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From: Yusuf Motiwala <ymotiwala@hss.hns.com>
Subject: newsfetch-1.11 - pull news via NNTP to a mailbox
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:10:57 GMT
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newsfetch: Most Compact and Powerfull Utility to download the news from
an NNTP server and stores in the mailbox format.
(For Web based News Interface, see man page below)
New version of newsfetch (1.11) is uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu
newsfetch-1.11.tar.gz
newsfetch-1.11-1.i386.rpm
newsfetch-1.11-1.src.rpm
available in ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/
and in proper place (/pub/Linux/system/news/reader) when they move the
files. New version is available in .tar.gz and .rpm format.
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newsfetch-1.11 man page
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NAME
newsfetch - Pull news from an NNTP server and stores in
the mailbox format.
SYNOPSIS
newsfetch hostname [ -v | -V ] [ -d dirname ] [ -f rc_file
] [ -c ] [ -w M ] [ -t N ] [ -x command ]
OPTIONS
-V Print version and exit
-d dirname directory where newsfetch will store news
-c If this option is specified, newsfetch will not update
.newsfetchrc file
-w M This option tells newsfetch to pause for N seconds
after M messages to avoid heavy load on server. Time can
be set by -t option (default is 60 Seconds)
-t N time to pause after M articles, in seconds.
-f rc_file This option tells newsfetch to use an alternate
rc file
-x command A user command will be executed after fetching
each newsgroup. The first occurrence of the string %s in
the command will be replaced by the name of the last
fetched newsgroup
DESCRIPTION
%newsfetch news.yourisp.com
%newsfetch news.yourisp.com -x "command %s"
%newsfetch $NNTPSERVER
newsfetch pulls news from an NNTP server and writes the
articles to a file named same as newsgroup name. The file
created by newsfetch can be used with any mail reader.
NEWSFETCHRC
Newsfetch looks for a file .newsfetchrc to see the arti-
cles you have already fetched. The format of .newsfetchrc
is very simple. It consists of one line for each news-
group. The line contains three fields. The first field
is the name of the group. The next field is the highest
article number that was in the group when that group was
last downloaded. The third field limits the number of
messages which can be downloaded at any given time (-1 for
no limit). If there are more messages than this number,
only the newest are downloaded. The fields are separated
by a space.
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When Newsfetch is finished, it updates article numbers in
the file .newsfetchrc.
WEB BASED NEWS INTERFACE
Lots of people have asked for including the web support
for the newsfetch. I suggest to use hypermail in combina-
tion with newsfetch to make a very good web based news
interface (see above, option -x command). hypermail is
available from
http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html
HISTORY
Author - Yusuf Motiwala (yusuf@scientist.com)
http://yusuf.home.ml.org
NOTE
Initially, I wrote this utility for personal use. The cur-
rent version may not have all the features you want, but
you are free to modify the code for your personal use.
Feedbacks are welcome.
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