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[svn] fixed article cancelling (Debian #187068)
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1 .TH noffle.conf 5
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2 .\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 495 2003-03-24 23:32:48Z 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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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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22 .PP
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23 Leading whitespace on a line is ignored, as is any comment
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24 text. Comment text begins with a '#' character and continues to the
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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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35 used for getting groups. In this case the first server should be
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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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38 after making changes to the server entries.
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40 .TP
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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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43 the specified patterns. The patterns can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and
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44 there can be multiple
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45 .B getgroups
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46 lines. For further details on
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47 .B getgroups
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48 processing in tandem with \fBomitgroups\fP, see the section on
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49 .B omitgroups
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50 following.
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51 .br
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52 Default: All groups
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54 .TP
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55 .B omitgroups <group pattern> [, <group pattern> ...]
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56 Don't retrieve from the most recently specified server newsgroups that match
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57 the specified patterns. The patterns can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and
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58 there can be multiple
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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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61 if it appears on the
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62 .B getgroups
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63 list (if any). If not, the group is rejected.
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64 Then the group is checked to see if it appears on the
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65 .B omitgroups
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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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68 will list and collect as required.
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69 .br
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70 Default: No groups
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73 .B max-fetch <n>
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74 Never get more than <n> articles. If there are more, the oldest ones
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75 are discarded.
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80 .B from-domain <domain>
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82 .BR inews (1)
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83 .B NOFFLE
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85 uses the userid of the user who invoked
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86 .B inews
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87 and the specified domain.
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88 .br
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89 Default: The system domain
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91 .TP
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92 .B log-debug <log category> [<log category ...]
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93 Log debugging information from the specified log category
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94 or categories. Logging is via the system logging daemon
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95 .BR syslogd (8)
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97 interactively. The available categories for logging are
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99 .BR none ,
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102 .BR control ,
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105 .BR filter ,
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106 .BR newsbase ,
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108 .BR post ,
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109 .BR protocol ,
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110 .BR requests
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111 and
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112 .BR server.
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113 The
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114 .B noffle
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115 category is automatically selected whenever any other category is
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116 selected. These messages are in addition to messages logged to the
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117 system logging daemon error, information and notification facilities.
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118 .br
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119 Default: none
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124 .BR inews (1)
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125 .B NOFFLE
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127 posts that lack one. If no
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128 .B organization
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129 is specified, the line is not added.
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131 Default: <empty string>
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134 .B mail-to <address>
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135 Receiver of failed postings. If empty then failed postings are returned
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137 X-Sender or From field, in this order).
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139 Default: <empty string>
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142 .B auto-unsubscribe yes|no
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145 are fresh articles arriving and remaining unread.
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150 .B auto-unsubscribe-days <n>
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156 .B thread-follow-time <n>
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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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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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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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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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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 This option is recognised only when NOFFLE has been built with
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212 authentication enabled.
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213 The form of the authentication is determined at compile time; either
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214 PAM is used (with a service name "noffle"), or the userlist
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215 file is scanned. This file, by default \fI/etc/noffle.users\fP,
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216 is a text file. Spaces, comments starting with '#' and blank lines are
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217 ignored. Other lines must contain space-separated 'username password'
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218 pairs. For security reasons the userlist file must be a regular file,
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219 not a link, and must be owner readable only. Finally, note that the
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220 NNTP AUTHINFO USER/AUTHINFO PASS transaction is not encrypted in any
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221 way, and so must itself be considered insecure.
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222 .br
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223 Default: no
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225 .TP
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226 .B post-locally yes|no
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227 Place articles posted to external servers in the local aticle database
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228 immediately. Some servers may rewrite Message-IDs, which will cause
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229 duplicate postings of this option is enabled. Also, if for some reason
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230 the post to the remote server fails, the article still exists in the local
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231 database, which may be a source of some confusion.
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232 .br
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233 Default: no
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236 .B replace-messageid yes|no
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237 Always replace the Message-ID of a posted article with a Message-ID
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238 generated by NOFFLE. NOFFLE will always add a Message-ID if none is
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239 present, or replace a Message-ID that does not meet the basic
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240 formatting and content requirements for a Message-ID. However, some
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241 news readers may generate Message-IDs that are not accepted by some
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242 servers (for example the server may insist the Message-ID domain is
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243 part of the server domain) or may not always be unique. In either of
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244 these cases you may prefer to have NOFFLE always replace the
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245 Message-ID.
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247 Default: no
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249 .TP
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250 .B hostname <fully.qualified.domain.name>
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251 Specify right-hand side of Message-IDs generated by NOFFLE.
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252 If omitted, the fully qualified domain name of your system will be used.
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253 If you do not have a fully qualified domain name, your upstream
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254 newsserver or someone else might allow you to use a subdomain name.
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255 .br
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256 Default: <the fully qualified domain name of your system>
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258 .TP
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259 .B append-reply-to yes|no
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260 Append a 'Reply-To:' header to messages posted without it.
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261 The address from the 'From:' header is used. Though this might seem
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262 pretty useless at first glance it may be desireable as some providers were
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263 known to overwrite the 'From:' header.
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264 .br
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265 Default: yes
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267 .TP
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268 .B path-header <path header content>
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269 Articles posted without a Path: header have one added by NOFFLE.
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270 When
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271 .B path-header
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272 has its default value (empty) the header content
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273 is "<hostname>!not-for-mail".
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274 Use the
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277 This will very rarely be necessary.
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281 .TP
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282 .B default-expire <n>
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283 The default expiry period, in days. An expiry period of 0 means "never".
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284 .br
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285 Default: 14
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287 .TP
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288 .B noffle-user <n>
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289 The username under which NOFFLE normally runs. If NOFFLE is invoked by
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290 root, it will drop its real and effective UID to this user as soon as
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291 possible.
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292 .br
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293 Default: news
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295 .TP
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296 .B noffle-group <n>
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297 The group under which NOFFLE normally runs. NOFFLE will change to this
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298 real and effective GID as soon as possible.
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299 .br
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300 Default: news
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302 .TP
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303 .B expire <group pattern> <n>
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304 The expiry period for a newsgroup or set of newsgroups, in days. The
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305 expiry pattern can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and there can be multiple
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306 .B expire
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307 lines. When checking the expiry period for a group, the expiry
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308 patterns are checked in the order in which they appear in
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309 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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310 until the first match occurs. If no pattern matches the group name, the
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311 .B default expiry period
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313 .br
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314 Default: no
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316 .TP
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317 .B filter <filter specification>
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318 Add the specified filter to the list of filters to be applied to incoming
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319 articles. Filters are applied in the order in which they appear in
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320 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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321 and are further described in the section
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322 .B FILTERS
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323 below.
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324 .br
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325 Default: No filters
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326
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329 .B NOFFLE
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330 uses a wildcard format that closely matches filename-style wildcards.
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331 \fIalt.binaries.*\fP, for example, matches all newsgroups under the
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332 .I alt.binaries
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333 hierarchy. A full description of the format (known as
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335 patterns) is as follows.
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337 .TP
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338 .BI \e x
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339 Turns off the special meaning of
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340 .I x
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341 and matches it directly; this is used mostly before a question mark or
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342 asterisk, and is not special inside square brackets.
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343 .TP
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344 .B ?
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345 Matches any single character.
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346 .TP
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347 .B *
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348 Matches any sequence of zero or more characters.
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349 .TP
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350 .BI [ x...y ]
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351 Matches any single character specified by the set
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352 .IR x...y .
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353 A minus sign may be used to indicate a range of characters.
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354 That is,
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357 .IR [012345abc] .
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358 More than one range may appear inside a character set;
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361 The close bracket,
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362 .IR ] ,
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363 may be used if it is the first character in the set.
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364 The minus sign,
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365 .IR \- ,
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366 may be used if it is either the first or last character in the set.
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367 .TP
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368 .BI [^ x...y ]
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369 This matches any character
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370 .I not
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372 .IR x...y ,
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373 which is interpreted as described above.
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374 For example,
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375 .I [^]\-]
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376 matches any character other than a close bracket or minus sign.
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378 .SH FILTERS
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379
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380 .B NOFFLE
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381 supports basic filtering on incoming articles. Articles to be downloaded
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382 can be matched against one or more criteria and matching articles are
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383 marked for download using one of the group subscribe modes
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384 .BR full ,
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385 .B over
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386 or
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387 .BR thread .
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388 Alternatively the filter may specify that the article mode is
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389 .B discard
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390 in which case neither the article nor the article overview will
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391 be downloaded.
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392
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393 .PP
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394 A
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395 .B filter
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396 configuration line consist of one or more filter specifications
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397 following the
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398 .B filter
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399 keyword on the line. The available specifications are:
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401 .PP
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402 .B action
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404 .IR "full|over|thread|discard|default" .
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405 Specifies the action to be taken if the filter matches. If not specified
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407 .BR default ,
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408 the action is as specified by the group's subscription mode.
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409 .PP
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410 .B group
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411 =
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412 .IR "<group pattern>" .
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413 Matches if any group in which the article appears matches the
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414 specified group pattern.
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415 .PP
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416 .B subject
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417 =
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418 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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419 Matches if the article subject matches the given regular expression.
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420 See the section on regular expressions below.
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421 .PP
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422 .B from
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423 =
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424 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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426 See the section on regular expressions below.
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427 .PP
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428 .B msgid
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429 =
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430 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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431 Matches if the article message ID matches the given regular expression.
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432 See the section on regular expressions below.
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433 .PP
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434 .B bytes
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435 < or = or >
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436 .IR <number> .
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437 Matches if the number of bytes in the article is less than, equal to, or
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438 greater than the given number.
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439 .PP
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440 .B lines
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441 < or = or >
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442 .IR <number> .
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443 Matches if the number of lines in the article is less than, equal to, or
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444 greater than the given number.
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445 .PP
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446 .B refs
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447 < or = or >
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448 .IR <number> .
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449 Matches if the number of articles referenced by the article is less
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450 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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451 .PP
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452 .B reference
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453 =
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454 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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455 Matches if one of the message IDs in the reference line matches the
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456 given regular expression. See the section on regular expressions below.
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457 .PP
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458 .B xposts
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459 < or = or >
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460 .IR <number> .
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461 Matches if the number of groups the article is posted to is less
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462 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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464 .B date
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465 < or = or >
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466 .IR "<date expression>" .
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467 Matches if the article is older, from the same day or newer than the
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468 given date expression. See the section on date expressions below.
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469 .PP
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470 .B older
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471 =
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472 .IR "<date expression>" .
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473 Equals
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474 .B date <
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475 .
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476 .PP
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477 .B newer
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478 =
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479 .IR "<date expression>" .
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480 Equals
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481 .B date >
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482 .
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484 .B post-status
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485 =
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486 .IR "mod|yes|no" .
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487 Matches if the current newsgroup is moderated, not moderated or closed.
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488 Unlike the
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489 .B group
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490 filter, only the current newsgroup is checked.
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493 Numbers may have a suffix of 'k' or 'm'. As you might expect, 'k'
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494 indicates the number is to be multiplied by 1024 and 'm' indicates
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495 it is to be multiplied by 1024*1024. Thus 10k is 10240 and 1m is 1048576.
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497 .PP
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498 For example, the following filters download all articles in groups
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499 in the alt.binaries tree in full if they are < 10k in size, otherwise
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500 downloads overviews.
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501 .PP
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503 .br
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504 .I filter group=alt.binaries.* action=over
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505 .PP
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506 This filter discards all articles with a subject resembling
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507 the infamous "$$$ Make Money Now! $$$".
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508 .PP
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509 \fIfilter subject="\\$*.*Make.*[M|m]oney.*\\$" action=discard\fR
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511 .SH REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
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514 uses extended POSIX-style regular expressions in its filters. Regular
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515 expressions are a powerful means of describing patterns that match
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516 text. A full description is to be found in
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525 .I date="14 May 2002 18:32:50 +0200"
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526 matches any article sent up to 24 hours before or after the above fixed date.
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527 Please don't forget the timezone specification.
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529 .I date>"now+1.5"
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532 .I date="lastupdate-14"
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534 .B noffle --fetch
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547 .SH AUTHORS
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549 Markus Enzenberger <me@markus-enzenberger.de>
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559 1998-2003.
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