Changi NNTP Server 1.0
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RNEWS.EXE
Command Line Options
When called with option -? Rnews will display the following
usage help:
usage: rnews [options]
options:
-a<user:passwd> authentication -H<remote> remote host
-A<approved> approved by -N<grouplist> to newsgroups
-C<filename> follow-up -o<organization> organization
-d<log-flags> logfile flags -P use post, not ihave
-D<distribution> distribution -p<port> server port
-e<date> expire date -r<address> reply to
-f<filename> input file -S<filename> append signature
-F<filename> like -f, -t<title> subject
but delete -W<time> socket timeout
Remember that all options with an attached parameter will accept a
single parameter only. If you need a value with more than one word
then quotes must be used to prevent Rnews from splitting them into
multiple parameters.
- -a user:passwd
- This option allows Rnews to connect to remote servers protected
with simple AUTHINFO. You must provide your user-ID and your
password separated by a colon.
- -A approval
- Override/adds an approval line.
- -C followup
- This option will create a followup header.
- -dr
- Logs read operations.
- -D distribution
- This option allows you to specify the maximum geographic
distribution of any post.
For further explanations refer to the chapter
Limiting Distribution of Posts.
- -e expiration date
- This will override the default expiration date.
- -f filename
- Usually Rnews reads the article from its standard
input. This option may be used to read the article from
the specified file.
- -F filename
- This option has the same meaning as option -f,
except that the file is removed afterwards.
- -H hostname
- By default Rnews will feed articles to the local host,
but it will transmit them to another machine using this option
- -N newsgroups
- To submit an article to multiple newsgroups, the list must be
separated by commas.
- -P
- If this option is used, Rnews will transmit articles
with the POST command. By default, IHAVE is used.
- -o organization
- This option is used to specify organization name.
- -r reply to
- This parameter specifies the Reply-To: line in
the article header.
- -S signature file
- Not implemented.
- -t subject
- Overrides the Subject: line in the article header.
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