sinntp(1)
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:
o sending articles to the server,
o fetching new articles to the mbox file,
o downloading individual messages in RFC822 format,
o listing available newsgroups.
COMMANDS
sinntp provides following commands:
o get,
o list,
o pull,
o 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:
o mimify - add default charset to the message when it is not present,
o 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 (C) 2009 Piotr Lewandowski, Jakub Wilk
NOTES
- 1. XDG Base Directory Specification
- http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/