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[svn] Made some parts of section 2 clearer.
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date Sun, 14 May 2000 07:44:46 +0100
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4 1. NOFFLE Compatibility Notes
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6 1.1 General
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7 1.2 kexpress
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8 1.3 krn
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9 1.4 Netscape
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12 1.8 Emacs Gnus
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14 2. Using Noffle as a Mail-News Gateway
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16 2.1 Create a local group
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17 2.2 Create a mail2news script
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18 2.3 Create an entry in .procmailrc
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23 1.NOFFLE Compatibility Notes
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27 1.1 General
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28 -----------
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30 Subscribing to groups in "full" mode should work with any news reader.
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31 Caching of articles is unnecessary, since NOFFLE already caches them and
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32 should be switched off.
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34 Subscribing to groups in "overview" or "thread" mode requires more from the
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38 because the article bodies change from the pseudo article
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39 "marked for download" to the real body.
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41 * The reader should rarely open article bodies automatically, because it will
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42 mark them unwantedly for download.
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45 Here comes a list with news readers that have been tested with NOFFLE,
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46 especially with regards to subscribing to groups in "overview" or "thread"
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47 mode.
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49 Please send me reports on your experiences. If a reader does not work at all,
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52 ./configure --enable-debug
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53 make
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54 make install
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56 Then you will see every NNTP command and status line in /var/log/news. Most
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57 interesting is the last line, before the reader (or NOFFLE) hangs :-)
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58 Please also send me a short mail, if you successfully used NOFFLE with a
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59 certain version of a news reader for a longer time, so that I can keep this
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60 list up-to-date.
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68 I found no way to disable caching, apart from writing a wrapper script, which
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69 removes all files from the cache after terminating kexpress:
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71 #!/bin/bash
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72 # kexpress wrapper, save as /usr/local/bin/kexpress
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78 1.3 krn
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79 -------
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83 Set "Options/NNTP Options/Connect on Startup,Connect without asking"
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84 and "Options/Expire options/Article bodies/Read=0,UnRead=0" Sometimes
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85 the article bodies remain in the cache, the following wrapper script helps:
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88 # krn wrapper, save as /usr/local/bin/krn
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93 Articles can be marked as read/unread without opening with the middle mouse
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94 button. This version of krn is still unstable.
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102 No cache problems, netscape caches the article overviews, but not the
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103 bodies. It is best to use "Options/Show only Unread Messages" and to
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104 keep requested articles in unread state until their bodies are
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105 downloaded. For avoiding unwanted opening of articles one should first
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106 "Message/Mark Newsgroup read", then open the wanted articles one by
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107 one and mark them as unread again ("Message/Mark as Unread")
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108 immediately after opening.
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113 Same as with netscape 3.04, but automatically opens the first article
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114 of a listed group and marks it for download thereby. If this bothers
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115 you, choose "View/Hide message". This version of netscape still seems
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116 to be unstable for reading news.
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121 As with 4.0.5 "View/Show/Message" can be used to switch off automatic
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122 message display (and marking for download).
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128 Version 3.96, 4.05:
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130 Ok.
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138 Ok. You can change some keybindings, by saving the following script to
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139 ~/.slrn.sl and adding "interpret .slrn.sl" at the end of your
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140 ~/.slrnrc
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141
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142 % SLRN script for better interplay with NOFFLE news server.
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143 % Redefines some keys for opening articles without modifying flags.
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144 define my_article_linedn()
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145 {
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146 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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147 call ( "article_linedn" );
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148 set_header_flags( flags );
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149 }
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150 define my_scroll_dn()
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151 {
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152 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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153 call ( "scroll_dn" );
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154 set_header_flags( flags );
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155 }
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156 define my_hide_article()
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157 {
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158 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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159 call ( "hide_article" );
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160 set_header_flags( flags );
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161 }
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162 definekey( "my_article_linedn", "\r", "article" );
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163 definekey( "my_scroll_dn", " ", "article" );
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164 definekey( "my_hide_article", "h", "article" );
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167 1.7 tin
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168 -------
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170 Version tin pre:
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172 Call with "tin -r" or "rtin". 'K' marks articles/thread as read
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173 without opening them. '-' marks them as unread.
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176 1.8 Emacs Gnus
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179 Some versions of Gnus freeze up when retrieving active groups. Since
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180 NOFFLE's log files in DEBUG mode show nothing unusual, I believe that
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181 this is a bug in Gnus. Sometimes it helps to remove all ".newsrc" and
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182 similar files on ones home directory and restarting Gnus.
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183
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184 Here is a proposal for changing some key-bindings.
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185
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186 ;; Customising Gnus for use with the NOFFLE news server
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187 ;;
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188 ;; tick and open article
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189 ;; for reading/marking for download
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190 ;; scroll article text circular
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191 ;; for avoiding automatic opening of next article
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192 ;; mark article as read and go to next line
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193 (defun my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open(n)
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194 "Tick and open article, so that NOFFLE marks it for download"
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195 (interactive "p")
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196 (gnus-summary-scroll-up n)
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197 (gnus-summary-mark-article nil gnus-ticked-mark t)
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198 )
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199 (defun my-gnus-summary-next-page(n)
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200 "Next page of article, but do not open next article automatically"
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201 (interactive "p")
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202 (gnus-summary-next-page 10 t) ;; Call with argument `circular'.
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204 (defun my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line(n)
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205 "Mark article as read and go to next line"
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206 (interactive "p")
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207 (gnus-summary-mark-article-as-read gnus-read-mark)
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208 (next-line n)
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209 )
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210 (defun my-gnus-summary-mode-hook ()
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211 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "\r"
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212 'my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open)
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213 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map " "
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214 'my-gnus-summary-next-page)
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215 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "d"
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216 'my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line)
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218 (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'my-gnus-summary-mode-hook)
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221 1.9 pan
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222 -------
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224 Version 0.8.0beta5:
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226 Ok.
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229 2. Using Noffle as a Mail-News Gateway
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230 --------------------------------------
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232 In combination with procmail, Noffle can be used to gateway all
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233 mails from a maillist to a local newsgroup.
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234 This is convenient for filtering out maillists from your personal emails.
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235 The local group is created without postings allowed,
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236 so mails to the maillist must be sent by email.
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237 This is not a big problem, since most newsreaders allow choosing between
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238 a reply and a followup.
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240 2.1 Create a local group
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241 ------------------------
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243 Example:
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245 noffle --create local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name
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246 noffle --modify post local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name n
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248 2.2 Create a mail2news script
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249 -----------------------------
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251 You need a program that reads an article from stdin and posts it to
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252 the local group. E.g. the following Python script will post an article
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253 read from stdin to the newsgroup given as the first argument:
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255 #!/usr/bin/python
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256 # Post article from stdin to noffle in group given as first argument.
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257 import StringIO, nntplib, os, sys
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258 if len(sys.argv) != 2: raise Exception("Need group as argument")
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259 grp = sys.argv[1]
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260 buf = StringIO.StringIO()
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261 buf.writelines("Newsgroups: " + grp + "\n")
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262 buf.write(sys.stdin.read())
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263 buf.seek(0)
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264 os.system("/usr/local/bin/noffle --modify post " + grp + " y")
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265 srv = nntplib.NNTP("localhost")
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266 srv.group(grp)
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267 srv.post(buf)
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268 srv.quit
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269 os.system("/usr/local/bin/noffle --modify post " + grp + " n")
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270
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271 2.3 Create an entry in .procmailrc
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272 ----------------------------------
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273
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274 Add a procmail entry for recognizing mails from the maillist and
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275 posting it using mail2news.
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276
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277 Example of a ~/.procmailrc:
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278
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279 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
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280 MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
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281 LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log
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282
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283 :0
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284 * ^To.*my-maillist-name@lists.somewhere.org
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285 |/usr/local/bin/mail2news local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name