:

Remove the line:
10:news.software.nntp:inet

News.software.nntp has moved from inet groups to normal groups 
end 1994/begin 1995.

If you get this error it sounds like something was badly configured 
on your machine.

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