1=head1 NAME 2 3nntpsend.ctl - List of sites to feed via nntpsend 4 5=head1 DESCRIPTION 6 7The file I<pathetc>/nntpsend.ctl specifies the default list of sites 8to be fed by B<nntpsend>. Comments begin with a number sign (C<#>) and 9continue through the end of the line. Blank lines and comments are ignored. 10All other lines should consist of four fields separated by a colon. 11 12The first field is the name of the site as specified in the F<newsfeeds> 13file. 14 15The second field should be the hostname or IP address of the remote site. 16 17The third field, if non-empty, specifies the default head truncation size 18of the batch file. If this field is empty, no truncation is performed. 19This field may be of the form C<< I<maxsize>-I<truncsize> >>, in which 20case it is passed to B<shrinkfile> as C<< -m I<maxsize> -s I<truncsize> 21>>; otherwise it is of the form C<< I<truncsize> >>, in which case it is 22passed as C<< -s I<truncsize> >>. 23 24The fourth field specifies some default flags passed to B<innxmit>. Note 25that the flag B<-a> is always given to B<innxmit> and need not appear here. 26If no B<-t> flag is given in this field or on the B<nntpsend> command line, 27C<-t 180> will be given to B<innxmit>. 28 29See nntpsend(8) for an example of F<nntpsend.ctl> config file. 30 31=head1 HISTORY 32 33Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> for InterNetNews. Converted to 34POD by Julien Elie. 35 36$Id: nntpsend.ctl.pod 9071 2010-05-31 17:41:32Z iulius $ 37 38=head1 SEE ALSO 39 40innxmit(1), newsfeeds(5), nntpsend(8), shrinkfile(1). 41 42=cut 43