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 inter-
     face, but without entering nn in reading mode.

     When started, it reads the init file and then directly  exe-
     cutes 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 expres-
     sion 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.
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     -s "subject"
          Use the specified subject for the new article.

     -y "summary"

     -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