Changi NNTP Server 1.0

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host.iwant

If Chanx finds a file named host.iwant it will query the articles, which ids or article numbers are contained in this file, before retrieving any new article.

The file must be created in a subdirectory of Changi's working directory, specified by CHANGIWORKDIR. The name of the subdirectory must be equal the name of the remote server's domain. The basename of the file must be equal the remote's hostname without domain, to which .iwant is appended.

Assuming, that articles should be retrieved from news.ping.de and assuming further, that CHANGIWORKDIR has been set to C:\CHANGI, then Chanx expects a file named C:\CHANGI\ping.de\news.iwant.

Usually this file is created by copying some or all lines from a host.drop file.

Each line corresponds to one article and may contain any number of fields separated by TABs (ASCII 9). Chanx is only interested in the first one.

article TAB [any number of additional fields]
article
The contents of this field depends on the mode Chanx is invoked with. If either option -mw or option -mx had been given on the commandline, then Chanx expects this field to start with the name of a newsgroup, immediately followed by a colon, immediately followed by an article number. Without any of these two options, this field must contain a message-id, including the angle brackets.

Any line not following these rules will be silently discarded.


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URL: changi/manual/hostiwant.html
Created: 3 August 1996
Revised: 21 November 1996
Author: harald@os2point.ping.de