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  4. INEWS(1)                                                 INEWS(1)
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  7. ›1mNAME›22m
  8.        inews   -   `user­friendly'   news­posting  front­end  for
  9.        relaynews
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  11. ›1mSYNOPSIS›22m
  12.        ›1minews›22m ›1m-p›22m [ file ... ]
  13.        ›1minews›22m [ ›1m-h›22m ] [ ›1m-x›22m excluded­site ] [ ›1m-A›22m ] [ ›1m-M›22m ] [ ›1m-V›22m  ]  [
  14.        ›1m-W›22m ]
  15.        [  ›1m-a›22m  Approved:­contents  ] [ ›1m-c›22m Control:­contents ] [ ›1m-d›22m
  16.        Distribution:­contents ] [ ›1m-e›22m  Expires:­contents  ]  [  ›1m-f›22m
  17.        From:­contents  ] [ ›1m-n›22m Newsgroups:­contents ] [ ›1m-o›22m Organi­
  18.        zation:­contents ] [ ›1m-r›22m Reply­To:­contents  ]  [  ›1m-t›22m  Sub­
  19.        ject:­contents   ]   [   ›1m-C›22m   newsgroup   ]  [  ›1m-F›22m  Refer­
  20.        ences:­contents ] [ file ...  ]
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  22. ›1mDESCRIPTION›22m
  23.        ›4mInews›24m ›4mi›24mnjects an article into the ›4mnews›24m flow, installing it
  24.        locally and broadcasting it (if appropriate) onto the net­
  25.        work.  The article is read from ›4mfile›24ms or standard input if
  26.        none.  ›4mInews›24m adds and alters headers, notably ›1mMessage­ID:›22m,
  27.        ›1mFrom:›22m and ›1mPath:›22m, deletes invisible characters, and appends
  28.        the  first  four lines of ›1m$HOME/.signature›22m, if any, to the
  29.        article, and then hands it to ›4mrelaynews›24m(8),  provided  the
  30.        newsgroup(s)  are  unmoderated.   If the groups are moder­
  31.        ated, the article will instead be mailed to the moderators
  32.        of the moderated newsgroups in the ›1mNewsgroups:›22m header.
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  34.        ›1minews›22m ›1m­p›22m ›4mfiles›24m is exactly equivalent to invoking ›1mcat›22m ›4mfiles›24m
  35.        ›1m|›22m ›1mrelaynews›22m ›1m­r›22m, where ›4mfiles›24m may be an empty list; there is
  36.        no  automatic  recovery  of  the  input file(s) in case of
  37.        errors, full disks or other  problems.   Normal  usage  is
  38.        ›1minews›22m  ›1m­h›22m, which assumes the presence of at least ›1mSubject:›22m
  39.        and ›1mNewsgroups:›22m headers in the article.   ›1m-h›22m  tells  ›4minews›24m
  40.        that  the article starts with headers; otherwise it starts
  41.        with the article body.  ›1m-x›22m prevents transmission  to  site
  42.        ›4mexcluded­site›24m.   ›1m-A›22m  waits until enough space becomes free
  43.        in ›1m/usr/spool/news›22m.  ›1m-M›22m does nothing, for B news  compati­
  44.        bility.   ›1m-V›22m  causes  ›4mrelaynews›24m to emit a log file line on
  45.        stdout after processing is complete, by  having  ›4mrelaynews›24m
  46.        not  redirect  stdout  and stderr to ›1m/usr/lib/news/log›22m and
  47.        ›1m/usr/lib/news/errlog.›22m  ›1m-W›22m waits for ›4mrelaynews›24m to complete,
  48.        instead of running it in the background and not waiting.
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  50.        The  rest  of  the  options  are inherited from B news and
  51.        exist only for backward­compatibility with  news  readers.
  52.        ›4mThey›24m  ›4mshould›24m ›4mnot›24m ›4mbe›24m ›4mused›24m ›4mby›24m ›4mhumans,›24m as they are equivalent
  53.        to adding the obvious headers, with two small  twists:  ›1m-f›22m
  54.        generates  ›1mFrom:›22m  ›4mFrom:­contents›24m which generates a ›1mSender:›22m
  55.        ›4muser›1m›24m@›4m›22mhost›24m header if there is  no  ›1mSender:›22m  header  in  the
  56.        input,  and  ›1m-C›22m  tells you to use ›4maddgroup›24m for local group
  57.        creations and tells you what  to  feed  to  ›1minews›22m  ›1m­h›22m  for
  58.        global ones.
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  64.                            29 Aug 1989                          1
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  70. INEWS(1)                                                 INEWS(1)
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  73. ›1mFILES›22m
  74.        ›1m/usr/lib/news/active›22m
  75.                            contains (un)moderated flag
  76.        ›1m/usr/lib/news/mailpaths›22m
  77.                            routes to moderators, Internet gateway
  78.        ›1m/usr/lib/news/mailname›22m
  79.                            the name of this cluster  of  machines
  80.                            for  purposes  of  mail, including any
  81.                            domain
  82.        ›1m/usr/lib/news/server›22m
  83.                            the hostname of this cluster's server
  84.        ›1m/usr/lib/news/whoami›22m
  85.                            the name of this cluster for  purposes
  86.                            of news
  87.        ›1m/usr/lib/newsbin/inject/anne.jones›22m
  88.                            header censor
  89.        ›4m$HOME›1m›24m/.signature›22m    your  name  and  network addresses (no
  90.                            line­printer graphics, please)
  91.        ›4m$HOME›1m›24m/dead.article›22m  saved article in  case  of  errors  or
  92.                            problems
  93.        ›1m/tmp/in›22m*            temporaries
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  95. ›1mSEE›22m ›1mALSO›22m
  96.        ›4mmail›24m(1), ›4mnews›24m(5), ›4mnewsaux›24m(8), ›4mrelaynews›24m(8)
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  98. ›1mDIAGNOSTICS›22m
  99.        ›4minews›24m  can take several seconds to run, so it almost imme­
  100.        diately begins running in the background;  error  messages
  101.        may  appear  somewhat later, perhaps in the midst of other
  102.        activity.
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  104. ›1mHISTORY›22m
  105.        Written by Geoff Collyer at the University of  Toronto  as
  106.        part of the C news project.
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  108. ›1mBUGS›22m
  109.        ›4mInews›24m  should  be unnecessary; its only useful function is
  110.        adding ›1mMessage­ID:›22m headers and  most  novices  use  ›4mPnews›24m,
  111.        which could invoke ›4mrelaynews›24m directly.
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