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[svn] see Changelog Nov 14 2001 mirko liss
author mirkol
date Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:23:15 +0000
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1 .TH noffle 1 1 .TH noffle 1
2 .\" $Id: noffle.1 227 2000-10-26 21:21:13Z bears $ 2 .\" $Id: noffle.1 328 2001-11-14 20:23:15Z mirkol $
3 .SH NAME 3 .SH NAME
4 noffle \- Usenet package optimized for dialup connections. 4 noffle \- Usenet package optimized for dialup connections.
5 5
6 .SH SYNOPSIS 6 .SH SYNOPSIS
7 7
22 .br 22 .br
23 .B noffle 23 .B noffle
24 \-e | \-\-expire 24 \-e | \-\-expire
25 .br 25 .br
26 .B noffle 26 .B noffle
27 \-f | \-\-fetch 27 \-f | \-\-fetch [server pattern]
28 .br 28 .br
29 .B noffle 29 .B noffle
30 \-g | \-\-groups 30 \-g | \-\-groups
31 .br 31 .br
32 .B noffle 32 .B noffle
49 .br 49 .br
50 .B noffle 50 .B noffle
51 \-p | \-\-post 51 \-p | \-\-post
52 .br 52 .br
53 .B noffle 53 .B noffle
54 \-q | \-\-query groups|desc 54 \-q | \-\-query groups|desc [server pattern]
55 .br 55 .br
56 .B noffle 56 .B noffle
57 \-R | \-\-requested 57 \-R | \-\-requested
58 .br 58 .br
59 .B noffle 59 .B noffle
154 custom expiry periods set for individual newsgroups or sets of 154 custom expiry periods set for individual newsgroups or sets of
155 newsgroups in 155 newsgroups in
156 .B /etc/noffle.conf. 156 .B /etc/noffle.conf.
157 157
158 .TP 158 .TP
159 .B \-f, \-\-fetch 159 .B \-f, \-\-fetch [server pattern]
160 Get new newsfeed from the remote server. 160 Get new newsfeed from the remote servers.
161 Updates the list of the existing newsgroups, 161 Updates the list of the existing newsgroups,
162 fetches new articles overviews or full articles from subscribed 162 fetches new articles overviews or full articles from subscribed
163 groups (see 163 groups (see
164 .B fetchlist 164 .B fetchlist
165 ), 165 ),
168 .B noffle --fetch 168 .B noffle --fetch
169 should be run in the 169 should be run in the
170 .B ip-up 170 .B ip-up
171 script of 171 script of
172 .BR pppd (8). 172 .BR pppd (8).
173 If a
174 .B server
175 .B pattern
176 is specified, new articles will only be fetched from matching servers
177 from the list in noffle.conf. Please see
178 .B noffle.conf (5)
179 for careful seeting of the settings
180 .B getgroups
181 and
182 .B omitgroups.
183
184
173 185
174 .TP 186 .TP
175 .B \-g, \-\-groups 187 .B \-g, \-\-groups
176 List all groups available at remote server. 188 List all groups available at remote server.
177 .br 189 .br
231 Posting always observes the group post permission flag. 243 Posting always observes the group post permission flag.
232 If a local group is marked 'm' (moderated), the article must 244 If a local group is marked 'm' (moderated), the article must
233 have an 'Approved:' header to be posted. 245 have an 'Approved:' header to be posted.
234 246
235 .TP 247 .TP
236 .B \-q, \-\-query groups|desc 248 .B \-q, \-\-query groups|desc [server pattern]
237 Query information about all groups from the remote server and merge it to 249 Query information about all groups from the remote servers and merge it to
238 the 250 the
239 .B groupinfo 251 .B groupinfo
240 file. This must be run after installing 252 file. This must be run after installing
241 .B noffle 253 .B noffle
242 or sometimes after a change of the remote news server or corruption 254 or sometimes after a change of the remote news server or corruption
243 of the file. It can take some time on slow connections. 255 of the file. It can take some time on slow connections.
244 .B groups 256 .B groups
245 retrieves the list of the existing newsgroups 257 retrieves the list of the existing newsgroups
246 (resets all local article counters), 258 (resets all local article counters),
247 .B desc 259 .B desc
248 retrieves all newsgroup descriptions, 260 retrieves all newsgroup descriptions. If a
261 .B server
262 .B pattern
263 is specified, only matching servers from noffle.conf will be queried.
249 264
250 .TP 265 .TP
251 .B \-r, \-\-server 266 .B \-r, \-\-server
252 Run as NNTP server on standard input and standard output. This is 267 Run as NNTP server on standard input and standard output. This is
253 intended to be called by 268 intended to be called by