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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
| commit | 97d5c458cfa039d857301e1ca7d5af3beb37131d (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/postnews.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/postnews.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..994091a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/postnews.1 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.TH POSTNEWS 1 +.UC +.SH NAME +postnews \- submit news articles +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BR postnews " [ " +.IR article " ]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Postnews +is a shell script that calls +.IR inews (1) +to submit news articles to USENET. +It will prompt the user for the title of the article +(which should be a phrase suggesting the subject, +so that persons reading the news can tell if they +are interested in the article) +for the newsgroup, +and for the distribution. +.PP +An omitted newsgroup (from hitting return) +will default to +.IR general . +.PP +.I general +is read by everyone on the local machine. +Other possible newsgroups include, but are not limited to, +.IR btl.general , +which is read by all users at all Bell Labs sites on USENET, +.IR net.general , +which is read by all users at all sites on USENET, +and +.IR net.news , +which is read by users interested in the network news on all sites. +There is often a local set of newsgroups, such as +.IR ucb.all , +that circulate within a local set of machines. +(In this case, +.I ucb +newsgroups circulate among machines at the +University of California at Berkeley.) +.PP +The distribution can be any valid newsgroup name list, +and defaults to the same as the newsgroup. +(If they are the same, the distribution will be omitted from the +headers put into the editor buffer.) +A distribution header will, if given, be included in the headers +of the article, affecting where the article is distributed to. +.PP +After entering the title, newsgroup, and distribution, +the user will be placed in an editor. +If $EDITOR is set in the environment, that editor will be used. +Otherwise, postnews defaults to +.IR vi (1). +.PP +An initial set of headers containing the subject and newsgroups +will be placed in the editor, followed by a blank line. +The article should be appended to the buffer, after the blank line. +These headers can be changed, or additional headers added, +while in the editor, if desired. +.PP +Optionally, the article +will be read from the specified +.IR filename . +.PP +For more sophisticated uses, such as posting news from a program, see +.IR inews (1). +.SH FILES +.PD 0 +.SH "SEE ALSO" +Mail(1), +checknews(1), +inews(1), +mail(1), +readnews(1). |
