_R_e_l_a_y_n_e_w_s installs locally and broadcasts (network) news
articles read from its standard input. Typically the
articles will be in a batch (see _n_e_w_s(5)), which may _n_o_t be
compressed (see _c_o_m_p_r_e_s_s(1)). Articles are usually queued
for transmission to one's netnews neighbours via
_n_e_w_s_b_a_t_c_h(8) and thence via _u_u_x(1) or _m_a_i_l(1).
----dddd turns on debugging of ffffiling, hhhheaders, llllocking, mmmmatching,
ttttransmission. ----rrrr redirects stdout and stderr to
////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssss////lllloooogggg and ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssss////eeeerrrrrrrrlllloooogggg. ----iiii redirects
stdout only to ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////nnnneeeewwwwssss////lllloooogggg. ----nnnn enables ``NNTP mode''
in which history entries are generated as articles are
rejected. ----ssss makes discarding an article a serious matter.
----xxxx excludes _e_x_c_l_u_d_e_d-_s_i_t_e from the list of netnews
neighbours to receive article(s).
_C_o_n_t_r_o_l _m_e_s_s_a_g_e_s, recognised by their CCCCoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll:::: headers (or
ffffoooorrrr bbbbaaaacccckkkkwwwwaaaarrrrdddd ccccoooommmmppppaaaattttiiiibbbbiiiilllliiiittttyyyy OOOONNNNLLLLYYYY a NNNNeeeewwwwssssggggrrrroooouuuuppppssss:::: header
containing a single newsgroup ending in ....ccccttttllll), are filed
under the ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll pseudo-group only, but are forwarded as
usual, by examining their NNNNeeeewwwwssssggggrrrroooouuuuppppssss:::: and DDDDiiiissssttttrrrriiiibbbbuuuuttttiiiioooonnnn::::
headers. Note that posting to the ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll pseudo-group will
not cause a message to be treated as a control message;
ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll is not a real newsgroup.
Articles which contain no locally-known (to the _a_c_t_i_v_e file)
newsgroups yet accepted by the local subscription list are
filed exactly once, in the jjjjuuuunnnnkkkk pseudo-group, and forwarded
as usual. In particular, if all newsgroups in the article
are refused by the local subscription list or are refused by
an xxxx in _a_c_t_i_v_e file entries, then the article will be
_d_i_s_c_a_r_d_e_d and not filed in jjjjuuuunnnnkkkk.
Locally-generated articles need not be permitted by the
local subscription list but are otherwise processed
normally; this is for backward compatibility and perhaps to
keep the local subscription list short by not requiring
ggggeeeennnneeeerrrraaaallll and the like to be named.
FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS
////uuuussssrrrr////ssssppppoooooooollll////nnnneeeewwwwssss netnews article tree