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[svn] * aclocal.m4: New aclocal version.
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1 .TH inews 1
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2 .\" $Id: inews.1 227 2000-10-26 21:21:13Z bears $
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3 .SH NAME
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4 inews \- Send a Usenet article.
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6 .SH SYNOPSIS
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19 .I input
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22 .SH DESCRIPTION
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24 .I inews
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25 reads a Usenet news article including headers from
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26 the named file or standard input if no file is given.
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27 It adds some headers and performs some checks. If the article
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28 fails the checks (e.g. the article lacks a body, or has no Newsgroups:
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29 line), the article is rejected. Otherwise the article is posted.
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32 .SH OPTIONS
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36 Debug mode.
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37 .I inews
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38 adds header lines and performs some checks. If the checks are successful,
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39 the article is printed on the standard output and not posted.
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67 .I .signature
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71 read, the article will not be posted.
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76 .SH NOTES
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86 .B NOFFLE
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87 news server. It is, in fact, the main
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88 .BR noffle (1)
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99 .SH FILES
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101 .B NOFFLE
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103 .I /etc/noffle.conf.
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104 For a description of this file, see
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105 .BR noffle.conf(5).
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107 .SH SEE ALSO
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112 .SH AUTHORS
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114 Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de>
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116 Volker Wysk <volker.wysk@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
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118 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
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119 .br
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120 Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de>
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122 1998-2000.