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nntp
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The 'nntp' commands control the operation of the Network News
Transfer Protocol (NNTP).

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nntp addserver <nntpserver_host> <interval> [<range>] [<groups>]
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Add an NNTP news server to query every <interval> seconds for new
articles in the specified <groups>.

<range> specifies the time-of-day limits when the queries will be
made.

Multiple 'nntp addserver' commands may be used to concatenate
groups (up to a maximum of 512 bytes).

>>  Example:
       nntp addserver ns9nws 600 22:00-23:00 rec.ham-radio*


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nntp directory [ spool|control <directory> ]
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Display or set the default spool directory for spooling news
articles.  This is in addition to the control directory
(/spool/news).

>> Example:  nntp directory spool spool/articles


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nntp dropserver <nntpserver_host>
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Drop the specified NNTP server.

>> Example:  nntp drop ns9nws


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nntp groups <group> [<group> ...]             Default: All groups
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Display or set the currently set USEnet newsgroup(s).  The group
names are separated by spaces or commas.  The '*' and '!'
metacharacters (meaning 'all' and 'not' respectively) are
supported.

>> Example:  nntp groups rec.ham-radio*,!rec.ham-radio.swap


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nntp kick <nntpserver_host>
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Kick the local NNTP client to get in touch with the named server.

>> Example:  nntp kick ns9nws


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nntp listservers
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List the currently defined servers.


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nntp trace <level>                                     Default: 1
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Sets or shows the current trace level for NNTP traffic.

Level
 0:  No tracing.
 1:  Display serious errors only
 2:  Display serious and transient errors
 3:  Display serious and transient errors, plus session progress
 4:  Display serious and transient errors, session progress and
        actual received articles
 5:  Display errors.

>> Example:  nntp trace 4
