applyfilter(8) UNIX System V (19 Jan 1999) applyfilter(8)
NAME
applyfilter - apply filter settings to news spool
SYNOPSIS
applyfilter-v [newsgroup]
DESCRIPTION
Leafnode is a USENET package intended for small sites, where
there are few users and little disk space, but where a large
number of groups is desired.
Applyfilter is the program to apply filter settings to your
newsspool. It is used if you want to remove postings from
your spool matching a certain filter pattern (see FILES
below). If the headers of an article match any of the
filtering rules, the article is being deleted from the
newsgroup.
Applyfilter sets its real and effective uid to "news".
OPTIONS
-v Be verbose.
newsgroup
is the newsgroup you want to apply the filter to.
FILES
/usr/lib/leafnode/filters contains the set of filtering
rules that are applied to the newsspool. Each rule must be
on a separate line. Empty lines and comments (marked by a #
at the beginning of the line) are allowed.
Each rule is a regular expression. For example, the
following set of rulings will delete all crosspostings to
alt.flame.
^Newsgroups:.*[, ]alt.flame$
^Newsgroups:.*[, ]alt.flame,
^Newsgroups: indicates that the pattern should only be
applied to the Newsgroups: header. After the header, an
arbitrary number of characters may follow, ending in either
a comma or a space. After that, alt.flame must be in the
line, either at the end of the line (first entry) or in the
middle of the line, followed by other newsgroups (second
entry).
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AUTHOR
Written by Cornelius Krasel <krasel@wpxx02.toxi.uni-
wuerzburg.de>. Copyright 1999.
Leafnode was originally written by Arnt Gulbrandsen
<agulbra@troll.no> and is copyright 1995-96 Troll Tech AS,
Postboks 6133 Etterstad, 0602 Oslo, Norway, fax +47
22646949.
SEE ALSO
leafnode(8), fetch(8)texpire(8)
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