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NNTPSEND(8)							   NNTPSEND(8)

NAME
       nntpsend - send Usenet articles to remote site

SYNOPSIS
       nntpsend	 [  -d	] [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -S ] [ -s size ] [ -t timeout ] [ -T
       timelimit ] [ 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 news‐
       feeds(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 pro‐
       cesses are spawned in the background and the script waits for them  all
       to   finish   before   returning.    Output   is	  sent	 to  the  file
       /var/spool/news/data/nntpsend.log.  In order to keep from  overwhelming
       the  local  system,  nntpsend  waits  five  seconds before spawned each
       child.  The flag ``-a'' is always given as a flag to innxmit.

       Nntpsend	 expects  that	 the   batchfile   for	 a   site   is	 named
       /var/spool/news/out.going/sitename.   To	 prevent batchfile corruption,
       shlock(1) is used to ``lock'' these files.

       The ``-p'', ``-r'', ``-S'', ``-t'', and ``-T'' flags are passed	on  to
       the  child  innxmit program.  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
       cannot be reached for an extended period of time.

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

       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.

       For example, with the following control file:
	      nsavax:erehwon.nsavax.gov::-S -t60
	      group70:group70.org::
	      walldrug:walldrug.com:1m:-T1800 -t300

       The command:
	      nntpsend
       will result in the following:
	      Sitename	 Truncation   Innxmit flags
	      nsavax	 (none)	      -a -S -t60
	      group70	 (none)	      -a -t180
	      walldrug	 1m	      -a -T1800 -t300

       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	      -a -d -T1200 -t300

       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
	      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 revision 1.3, dated
       1992/08/14.

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

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