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[svn] * aclocal.m4: New aclocal version.
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date Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:13:52 +0100
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1 .TH noffle 1
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2 .\" $Id: noffle.1 328 2001-11-14 20:23:15Z mirkol $
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3 .SH NAME
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4 noffle \- Usenet package optimized for dialup connections.
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6 .SH SYNOPSIS
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8 .B noffle
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9 \-a | \-\-article <message id>|all
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11 .B noffle
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12 \-c | \-\-cancel <message id>
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15 \-C | \-\-create <local newsgroup name>
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18 \-d | \-\-database
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21 \-D | \-\-delete <newsgroup name>
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24 \-e | \-\-expire
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26 .B noffle
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27 \-f | \-\-fetch [server pattern]
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30 \-g | \-\-groups
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33 \-h | \-\-help
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36 \-l | \-\-list
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39 \-m | \-\-modify desc <newsgroup name> <group description>
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42 \-m | \-\-modify post <local newsgroup name> (y|n)
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45 \-n | \-\-online
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54 \-q | \-\-query groups|desc [server pattern]
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57 \-R | \-\-requested
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63 \-s | \-\-subscribe-over <group>
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69 \-t | \-\-subscribe-thread <group>
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72 \-u | \-\-unsubscribe <group>
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74 .SH DESCRIPTION
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75
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76 .B NOFFLE
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78 and few users.
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79 The
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81 program is used for running and steering of the proxy news server,
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82 for retrieving new articles from the remote server and for
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83 expiring old articles from the database.
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84 .B NOFFLE
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86 .TP
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87 .B full
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88 fetch full articles,
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92 for download next time online,
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97 but download articles full if an article of the same thread already has
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101 .B NOFFLE
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103 posted to these appear in full in the database for the local group(s)
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104 immediately. They are expired in the usual way.
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107 appears in the local group immediately and in the remote group after
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108 the next fetch from the remove server.
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109 .PP
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110 Note that
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111 .B NOFFLE
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112 cannot exchange the contents of local groups with other news servers.
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114 .SH OPTIONS
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117 .B \-a, \-\-article <message id>|all
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120 interpretation of '<' and '>').
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122 If "all" is given as message Id, all articles are shown.
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125 .B \-c, \-\-cancel <message id>
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126 Cancel the article from the database and remove it from the queue of
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127 outbound messages if it has not already been sent. Message Id must
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129 shell interpretation of '<' and '>').
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131 .TP
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132 .B \-C, \-\-create <local newsgroup name>
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133 Create a new local newsgroup with the given name. The name should
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134 conform to the usual newsgroup naming rules to avoid confusing
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135 newsreaders.
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137 .TP
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138 .B \-d, \-\-database
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139 Write the complete content of the article database to standard output.
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141 .TP
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142 .B \-D, \-\-delete <newsgroup name>
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143 Delete the newsgroup with the given name. All articles that only
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144 belong to the group are deleted as well.
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146 .TP
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147 .B \-e, \-\-expire
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148 Delete all articles that have not been accessed recently from the
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149 database.
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150 Should be run regularily from
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151 .BR crond (8).
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152 .br
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153 The default expire period is 14 days. This can be changed and
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154 custom expiry periods set for individual newsgroups or sets of
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155 newsgroups in
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156 .B /etc/noffle.conf.
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158 .TP
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159 .B \-f, \-\-fetch [server pattern]
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160 Get new newsfeed from the remote servers.
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161 Updates the list of the existing newsgroups,
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162 fetches new articles overviews or full articles from subscribed
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163 groups (see
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164 .B fetchlist
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165 ),
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166 delivers all posted articles to the remote server,
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167 and retrieves all articles marked for download.
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168 .B noffle --fetch
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169 should be run in the
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170 .B ip-up
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171 script of
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172 .BR pppd (8).
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173 If a
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174 .B server
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175 .B pattern
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176 is specified, new articles will only be fetched from matching servers
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177 from the list in noffle.conf. Please see
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178 .B noffle.conf (5)
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179 for careful seeting of the settings
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180 .B getgroups
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181 and
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182 .B omitgroups.
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184
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186 .TP
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187 .B \-g, \-\-groups
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188 List all groups available at remote server.
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189 .br
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190 Format (fields separated by tabs):
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191 .br
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192 <name> <server> <first> <last> <remote next> <post allowed> <created> <last access> <desc>
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194 .TP
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195 .B \-h, \-\-help
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196 Print a list of all options.
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197
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198 .TP
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199 .B \-l, \-\-list
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200 List all groups that are presently to be fetched and their fetch mode.
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201 .br
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202 Format: <groupname> <server> full|thread|over
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204 .TP
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205 .B \-m | \-\-modify desc <newsgroup name> <group description>
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206 Modify the description of the named newsgroup.
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208 .TP
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209 .B \-m | \-\-modify post <local newsgroup name> <permission>
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210 Modify the posting permission on a local newsgroup. <permission> must
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211 be either 'y' (yes, posting allowed), 'm' (moderated, posting allowed
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212 only if article has 'Approved:' header) or 'n' (no, posting not allowed).
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213 Attempts to post to a newsgroup with posting disallowed will be rejected.
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215 .TP
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216 .B \-n, \-\-online
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217 Put
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218 .B NOFFLE
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219 to online status. Requested articles or overviews of selected
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220 groups are immediately fetched from the remote server. Groups are
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221 not automatically subscribed to while in online mode, making online
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222 mode ideal for tasting the content of unfamiliar groups without
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223 subscribing to them.
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224 Should be run in the
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225 .B ip-up
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226 script of
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227 .BR pppd (8).
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228
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229 .TP
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230 .B \-o, \-\-offline
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231 Put
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232 .B NOFFLE
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233 to offline status. Requested articles not already in the
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234 database are marked for download.
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235 Should be run in the
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236 .B ip-down
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237 script of
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238 .BR pppd (8).
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240 .TP
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241 .B \-p, \-\-post
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242 Read a news article from standard input and post it.
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243 Posting always observes the group post permission flag.
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244 If a local group is marked 'm' (moderated), the article must
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245 have an 'Approved:' header to be posted.
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246
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247 .TP
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248 .B \-q, \-\-query groups|desc [server pattern]
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249 Query information about all groups from the remote servers and merge it to
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251 .B groupinfo
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252 file. This must be run after installing
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253 .B noffle
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254 or sometimes after a change of the remote news server or corruption
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256 .B groups
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257 retrieves the list of the existing newsgroups
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258 (resets all local article counters),
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259 .B desc
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260 retrieves all newsgroup descriptions. If a
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261 .B server
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262 .B pattern
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263 is specified, only matching servers from noffle.conf will be queried.
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265 .TP
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266 .B \-r, \-\-server
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270 and should be registered in
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271 .B /etc/inetd.conf.
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273 .BR syslogd (8)
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275 .B /var/log/news.
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277 .B noffle
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278 can be retrieved by running the server and typing
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288 .B \-s, \-\-subscribe-over <group>
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307 .SH NOTES
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310 .I noffle
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311 prgram sees the name under which it is executed is
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312 .IR inews ,
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314 .BR inews (1).
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320 .I /etc/noffle.conf.
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322 .BR noffle.conf(5).
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326 .I /var/spool/noffle
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329 .TP
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330 .B <spool dir>/fetchlist
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331 List of newsgroups that are presently to be fetched.
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332 .br
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335 .B <spool dir>/data/groupinfo.gdbm
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336 Database with groups in
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337 .BR gdbm(3)
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338 format.
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340 .TP
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341 .B <spool dir>/data/articles.gdbm
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342 Database with articles in
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343 .BR gdbm(3)
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344 format.
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347 .B <spool dir>/lock/
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351 .B <spool dir>/outgoing/
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352 Posted articles to be delivered to the remote server.
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355 .B <spool dir>/overview/
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356 Text file per group with article overviews.
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359 .B <spool dir>/requested/
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360 Message IDs of articles marked for download.
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363 .SH SEE ALSO
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367 .BR crond (8),
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368 .BR inetd (8),
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369 .BR pppd (8)
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371 .B RFC 977,
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372 .B RFC 1036,
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374 .B IETF drafts on common NNTP extensions:
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376 .B http://www.karlsruhe.org/
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378 .B NOFFLE home page:
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379 .br
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380 .B http://home.t-online.de/home/markus.enzenberger/noffle.html
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382 .SH AUTHORS
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383
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384 Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de>
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386 Volker Wysk <volker.wysk@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
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387 .br
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388 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
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389 .br
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390 Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de>
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392 1998-2000.