NAME
          nntpsend - send Usenet articles to remote site

     SYNOPSIS
          nntpsend [ -d ] [ -D ] [ -F ] [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -S ] [ -s size
          ] [ -t timeout ] [ -T timelimit ] [ sitename fqdn ] ...

     DESCRIPTION
          Nntpsend is a front-end that invokes innxmit(1) to send
          Usenet articles to a remote NNTP site.

          The sites to be fed may be specified by giving sitename fqdn
          pairs on the command line.  If no such pairs are given,
          nntpsend defaults to the information given in the
          nntpsend.ctl(5) config file.

          The sitename should be the name of the site as specified in
          the newsfeeds(5) file.  The fqdn should be the hostname or
          IP address of the remote site.

          An innxmit is launched for sites with queued news.  All
          innxmit processes are spawned in the background and the
          script waits for them all to finish before returning.
          Output is sent to the file /usr/local/news/log/nntpsend.log.
          In order to keep from overwhelming the local system,
          nntpsend waits five seconds before spawned each child.  The
          flag ``-a'' is always given as a flag to innxmit.

          Nntpsend expects that the batchfile for a site is named
          /var/spool/news/out.going/sitename.  To prevent batchfile
          corruption, shlock(1) is used to ``lock'' these files.

          The ``-p'', ``-r'', ``-S'', ``-t'', and ``-T'' flags are
          passed on to the child innxmit program.  Note that if the
          ``-p'' flag is used then no connection is made and no
          articles are fed to the remote site.  It is useful to have
          cron(8) invoke nntpsend with this flag in case a site cannot
          be reached for an extended period of time.

          If the ``-s'' flag is used, then shrinkfile(1) will be
          invoked to perform a tail truncation on the batchfile and
          the flag will be passed to it.

          The ``-d'' flag causes nntpsend to send output to stdout
          rather than the log file /usr/local/news/log/nntpsend.log.
          The ``-D'' flag does the same and it passes ``-d'' to all
          innxmit invocatins which in turn causes innxmit to go into
          debug mode.

          The ``-F'' flag is used, then individual ctlinnd(8) flush
          commands will be used per site instead of a single flushfile
          command.
          When sitename fqdn pairs are given on the command line, any
          flags given on the command completely describe how innxmit
          and shrinkfile operate.  When no such pairs are given on the
          command line, then the information found in nntpsend.ctl
          becomes the default flags for that site.  Any flags given on
          the command line override the default flags for the site.

          For example, with the following control file:
               nsavax:erehwon.nsavax.gov::-S -t60
               group70:group70.org::
               walldrug:walldrug.com:4m-1m:-T1800 -t300
               kremvax:kremvax.cis:2m:

          The command:
               nntpsend
          will result in the following:
               Sitename   Truncation   Innxmit flags
               nsavax                  (none)-a -S -t60
               group70                 (none)-a -t180
               walldrug   1m if >4m    -a -T1800 -t300
               kremvax                 2m-a -t180

          The command:
               nntpsend -d -T1200
          will result in the following:
               Sitename   Truncation   Innxmit flags
               nsavax                  (none)-a -d -S -T1200 -t60
               group70                 (none)-a -d -T1200 -t180
               walldrug   1m if >4m    -a -d -T1200 -t300
               kremvax                 2m-a -d -T1200 -t180

          The command:
               nntpsend -s 5m -T1200 nsavax erehwon.nsavax.gov group70
               group70.org
          will result in the following:
               Sitename   Truncation   Innxmit flags
               nsavax                  5m-a -T1200 -t180
               group70                 5m-a -T1200 -t180

          Remember that ``-a'' is always given, and ``-t'' defaults to
          180.

     HISTORY
          Written by Landon Curt Noll <{chongo,noll}@{toad,sgi}.com> and Rich $alz
          <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is revision
          1.3, dated 1992/08/14.

     SEE ALSO
          innxmit(1), newsfeeds(5), nntpsend.ctl(5), shrinkfile(1).