<html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <title>SYNCNEWS</title> </head> <body> <h1 align=center>SYNCNEWS</h1> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> <a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br> <a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br> <hr> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.18 --> <!-- CreationDate: Mon Feb 14 13:02:19 2005 --> <a name="NAME"></a> <h2>NAME</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>syncnews − synchronize IMAP news mailboxes with active file</p> </td> </table></p> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>syncnews</b> [ <b>−C</b> <i>config-file</i> ] <i>active-file</i></p> </td> </table></p> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><i>Syncnews</i> compares the list of IMAP news mailboxes with the news active file. News mailboxes which are not listed in the active file are removed. Newsgroups listed in the active file but not in the IMAP mailboxes file have IMAP mailboxes created.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p>A newsgroup must have a status of ‘‘y’’, ‘‘m’’, or ‘‘n’’ to be considered listed in the active file.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><i>Syncnews</i> reads its configuration options out of the <i>imapd.conf</i>(5) file unless specified otherwise by <b>-C</b>.</p> </td> </table></p> <a name="OPTIONS"></a> <h2>OPTIONS</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−C</b> <i>config-file</i></p></td> </table></p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>Read configuration options from <i>config-file</i>.</p> </td> </table> <a name="FILES"></a> <h2>FILES</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>/etc/imapd.conf</b></p></td> </table></p> <a name="BUGS"></a> <h2>BUGS</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>If a newsgroup is listed in the active file, but does not have the news spool directories created, <i>syncnews</i> will create those news spool directories in the process of creating the IMAP mailbox. The created directories are likely to then have ownership and permissions that do not permit the news server to write article files.</p> </td> </table></p> <hr> </body> </html>