NAME

       syncnews - synchronize IMAP news mailboxes with active file

SYNOPSIS

       syncnews [ -C config-file ] active-file

DESCRIPTION

       Syncnews  compares  the  list  of  IMAP  news  mailboxes  with the news active file.  News
       mailboxes which are not listed in the active file are removed.  Newsgroups listed  in  the
       active file but not in the IMAP mailboxes file have IMAP mailboxes created.

       A  newsgroup  must  have a status of ``y'', ``m'', or ``n'' to be considered listed in the
       active file.

       Syncnews reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5)  file  unless  specified
       otherwise by -C.

OPTIONS

       -C config-file
              Read configuration options from config-file.

FILES

       /etc/imapd.conf

BUGS

       If  a newsgroup is listed in the active file, but does not have the news spool directories
       created, syncnews will create those news spool directories in the process of creating  the
       IMAP  mailbox.   The created directories are likely to then have ownership and permissions
       that do not permit the news server to write article files.