
nntp

        The 'nntp' commands control the operation of the Network News
        Transfer Protocol (NNTP).  The nntp features are defined at
        compile-time.  What follows describes the nntp client features;
        the nntp server features are mostly a superset of these commands:

        nntp addserver <nntpserver_host> <interval> [<range>] [<groups>]
          Add an NNTP news server to query every <interval> seconds for new
          articles in the specified <groups>.

          <range> specifies the time-of-day limits when the queries will be
          made.

        Multiple 'nntp addserver' commands may be used to concatenate
        groups (up to a maximum of 512 bytes).

             Example:  nntp add w5ddl.ampr.org 3600 18:00-06:00


        nntp directory [ <News_spool_dir> [News_control_dir> ]
          Display or set the spool directory for spooling news articles.
          Default is /spool/mail.  Optionally set a new control directory.
          The default control dir is /spool/news.


        nntp directory  old=new
          Establish a newsgroup name mapping, so that a newsgroup name
          beginning with <old> is changed to one beginning with <new>,
          which may be a null string.  To delete a mapping, use <old>==.
          The mapping scan continues until the list is exhausted, in the
          same order the nntp dir commands were specified.

              Example:  nntp dir  rec.radio.=
                        nntp dir  amateur.=
                        nntp dir  shortwave=swl
                        nntp dir  equipment=eq

              will map rec.radio.amateur.policy to policy, rec.radio.swap
              to swap, rec.radio.shortwave to swl, and
              rec.radio.amateur.equipment to eq.


        nntp dropserver <nntpserver_host>
          Drop the specified NNTP server.


        nntp groups <group> [<group> ...]             Default: All groups
          Display or set the currently set USEnet newsgroup(s).  The group
          names are separated by spaces or commas.  The '*' and '!'
          metacharacters (meaning 'all' and 'not' respectively) are
          supported.


        nntp kick <nntpserver_host>
          Kick the local NNTP client to get in touch with the named server.


        nntp listservers
          List the currently defined servers.


        nntp lzw <on | off>
          Turn on or off LZW compression when receiving articles.


        nntp trace <level>                                     Default: 1
          Sets or shows the current trace level for NNTP traffic.

          Level
           0:  No tracing.
           1:  Display serious errors only
           2:  Display serious and transient errors
           3:  Display serious and transient errors, plus session progress
           4:  Display serious and transient errors, session progress and
                  actual received articles
           5:  Display errors.


        nntp quiet <yes | no>                                 Default: no
          Sets or shows the current arrival-notification setting for NNTP
          traffic.  The notification will include a BEL character if
          "smtp quiet no" is in effect.


        nntp firstpoll [<#days>]                              Default: 5
          Sets or shows the number of days of old news that is requested
          in the initial poll to a new server.
