NAME

       nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server

SYNOPSIS

       nntpget [ -d dist ] [ -f file ] [ -n newsgroups ] [ -t timestring ] [ -o ] [ -u file ] [ -v ] host

DESCRIPTION

       Nntpget  connects  to  the NNTP server at the specified host and retrieves articles from it. The Message-
       ID's of the desired articles are read from standard input. The articles are sent to standard output.

OPTIONS

       -o     The ``-o'' option may be used only if the command is executed on the host where the innd(8) server
              is running.  If this option is used, nntpget connects to the specified  remote  host  to  retrieve
              articles.   Any  article not present in the local history database is then fetched from the remote
              site and offered to the local server.

       -v     If the ``-v'' option is used with the ``-o'' option then the Message-ID of each  article  will  be
              sent to standard output as it is processed.

       -f     The  list  of  article Message-ID's is normally read from standard input.  If the ``-f'' option is
              used, then a ``newnews'' command is used to retrieve all articles newer then the modification date
              of the specified file.

       -u     The ``-u'' option is the same except that if the transfer succeeded, the file will be updated with
              a statistics line, modifying its timestamp so that it can be used in later invocations.

       -t     If the ``-t'' option is used, then the specified timestring is used as the time and date parameter
              to the ``newnews'' command.

       -n     If either the ``-t'' or ``-f'' options are used, then the ``-n'' option may be used to  specify  a
              newsgroup list. The default is ``*''

       -d     The  ``-d''  option  may  be  used  to specify a distribution list when using the ``-t'' or ``-f''
              options.  The default is no distribution list.

HISTORY

       Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is revision 1.10, dated 1996/10/29.

SEE ALSO

       innd(8).

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