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[svn] Move posting code to post.c, add command line posting
author bears
date Thu, 18 May 2000 13:17:23 +0100
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1 .TH noffle.conf 5 1 .TH noffle.conf 5
2 .\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 96 2000-05-17 10:51:22Z enz $ 2 .\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 100 2000-05-18 12:17:23Z bears $
3 3
4 .SH NAME 4 .SH NAME
5 noffle.conf \- Configuration file for NOFFLE news server 5 noffle.conf \- Configuration file for NOFFLE news server
6 6
7 .SH DESCRIPTION 7 .SH DESCRIPTION
36 the one of your main provider. Note that you must always 36 the one of your main provider. Note that you must always
37 run 'noffle --query groups' 37 run 'noffle --query groups'
38 after making changes to the server entries. 38 after making changes to the server entries.
39 39
40 .TP 40 .TP
41 .B getgroups <group pattern> [, <group pattern> ...]
42 Only retrieve from the most recently specified server newsgroups that match
43 the specified patterns. The patterns can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and
44 there can be multiple
45 .B getgroups
46 lines. For further details on
47 .B getgroups
48 processing in tandem with \fBomitgroups\fP, see the section on
49 .B omitgroups
50 following.
51 .br
52 Default: All groups
53
54 .TP
55 .B omitgroups <group pattern> [, <group pattern> ...]
56 Don't retrieve from the most recently specified server newsgroups that match
57 the specified patterns. The patterns can contain \fIwildcards\fP, and
58 there can be multiple
59 .B omitgroups
60 lines. When processing a new newsgroup name, it is checked first to see
61 if it appears on the
62 .B getgroups
63 list (if any). If not, the group is rejected.
64 Then the group is checked to see if it appears on the
65 .B omitgroups
66 list. If it does not, the group is accepted as a group
67 .B NOFFLE
68 will list and collect as required.
69 .br
70 Default: No groups
71
72 .TP
41 .B max-fetch <n> 73 .B max-fetch <n>
42 Never get more than <n> articles. If there are more, the oldest ones 74 Never get more than <n> articles. If there are more, the oldest ones
43 are discarded. 75 are discarded.
44 .br 76 .br
45 Default: 300 77 Default: 300
106 article number of the information article every time it is read. 138 article number of the information article every time it is read.
107 .br 139 .br
108 Default: yes 140 Default: yes
109 141
110 .TP 142 .TP
111 .B remove-messageid yes|no 143 .B post-locally yes|no
112 This option is deprecated and ignored. 144 Place articles posted to external servers in the local aticle database
113 It is only there for compatibility with old config-files. 145 immediately. Some servers may rewrite Message-IDs, which will cause
146 duplicate postings of this option is enabled. Also, if for some reason
147 the post to the remote server fails, the article still exist in the local
148 database, which may be a source of some confusion.
149 .br
150 Default: no
114 151
115 .TP 152 .TP
116 .B replace-messageid yes|no 153 .B replace-messageid yes|no
117 Replace Message-ID of posted articles by a Message-ID generated by 154 Replace Message-ID of posted articles by a Message-ID generated by
118 NOFFLE. Some news readers generate Message-IDs that are not accepted by 155 NOFFLE. Some news readers generate Message-IDs that are not accepted by