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[svn] * src/client.c: Change variable only used on constant to 'const'. * src/filter.c: Add a couple of 'return's after ASSERT() to remove compiler warnings about functions needing returns. * NEWS,TODO,configure,configure.in,noffle.conf.example,docs/NOTES, docs/noffle.conf.5,src/client.c,src/configfile.c,src/content.c, src/control.c,src/database.c,src/fetch.c,src/fetchlist.c,src/filter.c, src/group.c,src/lock.c,src/log.c,src/log.h,src/noffle.c,src/outgoing.c, src/post.c,src/protocol.c,src/request.c,src/server.c,src/util.c: Debug logging is always compiled and selected via noffle.conf. All debug logs are classified as all, none, config, control, expire, fetch, filter, newsbase, noffle, post, protocol, requests and server.
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1 .TH noffle.conf 5
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2 .\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 300 2001-08-05 08:24:22Z 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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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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43 the specified patterns. The patterns can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and
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45 .B getgroups
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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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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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59 .B omitgroups
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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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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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74 Never get more than <n> articles. If there are more, the oldest ones
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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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91 .TP
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93 Log debugging information from the specified log category
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95 .BR syslogd (8)
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98 .BR all ,
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102 .BR expire ,
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109 .BR requests
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111 .BR server.
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113 .B noffle
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115 selected. These messages are in addition to messages logged to the
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116 system logging daemon error, information and notification facilities.
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117 .br
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118 Default: none
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123 .BR inews (1)
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124 .B NOFFLE
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126 posts that lack one. If no
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127 .B organization
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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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138 Default: <empty string>
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140 .TP
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141 .B auto-unsubscribe yes|no
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142 Automatically remove groups from fetch list if they have not been
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143 accessed for a number days.
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144 .br
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145 Default: no
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147 .TP
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148 .B auto-unsubscribe-days <n>
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149 Number of days used for auto-unsubscribe option.
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151 Default: 30
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153 .TP
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154 .B thread-follow-time <n>
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155 Automatically mark articles for download in thread mode, if they
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157 <n> days.
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158 .br
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159 Default: 7
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161 .TP
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162 .B connect-timeout <n>
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163 Timeout for connecting to remote server in seconds.
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164 .br
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165 Default: 30
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166
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167 .TP
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168 .B auto-subscribe yes|no
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169 Automatically put groups on fetch list if someone reads them.
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170 <mode> can be full, over, thread (depending on the fetch mode) or
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171 off (do not subscribe automatically). Condition for putting a group
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172 on the list is that an article is opened. For this reason there is
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173 always a pseudo article visible in groups that are not on the fetch list.
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174 .br
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175 Default: no
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176
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177 .TP
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178 .B auto-subscribe-mode <group pattern> full|thread|over
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179 Mode for auto-subscribe option for groups that match the given
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180 pattern.
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181 .br
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182 Default: none
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183
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184 .TP
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185 .B default-auto-subscribe-mode full|thread|over
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186 Default mode for auto-subscribe option. Used for all groups that do
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187 not match a pattern specified with
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188 .B auto-subscribe-mode
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189 entries (if any).
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191 Default: over
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193 .TP
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194 .B info-always-unread yes|no
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195 An information article is presented for all unsubscribed
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196 newsgroups. If auto-subscribe mode is off, there is a possibility of
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197 someone reading the article but forgetting the instructions therein
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198 and not knowing how to return to a read article. This option causes
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199 the information article always to be present as an unread article in a
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200 group when auto-subscribe if off. It does this by incrementing the
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201 article number of the information article every time it is read.
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202 .br
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203 Default: yes
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204
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205 .TP
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206 .B post-locally yes|no
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207 Place articles posted to external servers in the local aticle database
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208 immediately. Some servers may rewrite Message-IDs, which will cause
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209 duplicate postings of this option is enabled. Also, if for some reason
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210 the post to the remote server fails, the article still exist in the local
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211 database, which may be a source of some confusion.
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212 .br
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213 Default: no
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215 .TP
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216 .B replace-messageid yes|no
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217 Replace Message-ID of posted articles by a Message-ID generated by
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218 NOFFLE. Some news readers generate Message-IDs that are not accepted by
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219 some servers. For generating Message-IDs, the domain name of your system should
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220 be a valid domain name. If you are in a local domain, set it to your
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221 provider's domain name.
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222 .br
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223 Default: yes
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225 .TP
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226 .B path-header <path header content>
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227 Articles posted without a Path: header have one added by NOFFLE.
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228 When
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229 .B path-header
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230 has its default value (empty) the header content
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231 is "<hostname>!not-for-mail".
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232 Use the
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233 .B path-header
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234 setting to provide alternate content for the Path: header.
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235 This will very rarely be necessary.
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236 .br
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237 Default: <empty string>
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238
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239 .TP
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240 .B default-expire <n>
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241 The default expiry period, in days. An expiry period of 0 means "never".
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242 .br
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243 Default: 14
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244
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245 .TP
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246 .B expire <group pattern> <n>
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247 The expiry period for a newsgroup or set of newsgroups, in days. The
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248 expiry pattern can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and there can be multiple
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249 .B expire
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250 lines. When checking the expiry period for a group, the expiry
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251 patterns are checked in the order in which they appear in
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252 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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253 until the first match occurs. If no pattern matches the group name, the
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254 .B default expiry period
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255 is used. An expiry period of 0 means "never".
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256 .br
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257 Default: no
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258
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259 .TP
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260 .B filter <filter specification>
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261 Add the specified filter to the list of filters to be applied to incoming
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262 articles. Filters are applied in the order in which they appear in
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263 .I /etc/noffle.conf
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264 and are further described in the section
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265 .B FILTERS
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266 below.
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267 .br
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268 Default: No filters
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270 .SH "GROUP NAME WILDCARDS"
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272 .B NOFFLE
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273 uses a wildcard format that closely matches filename-style wildcards.
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274 \fIalt.binaries.*\fP, for example, matches all newsgroups under the
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275 .I alt.binaries
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276 hierarchy. A full description of the fomat (known as
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277 .B wildmat
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278 patterns) is as follows.
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279
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280 .TP
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281 .BI \e x
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282 Turns off the special meaning of
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321 .SH FILTERS
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322
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323 .B NOFFLE
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324 supports basic filtering on incoming articles. Articles to be downloaded
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325 can be matched against one or more criteria and matching articles are
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326 marked for download using one of the group subscribe modes
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327 .BR full ,
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328 .B over
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329 or
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330 .BR thread .
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331 Alternatively the filter may specify that the article mode is
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332 .B discard
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333 in which case neither the article nor the article overview will
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334 be downloaded.
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335
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336 .PP
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337 A
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338 .B filter
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339 configuration line consist of one or more filter specifications
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340 following the
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341 .B filter
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342 keyword on the line. The available specifications are:
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343
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344 .PP
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345 .B action
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346 =
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347 .IR "full|over|thread|discard" .
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348 Specifies the action to be taken if the filter matches. If not specified,
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349 the default action is as specified by the group's default subscription mode.
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350 .PP
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351 .B group
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352 =
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353 .IR "<group pattern>" .
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354 Matches if any group in which the article appears matches the
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355 specified group pattern.
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356 .PP
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357 .B subject
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358 =
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359 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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360 Matches if the article subject matches the given regular expression.
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361 See the section on regular expressions below.
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362 .PP
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363 .B from
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364 =
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365 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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366 Matches if the article subject matches the given regular expression.
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367 See the section on regular expressions below.
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368 .PP
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369 .B msgid
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370 =
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371 .IR "<regular expression>" .
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372 Matches if the article message ID 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 bytes
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376 < or = or >
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377 .IR <number> .
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378 Matches if the number of bytes in the article is less than, equal to, or
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379 greater than the given number.
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380 .PP
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381 .B lines
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382 < or = or >
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383 .IR <number> .
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384 Matches if the number of lines in the article is less than, equal to, or
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385 greater than the given number.
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386 .PP
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387 .B refs
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388 < or = or >
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389 .IR <number> .
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390 Matches if the number of articles referenced by the article is less
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391 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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392 .PP
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393 .B xposts
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394 < or = or >
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395 .IR <number> .
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396 Matches if the number of groups the article is posted to is less
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397 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
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398
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400 Numbers may have a suffix of 'k' or 'm'. As you might expect, 'k'
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405 For example, the following filters download all articles in groups
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406 in the alt.binaries tree in full if they are < 10k in size, otherwise
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407 downloads overviews.
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408 .PP
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409 .I filter group=alt.binaries.* bytes < 10k action=full
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410 .br
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411 .I filter group=alt.binaries.* action=over
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412 .PP
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413 This filter discards all articles with a subject resembling
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414 the infamous "$$$ Make Money Now! $$$".
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415 .PP
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416 \fIfilter subject="\\$*.*Make.*[M|m]oney.*\\$" action=discard\fR
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417
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418 .SH REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
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419
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420 .B NOFFLE
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422 expressions are a powerful means of describing patterns that match
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423 text. A full description is to be found in
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424 .BR regex (7).
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426 .SH SEE ALSO
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431 .SH AUTHORS
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433 Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de>
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435 Volker Wysk <volker.wysk@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
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436 .br
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437 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
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439 Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de>
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441 1998-2000.
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