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.\" $Revision: 1.6 $
.TH GET-NEWS 1
.SH NAME
suck front end
.SH SYNOPSIS
.I get-news
[
.BI \-h
]
[
.BI \-outgoingfile
filename
]
[
.BI \-userid
userid
]
[
.BI \-password
password
]
[
.BI \-noauth
]
[
.BI \-port
port
]
[
.BI \-server
sitename
]
[
.BI \-q
]
[
.BI
sitename
]
\-outgoingfile filename
This option tells get-news to use an alternate remote server outgoing
articles filename, instead of the default, the remote server name.
\-userid userid
\-password password
These two options let you specify a userid and password, if your NNTP server
requires them.
\-noauth
This option tells get-news to not send userid and password,
even if they are specified in /etc/suck/get-news.conf.
\-port port
This option let you specify a port number, if your NNTP server has
a non standard one.
\-server sitename
This option tells get-news to use sitename as your local NNTP server,
instead of the default, localhost.
\-q
Be quiet.
Do not display the BPS and article count messages during download.
.SH GET-NEWS.CONF
.PP
Suck looks for a file
.I get-news.conf
in /etc/suck to initialize some defaults.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
suck(1), testhost(1), rpost(1), lpost(1).
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