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NAME

       nntp-pull - fetch articles from the server to the mbox

SYNOPSIS

       nntp-pull [options...] groupname [groupname...]

DESCRIPTION

       Fetch messages from the server and save them into the mailbox (mbox
       format). Every argument is supposed to be a name of group, optionally
       followed by a '>' character and mbox filename. If the mbox filename is
       omitted, it defaults to the name of the group.

       Besides global options (described in sinntp(1)), nntp-pull command
       takes following options:

       --limit=N
           Pull at most N messages.

       --reget
           Start from the first available message.

EXAMPLES

       nntp-pull --server=news.example.org --limit=50 'comp.os.linux>os-linux'
       Fetches at most the 50 newest articles from the newsgroup comp.os.linux
       located on news.example.org server and appends them to the os-linux
       mailbox file.

       nntp-pull --server=news.example.net --reget --limit=3 comp.os.windows
       Fetches at most the 3 oldest articles from the newsgroup
       comp.os.windows located on news.example.net server and appends them to
       the comp.os.windows mailbox file.

SEE ALSO

       sinntp(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2009 Piotr Lewandowski, Jakub Wilk