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NNTPSEND(8)					      NNTPSEND(8)

NAME
       nntpsend - send Usenet articles to remote site

SYNOPSIS
       nntpsend	 [ -a ] [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -D ] [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -S ]
       [ -n ] [ -s size ] [ -t timeout ] [ -T timelimit	 ]  [  -P
       portnum ] [ sitename fqdn ] ...

DESCRIPTION
       Nntpsend	 is  a	front-end that invokes innxmit(1) to send
       Usenet articles to a remote NNTP site.

       The sites to be fed may be specified  by	 giving	 sitename
       fqdn  pairs  on	the  command  line.  If no such pairs are
       given, nntpsend defaults to the information given  in  the
       nntpsend.ctl(5) config file.

       The  sitename  should be the name of the site as specified
       in the newsfeeds(5) file.  The fqdn should be the hostname
       or IP address of the remote site.

       An  innxmit  is	launched for sites with queued news.  All
       innxmit processes are spawned in the  background	 and  the
       script  waits  for  them	 all  to finish before returning.
       Output	    is	     sent	to	  the	     file
       <pathlog in inn.conf>/nntpsend.log.  In order to keep from
       overwhelming the local system, nntpsend waits five seconds
       before spawned each child.

       Nntpsend	 expects  that	the batchfile for a site is named
       <pathoutgoing in inn.conf>/sitename.  To prevent batchfile
       corruption, shlock(1) is used to ``lock'' these files.

       When  sitename  fqdn  pairs are given on the command line,
       any flags given on the  command	completely  describe  how
       innxmit	and  shrinkfile	 operate.  When no such pairs are
       given on the command line, then the information	found  in
       nntpsend.ctl becomes the default flags for that site.  Any
       flags given on the command line override the default flags
       for the site.

OPTIONS
       -d -D  The  ``-d''  flag causes nntpsend to send output to
	      stdout	 rather	    than     the     log     file
	      <pathlog in inn.conf>/nntpsend.log.    The   ``-D''
	      flag does the same and  it  passes  ``-d''  to  all
	      innxmit invocations which in turn causes innxmit to
	      go into debug mode.

       -s     If the ``-s'' flag is used, then shrinkfile(1) will
	      be  invoked  to  perform	a  head truncation on the
	      batchfile and the flag will be passed to it.

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NNTPSEND(8)					      NNTPSEND(8)

       -a -p -r -S -t -T -c -P
	      The ``-a'', ``-c'', ``-p'', ``-P'', ``-r'', ``-S'',
	      ``-t'', ``-T'', ``-c'', and ``-P'' flags are passed
	      on to the child innxmit program. See innxmit(8) for
	      more details.  Note that if the ``-p'' flag is used
	      then no connection is made and no articles are  fed
	      to  the  remote site.  It is useful to have cron(8)
	      invoke nntpsend with this flag in case a site  can-
	      not be reached for an extended period of time.

       -n     If  the ``-n'' flag is used, then nntpsend does not
	      use shlock(1) and does not lock batch files.

EXAMPLES
       With the following control file:

	      nsavax:erehwon.nsavax.gov::-S -t60
	      group70:group70.org::
	      walldrug:walldrug.com:4m-1m:-T1800 -t300
	      kremvax:kremvax.cis:2m:

       The command:

	      nntpsend

       will result in the following:

	      Sitename	      Truncation      Innxmit flags
	      nsavax	      (none)	      -a -S -t60
	      group70	      (none)	      -a -t180
	      walldrug	      1m if >4m	      -a -T1800 -t300
	      kremvax	      2m	      -a -t180

       The command:

	      nntpsend -d -T1200

       will result in the following:

	      Sitename	      Truncation      Innxmit flags
	      nsavax	      (none)	      -a -d -S -T1200 -t60
	      group70	      (none)	      -a -d -T1200 -t180
	      walldrug	      1m if >4m	      -a -d -T1200 -t300
	      kremvax	      2m	      -a -d -T1200 -t180

       The command:

	      nntpsend -s  5m  -T1200  nsavax  erehwon.nsavax.gov
	      group70 group70.org

       will result in the following:

	      Sitename	      Truncation      Innxmit flags
	      nsavax	      5m	      -a -T1200 -t180

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NNTPSEND(8)					      NNTPSEND(8)

	      group70	      5m	      -a -T1200 -t180

       Remember	 that ``-a'' is always given, and ``-t'' defaults
       to 180.

HISTORY
       Written by Landon Curt  Noll  <chongo@toad.com>	and  Rich
       $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is revi-
       sion 1.1.2.1, dated 1999/06/12.

SEE ALSO
       inn.conf(5),  innxmit(1),  newsfeeds(5),	 nntpsend.ctl(5),
       shrinkfile(1).

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