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[svn] * src/content.c: Remove spurious temporary files and add a closedir() to terminate opendir()/readdir() sequence properly. * Updated NEWS ready for 1.1.1.
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date Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:16:06 +0000
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1 .TH noffle.conf 5
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2 .\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 331 2001-11-22 12:04:45Z mirkol $
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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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9 The
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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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13 - takes its configuration from a configuration file.
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14 By default this file is \fI/etc/noffle.conf\fP.
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16 .PP
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17 .B noffle.conf
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19 .B NOFFLE
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20 settings, one per line.
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25 end of the line. Blank lines are permitted.
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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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34 If there are multiple server entries in the config file, all of them are
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36 the one of your main provider. Note that you must always
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37 run 'noffle --query groups'
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41 .B getgroups <group pattern> [, <group pattern> ...]
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42 Only retrieve from the most recently specified server newsgroups that match
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59 .B omitgroups
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60 lines. When processing a new newsgroup name, it is checked first to see
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62 .B getgroups
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66 list. If it does not, the group is accepted as a group
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67 .B NOFFLE
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82 .BR inews (1)
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83 .B NOFFLE
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87 and the specified domain.
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95 .BR syslogd (8)
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109 .BR requests
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123 .BR inews (1)
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124 .B NOFFLE
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134 Receiver of failed postings. If empty then failed postings are returned
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136 From field, in this order).
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140 .TP
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144 are fresh articles arriving and remaining unread.
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146 Default: no
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148 .TP
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149 .B auto-unsubscribe-days <n>
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150 Number of days used for auto-unsubscribe option.
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152 Default: 30
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154 .TP
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155 .B thread-follow-time <n>
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156 Automatically mark articles for download in thread mode, if they
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159 .br
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160 Default: 7
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162 .TP
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163 .B connect-timeout <n>
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164 Timeout for connecting to remote server in seconds.
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165 .br
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166 Default: 30
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168 .TP
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169 .B auto-subscribe yes|no
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170 Automatically put groups on fetch list if someone reads them.
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171 <mode> can be full, over, thread (depending on the fetch mode) or
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173 on the list is that an article is opened. For this reason there is
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174 always a pseudo article visible in groups that are not on the fetch list.
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175 .br
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176 Default: no
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178 .TP
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179 .B auto-subscribe-mode <group pattern> full|thread|over
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180 Mode for auto-subscribe option for groups that match the given
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181 pattern.
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182 .br
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183 Default: none
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185 .TP
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186 .B default-auto-subscribe-mode full|thread|over
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187 Default mode for auto-subscribe option. Used for all groups that do
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188 not match a pattern specified with
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189 .B auto-subscribe-mode
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190 entries (if any).
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192 Default: over
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194 .TP
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195 .B info-always-unread yes|no
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196 An information article is presented for all unsubscribed
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197 newsgroups. If auto-subscribe mode is off, there is a possibility of
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198 someone reading the article but forgetting the instructions therein
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199 and not knowing how to return to a read article. This option causes
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200 the information article always to be present as an unread article in a
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201 group when auto-subscribe if off. It does this by incrementing the
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202 article number of the information article every time it is read.
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203 .br
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204 Default: yes
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206 .TP
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207 .B post-locally yes|no
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208 Place articles posted to external servers in the local aticle database
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209 immediately. Some servers may rewrite Message-IDs, which will cause
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210 duplicate postings of this option is enabled. Also, if for some reason
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211 the post to the remote server fails, the article still exist in the local
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212 database, which may be a source of some confusion.
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213 .br
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214 Default: no
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216 .TP
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217 .B replace-messageid yes|no
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218 Replace Message-ID of posted articles by a Message-ID generated by
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219 NOFFLE. Some news readers generate Message-IDs that are not accepted by
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220 some servers. For generating Message-IDs, the domain name of your system should
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221 be a valid domain name. If you are in a local domain, set it to your
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222 provider's domain name.
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223 .br
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224 Default: yes
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226 .TP
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227 .B hostname <fully.qualified.domain.name>
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228 Specify right-hand side of Message-IDs generated by NOFFLE.
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229 If omitted, the fully qualified domain name of your system will be used.
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230 If you do not have a fully qualified domain name, your upstream
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231 newsserver or someone else might allow you to use a subdomain name.
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232 .br
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233 Default: <the fully qualified domain name of your system>
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235 .TP
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236 .B path-header <path header content>
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237 Articles posted without a Path: header have one added by NOFFLE.
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238 When
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239 .B path-header
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240 has its default value (empty) the header content
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241 is "<hostname>!not-for-mail".
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242 Use the
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243 .B path-header
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244 setting to provide alternate content for the Path: header.
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245 This will very rarely be necessary.
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246 .br
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247 Default: <empty string>
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249 .TP
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251 The default expiry period, in days. An expiry period of 0 means "never".
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253 Default: 14
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255 .TP
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256 .B expire <group pattern> <n>
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257 The expiry period for a newsgroup or set of newsgroups, in days. The
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258 expiry pattern can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and there can be multiple
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259 .B expire
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260 lines. When checking the expiry period for a group, the expiry
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261 patterns are checked in the order in which they appear in
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262 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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263 until the first match occurs. If no pattern matches the group name, the
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264 .B default expiry period
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265 is used. An expiry period of 0 means "never".
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267 Default: no
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269 .TP
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270 .B filter <filter specification>
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271 Add the specified filter to the list of filters to be applied to incoming
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272 articles. Filters are applied in the order in which they appear in
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273 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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274 and are further described in the section
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275 .B FILTERS
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276 below.
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277 .br
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278 Default: No filters
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280 .SH "GROUP NAME WILDCARDS"
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282 .B NOFFLE
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310 .IR [012345abc] .
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321 .BI [^ x...y ]
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326 which is interpreted as described above.
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331 .SH FILTERS
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332
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333 .B NOFFLE
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335 can be matched against one or more criteria and matching articles are
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336 marked for download using one of the group subscribe modes
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337 .BR full ,
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338 .B over
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339 or
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340 .BR thread .
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341 Alternatively the filter may specify that the article mode is
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342 .B discard
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343 in which case neither the article nor the article overview will
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344 be downloaded.
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345
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346 .PP
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347 A
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348 .B filter
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349 configuration line consist of one or more filter specifications
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350 following the
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351 .B filter
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352 keyword on the line. The available specifications are:
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353
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354 .PP
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355 .B action
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356 =
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357 .IR "full|over|thread|discard|default" .
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358 Specifies the action to be taken if the filter matches. If not specified
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359 or specified as
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360 .BR default ,
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361 the action is as specified by the group's subscription mode.
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362 .PP
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363 .B group
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364 =
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365 .IR "<group pattern>" .
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366 Matches if any group in which the article appears matches the
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367 specified group pattern.
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368 .PP
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369 .B subject
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370 =
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371 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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372 Matches if the article subject matches the given regular expression.
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373 See the section on regular expressions below.
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374 .PP
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375 .B from
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376 =
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377 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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378 Matches if the article subject matches the given regular expression.
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379 See the section on regular expressions below.
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380 .PP
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381 .B msgid
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382 =
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383 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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384 Matches if the article message ID matches the given regular expression.
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385 See the section on regular expressions below.
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386 .PP
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387 .B bytes
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388 < or = or >
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389 .IR <number> .
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390 Matches if the number of bytes in the article is less than, equal to, or
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391 greater than the given number.
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392 .PP
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393 .B lines
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394 < or = or >
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395 .IR <number> .
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396 Matches if the number of lines in the article is less than, equal to, or
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397 greater than the given number.
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398 .PP
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399 .B refs
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400 < or = or >
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401 .IR <number> .
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402 Matches if the number of articles referenced by the article is less
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403 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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404 .PP
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405 .B xposts
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406 < or = or >
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407 .IR <number> .
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408 Matches if the number of groups the article is posted to is less
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409 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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410 .PP
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411 .B post-status
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412 =
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413 .IR "mod|yes|no" .
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414 Matches if the current newsgroup is moderated, not moderated or closed.
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415 Unlike the
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416 .B group
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417 filter, only the current newsgroup is checked.
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419 .PP
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420 Numbers may have a suffix of 'k' or 'm'. As you might expect, 'k'
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421 indicates the number is to be multiplied by 1024 and 'm' indicates
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422 it is to be multiplied by 1024*1024. Thus 10k is 10240 and 1m is 1048576.
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424 .PP
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425 For example, the following filters download all articles in groups
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426 in the alt.binaries tree in full if they are < 10k in size, otherwise
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427 downloads overviews.
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428 .PP
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429 .I filter group=alt.binaries.* bytes < 10k action=full
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430 .br
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431 .I filter group=alt.binaries.* action=over
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432 .PP
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433 This filter discards all articles with a subject resembling
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434 the infamous "$$$ Make Money Now! $$$".
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435 .PP
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436 \fIfilter subject="\\$*.*Make.*[M|m]oney.*\\$" action=discard\fR
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437
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438 .SH REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
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439
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440 .B NOFFLE
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441 uses extended POSIX-style regular expressions in its filters. Regular
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442 expressions are a powerful means of describing patterns that match
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443 text. A full description is to be found in
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444 .BR regex (7).
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446 .SH SEE ALSO
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448 .BR noffle (1)
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449 .BR regex (7)
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