NAME
sinntp - tiny non-interactive NNTP client
SYNOPSIS
sinntp command [options...] [args...]
DESCRIPTION
sinntp is a tiny NNTP client originally designed to work in
non-interactive mode. Following operations are supported:
· sending articles to the server,
· fetching new articles to the mbox file,
· downloading individual messages in RFC822 format,
· listing available newsgroups.
COMMANDS
sinntp provides following commands:
· get,
· list,
· pull,
· push.
Above commands may also be invoked via convenience wrappers named in
nntp-command scheme (e.g. nntp-get). See wrappers' manual pages for
command synopsis and description.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
--version
Show program's version number and exit.
-h, --help
Show short help message end exit.
-v, --verbose
Be more verbose (use multiple times to increase verbosity).
-q, --quiet
Be less verbose (use multiple times to decrease verbosity).
-p, --plugin=plugin
Load and use plugin.
-S, --server=server
Use specified server. If omitted sinntp will use address stored in
/etc/nntp/server file or in NNTPSERVER variable (the latter takes
precedence over the former).
-U, --username=username
Use specified username for authentication.
-P, --password=password
Use specified password for authentication.
Use with caution! The password may be visible to other users of the
system.
-t, --timeout=timeout
Wait maximum timeout seconds during communication with the server.
Also, a particular command can support additional options.
PLUGINS
Pulled and pushed messages can be altered by the plugin mechanism.
Currently sinntp package includes following plugins:
· mimify - add default charset to the message when it is not present,
· strip_headers - strip specified headers from message.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
NNTPSERVER
Address of the default NNTP server. It can be overridden by
--server option.
XDG_DATA_HOME
Location of sinntp data directory. See XDG Base Directory
Specification[1] for details.
FILES
/etc/news/server
A file with NNTP server address. Can be overridden by NNTPSERVER
environment variable or --server option.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/sinntp/
Location of sinntp data files.
SEE ALSO
nntp-get(1), nntp-list(1), nntp-push(1), nntp-pull(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 Piotr Lewandowski, Jakub Wilk
NOTES
1. XDG Base Directory Specification
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/