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SYNCNEWS(8)


NAME

  syncnews - synchronize IMAP news mailboxes with active file


SYNOPSIS

  syncnews [ -C config-file ] active-file


DESCRIPTION

  Syncnews compares the list of IMAP news mailboxes with the news active
  file.	 News mailboxes which are not listed in the active file are removed.
  Newsgroups listed in the active file but not in the IMAP mailboxes file
  have IMAP mailboxes created.

  A newsgroup must have a status of ``y'', ``m'', or ``n'' to be considered
  listed in the active file.

  Syncnews reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file
  unless specified otherwise by -C.


OPTIONS

  -C config-file
       Read configuration options from config-file.


FILES

  /etc/imapd.conf


BUGS

  If a newsgroup is listed in the active file, but does not have the news
  spool directories created, syncnews will create those news spool
  directories in the process of creating the IMAP mailbox.  The created
  directories are likely to then have ownership and permissions that do not
  permit the news server to write article files.

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