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[svn] * src/configfile.h,src/configfile.c,docs/noffle.conf.5: Add noffle-user and noffle-group configs. * src/configfile.c,src/fetch.c,src/fetchlist.c,src/protocol.c, src/server.c: Replace strcpy() with Utl_cpyStr() where appropriate. See Debian bug 168128. * src/control.c,src/configfile.c,src/noffle.c: Replace [s]scanf("%s") with [s]scanf(MAXCHAR_FMT). * src/noffle.c: Log warning if noffle.conf is world readable. * src/noffle.c: Restrict most options to news admins; i.e. those who are root or news on running Noffle. * Makefile.in,acconfig.h,aclocal.m4,config.h.in,configure,configure.in, docs/Makefile.in,docs/noffle.conf.5,packages/Makefile.in, packages/redhat/Makefile.in,src/Makefile.am,src/Makefile.in, src/authenticate.c,src/authenticate.h,src/noffle.c,src/server.c: Add basic authentication using either Noffle-specific user file or authenticating via PAM (service 'noffle'). PAM authentication needs to run as root, so a Noffle server that needs PAM must be started by root. Helpful (?) error messages will be logged if not. Noffle will switch ruid and euid to 'news' (or whatever is configured) ASAP. * src/noffle.c: Add uid checking.
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1 .TH noffle.conf 5
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2 .\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 420 2003-01-10 23:25:45Z bears $
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4 .SH NAME
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5 noffle.conf \- Configuration file for NOFFLE news server
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7 .SH DESCRIPTION
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10 .B NOFFLE
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11 news server - see
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12 .BR noffle (1)
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17 .B noffle.conf
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19 .B NOFFLE
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27 .SH SETTINGS
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29 .TP
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30 .B server <hostname>[:<port>] [<user> <pass>]
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31 Name of the remote server. If no port given, port 119 is used.
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32 Username and password for servers that need authentication
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33 (Original AUTHINFO). The password may not contain white-spaces.
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37 run 'noffle --query groups'
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41 .B getgroups <group pattern> [, <group pattern> ...]
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82 .BR inews (1)
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137 From field, in this order).
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138 .br
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139 Default: <empty string>
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142 .B auto-unsubscribe yes|no
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143 Automatically remove groups from fetch list if they have not been
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144 accessed for a number of days. Groups are only unsubscribed if there
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145 are fresh articles arriving and remaining unread.
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147 Default: no
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149 .TP
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150 .B auto-unsubscribe-days <n>
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156 .B thread-follow-time <n>
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158 are referencing an article that has been opened by a reader within the last
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159 <n> days.
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160 .br
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161 Default: 7
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163 .TP
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164 .B connect-timeout <n>
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165 Timeout for connecting to remote server in seconds.
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167 Default: 30
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169 .TP
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170 .B auto-subscribe yes|no
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171 Automatically put groups on fetch list if someone reads them.
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172 <mode> can be full, over, thread (depending on the fetch mode) or
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174 on the list is that an article is opened. For this reason there is
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175 always a pseudo article visible in groups that are not on the fetch list.
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177 Default: no
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179 .TP
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180 .B auto-subscribe-mode <group pattern> full|thread|over
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181 Mode for auto-subscribe option for groups that match the given
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182 pattern.
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183 .br
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184 Default: none
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186 .TP
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187 .B default-auto-subscribe-mode full|thread|over
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188 Default mode for auto-subscribe option. Used for all groups that do
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189 not match a pattern specified with
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190 .B auto-subscribe-mode
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191 entries (if any).
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193 Default: over
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195 .TP
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196 .B info-always-unread yes|no
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197 An information article is presented for all unsubscribed
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198 newsgroups. If auto-subscribe mode is off, there is a possibility of
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199 someone reading the article but forgetting the instructions therein
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200 and not knowing how to return to a read article. This option causes
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201 the information article always to be present as an unread article in a
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202 group when auto-subscribe if off. It does this by incrementing the
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203 article number of the information article every time it is read.
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204 .br
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205 Default: yes
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207 .TP
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208 .B authenticate-client yes|no
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209 Insist that clients authenticate themselves using the NNTP
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210 AUTHINFO USER/AUTHINFO PASS transaction before any news is served.
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211 The form of the authentication is determined at compile time; either
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212 PAM is used (with a service name "noffle"), or the userlist
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213 file is scanned. This file, by default \fI/etc/noffle.users\fP,
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214 is a text file. Spaces, comments starting with '#' and blank lines are
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215 ignored. Other lines must contain space-separated 'username password'
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216 pairs. For security reasons the userlist file must be a regular file,
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217 not a link, and must be owner readable only. Finally, note that the
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218 NNTP AUTHINFO USER/AUTHINFO PASS transaction is not encrypted in any
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219 way, and so must itself be considered insecure.
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220 .br
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221 Default: no
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223 .TP
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224 .B post-locally yes|no
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225 Place articles posted to external servers in the local aticle database
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226 immediately. Some servers may rewrite Message-IDs, which will cause
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227 duplicate postings of this option is enabled. Also, if for some reason
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228 the post to the remote server fails, the article still exists in the local
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229 database, which may be a source of some confusion.
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230 .br
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231 Default: no
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234 .B replace-messageid yes|no
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235 Always replace the Message-ID of a posted article with a Message-ID
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236 generated by NOFFLE. NOFFLE will always add a Message-ID if none is
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237 present, or replace a Message-ID that does not meet the basic
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238 formatting and content requirements for a Message-ID. However, some
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239 news readers may generate Message-IDs that are not accepted by some
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240 servers (for example the server may insist the Message-ID domain is
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241 part of the server domain) or may not always be unique. In either of
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242 these cases you may prefer to have NOFFLE always replace the
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243 Message-ID.
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245 Default: no
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248 .B hostname <fully.qualified.domain.name>
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249 Specify right-hand side of Message-IDs generated by NOFFLE.
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250 If omitted, the fully qualified domain name of your system will be used.
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251 If you do not have a fully qualified domain name, your upstream
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252 newsserver or someone else might allow you to use a subdomain name.
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253 .br
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254 Default: <the fully qualified domain name of your system>
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257 .B path-header <path header content>
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258 Articles posted without a Path: header have one added by NOFFLE.
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259 When
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260 .B path-header
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261 has its default value (empty) the header content
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262 is "<hostname>!not-for-mail".
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263 Use the
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265 setting to provide alternate content for the Path: header.
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266 This will very rarely be necessary.
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267 .br
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268 Default: <empty string>
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271 .B default-expire <n>
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277 .B noffle-user <n>
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278 The username under which NOFFLE normally runs. If NOFFLE is invoked by
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279 root, it will drop its real and effective UID to this user as soon as
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280 possible.
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281 .br
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282 Default: news
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284 .TP
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285 .B noffle-group <n>
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286 The group under which NOFFLE normally runs. NOFFLE will change to this
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287 real and effective GID as soon as possible.
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288 .br
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289 Default: news
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291 .TP
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292 .B expire <group pattern> <n>
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294 expiry pattern can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and there can be multiple
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295 .B expire
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296 lines. When checking the expiry period for a group, the expiry
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298 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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300 .B default expiry period
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305 .TP
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306 .B filter <filter specification>
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307 Add the specified filter to the list of filters to be applied to incoming
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308 articles. Filters are applied in the order in which they appear in
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309 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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310 and are further described in the section
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311 .B FILTERS
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312 below.
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313 .br
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314 Default: No filters
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319 uses a wildcard format that closely matches filename-style wildcards.
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322 hierarchy. A full description of the format (known as
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324 patterns) is as follows.
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326 .TP
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327 .BI \e x
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328 Turns off the special meaning of
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329 .I x
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330 and matches it directly; this is used mostly before a question mark or
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331 asterisk, and is not special inside square brackets.
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332 .TP
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333 .B ?
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334 Matches any single character.
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335 .TP
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336 .B *
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337 Matches any sequence of zero or more characters.
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338 .TP
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339 .BI [ x...y ]
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340 Matches any single character specified by the set
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341 .IR x...y .
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342 A minus sign may be used to indicate a range of characters.
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343 That is,
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344 .I [0\-5abc]
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346 .IR [012345abc] .
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347 More than one range may appear inside a character set;
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348 .I [0-9a-zA-Z._]
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350 The close bracket,
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351 .IR ] ,
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352 may be used if it is the first character in the set.
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353 The minus sign,
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354 .IR \- ,
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355 may be used if it is either the first or last character in the set.
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356 .TP
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357 .BI [^ x...y ]
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358 This matches any character
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359 .I not
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361 .IR x...y ,
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362 which is interpreted as described above.
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363 For example,
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364 .I [^]\-]
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365 matches any character other than a close bracket or minus sign.
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367 .SH FILTERS
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368
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369 .B NOFFLE
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370 supports basic filtering on incoming articles. Articles to be downloaded
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371 can be matched against one or more criteria and matching articles are
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372 marked for download using one of the group subscribe modes
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373 .BR full ,
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374 .B over
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375 or
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376 .BR thread .
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377 Alternatively the filter may specify that the article mode is
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378 .B discard
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379 in which case neither the article nor the article overview will
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380 be downloaded.
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381
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382 .PP
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383 A
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384 .B filter
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385 configuration line consist of one or more filter specifications
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386 following the
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387 .B filter
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388 keyword on the line. The available specifications are:
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389
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390 .PP
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391 .B action
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392 =
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393 .IR "full|over|thread|discard|default" .
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394 Specifies the action to be taken if the filter matches. If not specified
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397 the action is as specified by the group's subscription mode.
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398 .PP
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399 .B group
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400 =
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401 .IR "<group pattern>" .
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402 Matches if any group in which the article appears matches the
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403 specified group pattern.
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404 .PP
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405 .B subject
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406 =
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407 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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408 Matches if the article subject matches the given regular expression.
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409 See the section on regular expressions below.
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410 .PP
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411 .B from
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412 =
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413 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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414 Matches if the article From: address matches the given regular expression.
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415 See the section on regular expressions below.
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416 .PP
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417 .B msgid
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418 =
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419 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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420 Matches if the article message ID matches the given regular expression.
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421 See the section on regular expressions below.
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422 .PP
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423 .B bytes
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424 < or = or >
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425 .IR <number> .
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426 Matches if the number of bytes in the article is less than, equal to, or
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427 greater than the given number.
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428 .PP
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429 .B lines
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430 < or = or >
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431 .IR <number> .
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432 Matches if the number of lines in the article is less than, equal to, or
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433 greater than the given number.
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434 .PP
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435 .B refs
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436 < or = or >
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437 .IR <number> .
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438 Matches if the number of articles referenced by the article is less
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439 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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440 .PP
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441 .B reference
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442 =
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443 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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444 Matches if one of the message IDs in the reference line matches the
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445 given regular expression. See the section on regular expressions below.
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446 .PP
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447 .B xposts
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448 < or = or >
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449 .IR <number> .
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450 Matches if the number of groups the article is posted to is less
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451 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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453 .B date
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454 < or = or >
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455 .IR "<date expression>" .
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456 Matches if the article is older, from the same day or newer than the
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457 given date expression. See the section on date expressions below.
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458 .PP
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459 .B older
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460 =
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461 .IR "<date expression>" .
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462 Equals
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463 .B date <
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464 .
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465 .PP
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466 .B newer
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467 =
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468 .IR "<date expression>" .
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469 Equals
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470 .B date >
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471 .
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473 .B post-status
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474 =
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475 .IR "mod|yes|no" .
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476 Matches if the current newsgroup is moderated, not moderated or closed.
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477 Unlike the
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479 filter, only the current newsgroup is checked.
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482 Numbers may have a suffix of 'k' or 'm'. As you might expect, 'k'
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483 indicates the number is to be multiplied by 1024 and 'm' indicates
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484 it is to be multiplied by 1024*1024. Thus 10k is 10240 and 1m is 1048576.
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488 in the alt.binaries tree in full if they are < 10k in size, otherwise
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489 downloads overviews.
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490 .PP
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492 .br
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493 .I filter group=alt.binaries.* action=over
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494 .PP
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495 This filter discards all articles with a subject resembling
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496 the infamous "$$$ Make Money Now! $$$".
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497 .PP
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498 \fIfilter subject="\\$*.*Make.*[M|m]oney.*\\$" action=discard\fR
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500 .SH REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
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501
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503 uses extended POSIX-style regular expressions in its filters. Regular
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504 expressions are a powerful means of describing patterns that match
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505 text. A full description is to be found in
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506 .BR regex (7).
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510 .B NOFFLE
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514 .I date="14 May 2002 18:32:50 +0200"
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515 matches any article sent up to 24 hours before or after the above fixed date.
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516 Please don't forget the timezone specification.
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518 .I date>"now+1.5"
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521 .I date="lastupdate-14"
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522 matches any article older than 14 days since the date of the last
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523 .B noffle --fetch
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525 .B noffle --query groups
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526 from the current newsserver.
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531 .SH SEE ALSO
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538 Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de>
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540 Volker Wysk <volker.wysk@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
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