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INEWS(1)


NAME

  inews - send a Usenet article to the local news server for distribution


SYNOPSIS

  inews [ -A ] [ -D ] [ -h ] [ -N ] [ -O ] [ -p port ] [ -R ] [ -S ] [ -V ] [
  -W ] [ header_flags ] [ input ]


DESCRIPTION

  Inews reads a Usenet news article (perhaps with headers) from the named
  file, or standard input if no file is given.	It adds some headers and
  performs some consistency checks.  If the article does not meet these
  checks (for example, too much quoting of old articles, or posting to non-
  existent newsgroups) then the article is rejected.  If it passes the
  checks, inews sends the article to the local news server as specified in
  the inn.conf file for distribution.


OPTIONS

  -A -V -W
       For compatibility with C News, inews accepts, but ignores, the ``-A'',
       ``-V'' and ``-W'' flags.

  -D   As a debugging aid, if the ``-D'' flag is used, the consistency checks
       will be performed, and the article will be sent to the standard
       output, rather then sent to the server.

  -h   In the standard mode of operation, the input consists of the article
       headers, a blank line, and the message body.  For compatibility with
       older software, the ``-h'' flag must be used.  If there are no headers
       in the message, then this flag may be omitted.

  -N   The C News ``-N'' flag is treated as the ``-D'' flag.

  -O   By default, an Organization header will be provided if none is present
       in the article.	To prevent adding the default, use the ``-O'' flag.

  -p   If the ``-p'' flag is used, then the articles will be sent through the
       specified port on the remote host.

  -R   If the ``-R'' flag is used then inews will reject any attempts to post
       control messages.

  -S   By default, if a file named .signature exists in the user's home
       directory, inews will try to append it to the end of the article.  If
       the file cannot be read, or if it is too long (for example, more than
       four lines or one standard I/O buffer), or if some other problem
       occurs, then the article will not be posted.  To suppress this action
       use the ``-S'' flag.

  header_flags
       Several headers may be specified on the command line, shown in the
       synopsis above as header_flags.	Each of these flags takes a single
       parameter; if the value is more than one word (for example, almost all
       Subject lines) then quotes must be used to prevent the shell from
       splitting it into multiple words.  The options, and their
       corresponding headers, are as follows:

	   a	   Approved
	   c	   Control
	   d	   Distribution
	   e	   Expires
	   F	   References
	   f	   From
	   n	   Newsgroups
	   o	   Organization
	   r	   Reply-To
	   t	   Subject
	   w	   Followup-To
	   x	   Path prefix

       If <DO_INEWS_PATH in include/config.h> is defined, the Path header is
       built according to the following rules.	If the ``-x'' flag is used,
       then its value will be the start of the header.	Any other host will
       see the site in the header, and therefore not offer the article to
       that site.  If <DO_INEWS_PATH in include/config.h> is defined and the
       ``pathhost'' configuration parameter is specified in the inn.conf
       file, then it will be added to the Path.	 Otherwise, if the ``server''
       configuration parameter is specified, then the full domain name of the
       local host will be added to the Path. The Path will always end
       <PATHMASTER in include/config.h> (typically not-for-mail)


NOTES

  If an unapproved posting is made to a moderated newsgroup, inews will try
  to mail the article to the moderator for posting.  It will query the remote
  news server for a moderators listing. If that fails, it will fallback to
  using the local moderators file to determine the mailing address.  If no
  address is found, it will use ``moderatormailer'' in inn.conf to determine
  a ``last-chance'' host to try.

  If the NNTP server needs to authenticate the client, inews will use the
  NNTPsendpassword(3) routine to authenticate itself.  In order to do this,
  the program will need read access to the passwd.nntp file.  This is
  typically done by having the file group-readable and making inews run
  setgid to that group.

  Inews exits with a zero status if the article was successfully posted or
  mailed, or with a non-zero status if the article could not be delivered.

  Since inews will spool its input if the server is unavailable, it is
  usually necessary to run rnews(1) with the ``-U'' flag on a regular basis,
  usually out of cron(8).


HISTORY

  Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is
  revision 1.9, dated 2002/12/03.


SEE ALSO

  moderators(5), inn.conf(5).  rnews(1).

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