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DISTRIB.PATS(5)
NAME
  distrib.pats - Default values for the Distribution header

DESCRIPTION
  The file pathetc/distrib.pats is used by nnrpd to determine the default
  value of the Distribution header.  Blank lines and lines beginning with a
  number sign ("#") are ignored.  All other lines consist of three fields
  separated by a colon:

      <weight>:<pattern>:<value>

  The first field is the weight to assign to this match.  If a newsgroup
  matches multiple lines, the line with the highest weight is used.  This
  should be an arbitrary integer greater than zero.  The order of lines in
  the file is only important if groups have equal weight (in which case, the
  first matching line will be used).

  The second field is either the name of a newsgroup or a uwildmat(3)-style
  pattern to specify a set of newsgroups.

  The third field is the value that should be used for the Distribution
  header of a posted article, if this line was picked as the best match and
  no Distribution header was supplied by the user.  It can be an empty
  string, specifying that no Distribution header should be added.

  When a post is received by nnrpd that does not already contain a
  Distribution header, each newsgroup to which an article is posted will be
  checked against this file in turn, and the matching line with the highest
  weight will be used as the value of the Distribution header.	If no lines
  match, or if the matching line has an empty string for its third field, no
  header will be added.

HISTORY
  Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  Converted to
  POD by Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>.

  $Id: distrib.pats.5 6282 2003-04-06 21:50:07Z rra $

SEE ALSO
  inn.conf(5), nnrpd(8), uwildmat(3)

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