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INEWS as of Mon, 14 Dec 1992 03:11:42 +0100
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SYNOPSIS
inews <file [-h] [-x excluded-site] [-V] [-W] [-a Approved:-
contents] [-c Control:-contents] [-d Distribution:-contents]
[-e Expires:-contents] [-f From:-contents] [-n Newsgroups:-
contents] [-o Organization:-contents] [-r Reply-To:-contents]
[-t Subject:-contents] [-C newsgroup ] [-F References:-contents]
[+oi]
(see inews.man for further information of std. options (`-x'))
FUNCTION
Reads article, adds/modifies certain headers according to RFC 822/1036
and files the article in the in.coming directory, thus it will be
processed by relaynews next time unbatch runs.
If you specify -W on the commandline, instead of spooling the article
in in.coming, it is directly piped into relaynews. This is useful in
some cases (you will know that your article has been relayed properly)
but may take some time if there is currently a large newsbatch being
processed (i. e. `relaynews' (or `fixactive' which locks `relaynews')
is currently running).
Based on a `Content-Transfer-Encoding:' header, the article's body will
be processed by `mmencode' or modified internally to match the requested
CTE. Be sure to have `mmencode' (comes with metamail) installed, otherwise
you won't be able to post any news with CTE's of `quoted-printable' or
`base64' (`7bit', `8bit' and `binary' are handled internally).
In case of problems, you will get your article mailed to you (should
work, but needs more tests!) ...
NEW FEATURES: `+o' tells inews to overwrite some header which usually
are passed through.
Currently implemented:
`i' for `Message-ID:' (`+oi')
RESTRICTIONS: `-C group' (supposed to create `group') is not implemented
yet.
`-x excluded-site' only works with `-W'.
Specifying several files as input instead of stdin is not
implemented (yet).
`-A' (wait for enough space on news partition) isn't
implemented.
The bogus `-M' (`does nothing, for B news compatibility')
is not implemented -- and will never be.
CONFIGURATION, FILES, ETC.
You can set the newsname() in several ways in this order:
- INewsDomain from uulib:Config
- UULIB:news/whoami (you may redirect `UULIB:' as usual in DUUCP)
- $HOSTNAME
- NODENAME (+ DOMAINNAME if DOMAINPATH=="y") from uulib:Config
newsname() is used in generating `Path:', `Message-Id:' & `Sender:'.
The in.coming directory is specified by GetConfigDir(UUNEWS)+"in.coming/"
and the filename is "0000000xabcdaffe", i. e. time(NULL), GetSequence(1)
and FindTask(NULL).
Note that the programs `relaynews', `sendmail' and `mmencode' are
expected to be in the current search path; there is NO WAY to specify
alternatives.
Please make sure you have an entry for `news' in your `uulib:passwd',
e. g.
news,/&"!%!V,2,2,Where No News Have Gone Before,UUPUB:,*t
If you are using a different news system than `wCNews', you probably
will only be able to use the `-W' mode (causing inews piping the
article into relaynews directly).
Please note that inews requires AmigaOS 2.0 or higher.
BUGS, SUGGESTIONS, MONEY =:->
In case of any problems, feel free to email me: <bugs@hactar.hanse.de>.