NAME

       nnpost - post news articles (nn)

SYNOPSIS

       nnpost [ -dksy string ] [ -f file ] [ -p ] [ group... ]

DESCRIPTION

       nnpost is used to post new articles using nn's normal interface, but without entering nn in reading mode.

       When started, it reads the init file and then directly executes nn's :post command.

       It  will  prompt  for a (comma-separated) list of news groups, the article subject, a list of keywords, a
       summary, and the distribution of the article.  Each of these prompts can also  be  supplied  via  command
       line options or arguments as described below.

       When prompted for the "Newsgroup:", entering a ? as the first key will cause nnpost to list all the known
       news  groups  and  their  purpose (if this information is available).  You can also enter / followed by a
       word or regular expression which will cause nnpost to produce a (much) shorter  listing  only  containing
       the  groups  whose  name  and/or purpose description matches the regular expression.  When paging through
       either list, you can enter q to quit the listing.

       If a source file is specified with -f it will be used as the initial article body.  If the -p  option  is
       also specified, the article is posted directly without editing.

       nnpost  can be used to do unattended postings if sufficient arguments are provided on the command line to
       build the header and the body of the article.  The required arguments are:  one  or  more  newsgroups,  a
       subject  (-s),  a  source  file (-f), a distribution (-d), and the -p option.  Other fields which are not
       specified (e.g. keywords) will not be included in the header.  The contents of the  news-header  variable
       in the init file will be included in the header.

OPTIONS

       -d distribution
              Use the specified distribution for the article.

       -k "keywords"
              Associate the specified keywords with the article.

       -s "subject"
              Use the specified subject for the new article.

       -y "summary"
              Include the given summary in the article header.

       -f file
              Read the article body from the specified file.

       -p     Post the article specified with -f without editing.

FILES

       ~/.nn/init   The control variables for nnpost.

SEE ALSO

       nn(1)

AUTHOR

       Kim F. Storm, Texas Instruments A/S, Denmark
       E-mail: storm@texas.dk

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