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[svn] * AUTHORS.html, CHANGELOG.html, COPYING.html, README.html, FAQ.html, NOTES.html, INSTALL.html: Removed files. * AUTHORS, COPYING, ChangeLog, README, INSTALL, NEWS, docs/FAQ, docs/NOTES: Added files. * TODO.TXT: Renamed to TODO. Slightly changed formatting. * README: Reformatted the file. Added info about CVS. Added a pointer to the file INSTALL. * noffle.1, noffle.conf.5: Moved to docs/ * LSM.TXT: Moved to docs/noffle.lsm. Small fix. * INSTALL: Adapted to autoconf build-system. A few minor fixes.
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1 .TH noffle.conf 5
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2 .\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 48 2000-05-05 20:26:14Z uh1763 $
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3 .SH NAME
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4 noffle.conf \- Configuration file for NOFFLE news server
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6 .SH DESCRIPTION
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8 The
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9 .B NOFFLE
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10 news server - see
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11 .BR noffle (1)
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12 - takes its configuration from a configuration file.
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13 By default this file is \fI/etc/noffle.conf\fP.
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15 .PP
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16 .B noffle.conf
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17 is a normal text file containing
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18 .B NOFFLE
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19 settings, one per line.
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21 .PP
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22 Leading whitespace on a line is ignored, as is any comment
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23 text. Comment text begins with a '#' character and continues to the
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24 end of the line. Blank lines are permitted.
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26 .SH SETTINGS
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28 .TP
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29 .B server <hostname>[:<port>] [<user> <pass>]
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30 Name of the remote server. If no port given, port 119 is used.
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31 Username and password for servers that need authentication
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32 (Original AUTHINFO). The password may not contain white-spaces.
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33 If there are multiple server entries in the config file, all of them are
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34 used for getting groups. In this case the first server should be
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35 the one of your main provider. Note that you must always
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36 run 'noffle --query groups'
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37 after making changes to the server entries.
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39 .TP
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40 .B max-fetch <n>
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41 Never get more than <n> articles. If there are more, the oldest ones
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42 are discarded.
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43 .br
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46 .TP
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47 .B mail-to <address>
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48 Receiver of failed postings. If empty then failed postings are returned
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49 to the sender (taking the address from the article's Sender, X-Sender or
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50 From field, in this order).
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51 .br
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52 Default: <empty string>
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54 .TP
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55 .B auto-unsubscribe yes|no
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56 Automatically remove groups from fetch list if they have not been
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57 accessed for a number days.
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58 .br
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59 Default: no
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61 .TP
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62 .B auto-unsubscribe-days <n>
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63 Number of days used for auto-unsubscribe option.
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64 .br
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67 .TP
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68 .B thread-follow-time <n>
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69 Automatically mark articles for download in thread mode, if they
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70 are referencing an article that has been opened by a reader within the last
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71 <n> days.
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72 .br
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75 .TP
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76 .B connect-timeout <n>
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77 Timeout for connecting to remote server in seconds.
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78 .br
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79 Default: 30
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81 .TP
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82 .B auto-subscribe yes|no
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83 Automatically put groups on fetch list if someone reads them.
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84 <mode> can be full, over, thread (depending on the fetch mode) or
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86 on the list is that an article is opened. For this reason there is
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87 always a pseudo article visible in groups that are not on the fetch list.
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88 .br
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89 Default: no
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91 .TP
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92 .B auto-subscribe-mode full|thread|over
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93 Mode for auto-subscribe option.
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94 .br
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95 Default: over
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97 .TP
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98 .B remove-messageid yes|no
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99 Remove Message-ID from posted articles. Some remote servers can generate
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100 Message-IDs.
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105 .B replace-messageid yes|no
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106 Replace Message-ID of posted articles by a Message-ID generated by
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107 NOFFLE. Some news readers generate Message-IDs that are not accepted by
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108 some servers. For generating Message-IDs, the domain name of your system should
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109 be a valid domain name. If you are in a local domain, set it to your
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110 provider's domain name.
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112 Default: yes
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114 .TP
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115 .B default-expire <n>
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116 The default expiry period, in days. An expiry period of 0 means "never".
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117 .br
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118 Default: 14
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121 .B expire <group pattern> <n>
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122 The expiry period for a newsgroup or set of newsgroups, in days. The
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123 expiry pattern can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and there can be multiple
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124 .B expire
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125 lines. When checking the expiry period for a group, the expiry
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126 patterns are checked in the order in which they appear in
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127 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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128 until the first match occurs. If no pattern matches the group name, the
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129 .B default expiry period
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130 is used. An expiry period of 0 means "never".
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131 .br
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132 Default: no
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133
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134 .SH "GROUP NAME WILDCARDS"
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135
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136 .B NOFFLE
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137 uses a wildcard format that closely matches filename-style wildcards.
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138 \fIalt.binaries.*\fP, for example, matches all newsgroups under the
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139 .I alt.binaries
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140 hierarchy. A full description of the fomat (known as
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141 .B wildmat
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142 patterns) is as follows.
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143
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144 .TP
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145 .BI \e x
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146 Turns off the special meaning of
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147 .I x
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148 and matches it directly; this is used mostly before a question mark or
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149 asterisk, and is not special inside square brackets.
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150 .TP
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151 .B ?
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152 Matches any single character.
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153 .TP
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154 .B *
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155 Matches any sequence of zero or more characters.
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156 .TP
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157 .BI [ x...y ]
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158 Matches any single character specified by the set
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159 .IR x...y .
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160 A minus sign may be used to indicate a range of characters.
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161 That is,
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162 .I [0\-5abc]
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164 .IR [012345abc] .
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165 More than one range may appear inside a character set;
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166 .I [0-9a-zA-Z._]
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167 matches almost all of the legal characters for a host name.
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168 The close bracket,
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169 .IR ] ,
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170 may be used if it is the first character in the set.
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171 The minus sign,
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172 .IR \- ,
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173 may be used if it is either the first or last character in the set.
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174 .TP
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175 .BI [^ x...y ]
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176 This matches any character
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177 .I not
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179 .IR x...y ,
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180 which is interpreted as described above.
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181 For example,
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182 .I [^]\-]
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183 matches any character other than a close bracket or minus sign.
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185
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186 .SH SEE ALSO
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187
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188 .BR noffle (1)
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189
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190 .SH AUTHORS
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191
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192 Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de>
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193 .br
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194 Volker Wysk <volker.wysk@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
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195 .br
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196 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
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197 .br
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198 1998-2000.
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