[0931098] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY leafnode-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/leafnode/leafnode-&leafnode-version;.rel.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY leafnode-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY leafnode-size "614 KB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY leafnode-buildsize "14 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY leafnode-time "0.11 SBU">
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| 12 |
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[40330fcd] | 15 | <sect1 id="leafnode" xreflabel="Leafnode-&leafnode-version;">
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[00bb024c] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="leafnode.html"?>
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[40330fcd] | 17 | <title>Leafnode-&leafnode-version;</title>
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[f45b1953] | 18 |
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[0931098] | 19 | <sect2>
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| 20 | <title>Introduction to <application>Leafnode</application></title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para><application>Leafnode</application> is an <acronym>NNTP</acronym>
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| 23 | server designed for small sites to provide a local USENET spool.</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 26 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 27 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&leafnode-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 28 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&leafnode-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 29 | <listitem><para>Download size: &leafnode-size;</para></listitem>
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| 30 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &leafnode-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 31 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &leafnode-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 32 | </sect3>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect3><title><application>Leafnode</application> dependencies</title>
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| 35 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 36 | <para><xref linkend="pcre"/> and <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>
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| 37 | </para></sect4>
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| 38 | </sect3>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | </sect2>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <sect2>
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| 43 | <title>Installation of <application>Leafnode</application></title>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para>Create the group and user news, if not present:</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd news &&
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| 48 | useradd -g news news</command></userinput></screen>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>Install <application>Leafnode</application> by running the following
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| 51 | commands:</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var \
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| 54 | --sysconfdir=/etc/news --with-lockfile=/var/lock/fetchnews.lck &&
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| 55 | make &&
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| 56 | make install &&
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| 57 | ldconfig &&
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| 58 | make update</command></userinput></screen>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | </sect2>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <sect2>
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| 63 | <title>Installation command explanations</title>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: Change the default
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| 66 | spool directory of <filename class="directory">/usr/var</filename>.</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/news</parameter>: leafnode reads its
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| 69 | configuration data from a file called <filename>config</filename> which
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| 70 | will be created in <filename class="directory">/etc/news</filename> to
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| 71 | avoid any potential conflict with other packages.</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para><command>make update</command>: Create an initial
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| 74 | <filename>/etc/news/config.example</filename> file, which must be
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| 75 | renamed to <filename>/etc/news/config</filename>.</para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | </sect2>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <sect2>
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| 80 | <title>Configuring <application>Leafnode</application></title>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 83 | <para><filename>/etc/news/config</filename>,
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| 84 | <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> or
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| 85 | <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename></para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para><application>Leafnode</application> may be configured to use
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| 88 | <command>inetd</command> by adding an entry
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| 89 | to the <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> file with the following
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| 90 | command:</para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <screen><userinput><command>echo "nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode" \
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| 93 | >> /etc/inetd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP inetd</command> to reread the
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| 96 | changed <filename>inetd.conf</filename> file.</para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para>Alternatively, <application>Leafnode</application> may be configured to
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| 99 | use <command>xinetd</command> by adding an entry to the <filename>
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| 100 | /etc/xinetd.conf</filename> file with the following command:</para>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/xinetd.conf << "EOF" </command>
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| 103 | service nntp
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| 104 | {
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| 105 | flags = NAMEINARGS NOLIBWRAP
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| 106 | socket_type = stream
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| 107 | protocol = tcp
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| 108 | wait = no
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| 109 | user = news
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| 110 | server = /usr/sbin/tcpd
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| 111 | server_args = /usr/sbin/leafnode
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| 112 | instances = 7
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| 113 | per_source = 3
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| 114 | }
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| 115 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP xinetd</command> to reread the
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| 118 | changed <filename>xinetd.conf</filename> file.</para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>The <filename>/etc/news/config</filename> file must be
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| 121 | edited to reflect the name of the upstream <acronym>NNTP</acronym>
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| 122 | provider. Copy the
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| 123 | example configuration file to <filename>/etc/news/config</filename>
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| 124 | and save the original for reference: </para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <screen><userinput><command>cp /etc/news/config.example /etc/news/config
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| 127 | </command></userinput></screen>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para>Change the
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| 130 | <screen><userinput>server = </userinput></screen>
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| 131 | entry to reflect your news provider.</para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>The <envar>NNTPSERVER</envar> environment variable must be set to
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| 134 | 127.0.0.1 to prevent news clients from reading news from the upstream feed,
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| 135 | so add the following to <filename>/etc/profile</filename> or
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| 136 | <filename>$HOME/.bash_profile</filename>:</para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <screen><userinput><command>export NNTPSERVER=127.0.0.1</command></userinput></screen>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | </sect3>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | </sect2>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <sect2>
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| 145 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <para>The <application>Leafnode</application> package contains
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| 148 | <command>leafnode-version</command>,
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| 149 | <command>leafnode</command>,
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| 150 | <command>applyfilter</command>,
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| 151 | <command>texpire</command>,
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| 152 | <command>checkgroups</command>,
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| 153 | <command>fetchnews</command> and
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| 154 | <command>newsq.</command></para></sect2>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <sect3><title>leafnode-version</title>
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| 159 | <para><command>leafnode-version</command> prints the leafnode
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| 160 | version.</para></sect3>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <sect3><title>leafnode</title>
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| 163 | <para><command>leafnode</command> is the <acronym>NNTP</acronym> server daemon.</para></sect3>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <sect3><title>applyfilter</title>
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| 166 | <para><command>applyfilter</command> filters newsgroup articles according to regular
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| 167 | expressions.</para></sect3>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <sect3><title>texpire</title>
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| 170 | <para><command>texpire</command> expires old articles and unread groups.</para></sect3>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <sect3><title>checkgroups</title>
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| 173 | <para><command>checkgroups</command> inserts newsgroup titles into the newsgroup
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| 174 | database.</para></sect3>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <sect3><title>fetchnews</title>
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| 177 | <para><command>fetchnews</command> sends posted articles to and retrieves new articles
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| 178 | from an upstream news server.</para></sect3>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <sect3><title>newsq</title>
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| 181 | <para><command>newsq</command> shows articles waiting to be sent upstream.</para></sect3>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 184 |
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| 185 | </sect1>
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| 186 |
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