NAME

       get-news - Debian Suck front end

SYNOPSIS

       get-news  [  sitename  ]  [  -h  ] [ -outgoingfile filename ] [ -userid userid ] [ -password password ] [
       -noauth ] [ -port port ] [ -server sitename ] [ -q ] [ -getonly ] [ -postonly ] [ -timestamp ] [ -verbose
       ]

       sitename

       The  name  of  the  site  get-news  should  connect.  If this parameter is specified, it will be used for
       multiple purposes, setting:

        - the DNS name of the NNTP host which get-news will connect to download and upload articles

        - the suffix for some configuration files get-news will use (sucknewsrc, active-ignore, suckkillfile)

        - the news feed name (name of the file in /var/spool/news/outgoing which contain list of the articles to
       be send)

       For   example,   running   the   command   get-news  news.provider.site  causes  the  script  to  contact
       news.provider.site, send messages listed in /var/spool/news/outgoing/news.provider.site (according to the
       feed of this name defined in /etc/news/newsfeeds) and use /etc/suck/sucknewsrc.news.provider.site as list
       of newsgroups, /etc/suck/suckkillfile.news.provider.site as killfile and (in case -A or -AL is  specified
       in get-news.conf) suit newsgroup list to /etc/suck/active-ignore.news.provider.site.

       When  the  sitename  parameter  is  missing (like when get-news is run without parameters), get-news uses
       parameters from get-news.conf (remoteserver to specify the host, outgoingfile to specify  the  feed)  and
       no-suffix configuration files (sucknewsrc, active-ignore, suckkillfile).

       -outgoingfile filename

       This  option  tells get-news to use an alternate remote server outgoing articles filename, instead of the
       default, the remote server name.

       -userid userid

       -password password

       These two options let you specify a userid and password, if your NNTP server requires them.

       -noauth

       This option tells get-news to not send userid and password, even if they are specified in  /etc/suck/get-
       news.conf.

       -port port

       This option let you specify a port number, if your NNTP server has a non standard one.

       -server sitename

       This option tells get-news to use sitename as your local NNTP server, instead of the default, localhost.

       -q

       Be  quiet.   Do  not  display  the  BPS  and article count messages during download.  Multiple -q's makes
       get-news shut up

       -getonly

       Only get new news, don't post anything outgoing.

       -postonly

       Only post outgoing news, don't get anything.

       -timestamp Add timestamps to the get-news.log and verbose output.

       -verbose Give more messages about what get-news is doing.  Specified multiple times, debugging output  is
       enabled.

GET-NEWS.CONF

       Suck  looks  for  a file get-news.conf in /etc/suck to initialize some defaults and set some options that
       are not available on the command line.

SEE ALSO

       suck(1), testhost(1), rpost(1), lpost(1).

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