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+.TH POSTNEWS 7 alice
+.CT 1 comm_users
+.SH NAME
+postnews \(mi submit netnews articles
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B postnews
+[
+.I file
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Postnews
+submits the
+.I file
+as a
+.IR readnews (7)
+article.
+It prompts for title,
+primary newsgroup, and other newsgroup distribution.
+Good manners decree an informative title and accurate, minimal,
+distribution.
+.PP
+The names of newsgroups are relative pathnames
+of directories depending from
+.FR /usr/spool/news ,
+with slashes
+replaced by dots.
+.PP
+If no file is specified,
+.I postnews
+invokes an editor specified by the environment variable
+.B EDITOR
+(default
+.LR vi ).
+The editor's buffer is initialized with header information,
+which may be changed.
+The text of the article may be appended.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR readnews (7)
+.br
+BSD manual for more sophisticated uses,
+such as posting news from a program.
+.SH BUGS
+The editor default is distinctly nonclassical.