_R_e_l_a_y_n_e_w_s installs locally and broadcasts (network) news
articles read from its standard input. Typically the arti-
cles will be in a batch (see _n_e_w_s(5)), which must _n_o_t be
compressed (see _c_o_m_p_r_e_s_s(1)). Articles are usually queued
for transmission to one's netnews neighbours via _n_e_w_s_-
_b_a_t_c_h(8) and thence via _u_u_x(1) or _m_a_i_l(1).
----dddd turns on debugging of ffffiling, hhhheaders, llllocking, mmmmatching,
ttttransmission. ----rrrr redirects stdout and stderr to
////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssss////lllloooogggg and ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssss////eeeerrrrrrrrlllloooogggg. ----iiii redirects
stdout only to ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssss////lllloooogggg. ----nnnn enables ``NNTP mode''
in which history entries are generated as articles are
rejected. ----ssss makes discarding an article a serious matter,
justifying a non-zero exit status (for the benefit of
_i_n_e_w_s). ----xxxx excludes _e_x_c_l_u_d_e_d-_s_i_t_e from the list of netnews
neighbours to receive article(s).
_C_o_n_t_r_o_l _m_e_s_s_a_g_e_s, recognised by their CCCCoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll:::: headers (or
_f_o_r _b_a_c_k_w_a_r_d _c_o_m_p_a_t_i_b_i_l_i_t_y _O_N_L_Y a NNNNeeeewwwwssssggggrrrroooouuuuppppssss:::: header con-
taining a single newsgroup ending in ....ccccttttllll), are filed under
the ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll pseudo-group only, but are forwarded as usual,
by examining their NNNNeeeewwwwssssggggrrrroooouuuuppppssss:::: and DDDDiiiissssttttrrrriiiibbbbuuuuttttiiiioooonnnn:::: headers.
Note that posting to the ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll pseudo-group will not cause
a message to be treated as a control message; ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll is not
a real newsgroup.
An article which contains an AAAAllllssssoooo----CCCCoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll:::: header is treated
normally except that the contents of the header are executed
as if they were the contents of a CCCCoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll:::: header. Such an
article is a form of _h_y_b_r_i_d _m_e_s_s_a_g_e since it functions as an
ordinary article yet also causes control functions to be
executed. The SSSSuuuuppppeeeerrrrsssseeeeddddeeeessss:::: header is a special case and is
rewritten internally _o_n_l_y to AAAAllllssssoooo----CCCCoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll:::: ccccaaaannnncccceeeellll.
Articles which contain no locally-known (to the _a_c_t_i_v_e file)
newsgroups yet accepted by the local subscription list are
filed exactly once, in the jjjjuuuunnnnkkkk pseudo-group, and forwarded
as usual. If all newsgroups in the article are refused by
the local subscription list or are refused by an xxxx in _a_c_t_i_v_e
file entries, then the article will be _d_i_s_c_a_r_d_e_d and not
filed in jjjjuuuunnnnkkkk.
Locally-generated articles need not be permitted by the
local subscription list but are otherwise processed nor-
mally; this is for backward compatibility and perhaps to
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RELAYNEWS(8) MAINTENANCE COMMANDS RELAYNEWS(8)
keep the local subscription list short by not requiring ggggeeeennnn----
eeeerrrraaaallll and the like to be named.
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