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- nntp
- ====
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- The 'nntp' commands control the operation of the Network News
- Transfer Protocol (NNTP).
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- nntp addserver <nntpserver_host> <interval> [<range>] [<groups>]
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- Add an NNTP news server to query every <interval> seconds for new
- articles in the specified <groups>.
-
- <range> specifies the time-of-day limits when the queries will be
- made.
-
- Multiple 'nntp addserver' commands may be used to concatenate
- groups (up to a maximum of 512 bytes).
-
- >> Example:
- nntp addserver ns9nws 600 22:00-23:00 rec.ham-radio*
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- nntp directory [ spool|control <directory> ]
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- Display or set the default spool directory for spooling news
- articles. This is in addition to the control directory
- (/spool/news).
-
- >> Example: nntp directory spool spool/articles
-
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- nntp dropserver <nntpserver_host>
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- Drop the specified NNTP server.
-
- >> Example: nntp drop ns9nws
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- nntp groups <group> [<group> ...] Default: All groups
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- Display or set the currently set USEnet newsgroup(s). The group
- names are separated by spaces or commas. The '*' and '!'
- metacharacters (meaning 'all' and 'not' respectively) are
- supported.
-
- >> Example: nntp groups rec.ham-radio*,!rec.ham-radio.swap
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- nntp kick <nntpserver_host>
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- Kick the local NNTP client to get in touch with the named server.
-
- >> Example: nntp kick ns9nws
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- nntp listservers
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- List the currently defined servers.
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- nntp trace <level> Default: 1
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- Sets or shows the current trace level for NNTP traffic.
-
- Level
- 0: No tracing.
- 1: Display serious errors only
- 2: Display serious and transient errors
- 3: Display serious and transient errors, plus session progress
- 4: Display serious and transient errors, session progress and
- actual received articles
- 5: Display errors.
-
- >> Example: nntp trace 4
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