NAME

       nntpsend.ctl - list of sites to feed via nntpsend

DESCRIPTION

       The file /etc/news/nntpsend.ctl specifies the default list of sites to be fed by nntpsend(8).

       Comments  begin  with  a  number  sign (``#'') and continue through the end of the line.  Blank lines and
       comments are ignored.  All other lines should consist of four fields separated by a colon.

       The first field is the name of the site as specified in the newsfeeds(5) file.

       The second field should be the hostname or IP address of the remote site.

       The third field, if non-empty, specifies the default tail truncation size of site's batchfile.   If  this
       field  is  empty, no truncation is performed.  If this field is of the form ``maxsize-truncsize'' then it
       is passed to shrinkfile as ``-m maxsize -s truncsize'', otherwise is of the form ``truncsize'' then it is
       passed as ``-s truncsize''.

       The fourth field specifies some default flags passed to innxmit(8).  The flag ``-a'' is always  given  to
       innxmit  and  need not appear hear.  If no ``-t timeout'' flag is given in this field and on the nntpsend
       command line, ``-t 180'' will be given to innxmit.

HISTORY

       Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> for InterNetNews.  This is revision 1.7, dated 1996/09/13.

SEE ALSO

       innxmit(8), newsfeeds(5), nntpsend(8), trunc(1).

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