NAME¶
distrib.pats - Default values for the Distribution: header
DESCRIPTION¶
The file
pathetc/distrib.pats is used by
nnrpd to determine the
default value of the Distribution: header. Blank lines and lines beginning
with a number sign ("#") are ignored. All other lines consist of
three fields separated by a colon:
<weight>:<pattern>:<value>
The first field is the weight to assign to this match. If a newsgroup matches
multiple lines, the line with the highest weight is used. This should be an
arbitrary integer greater than zero. The order of lines in the file is only
important if groups have equal weight (in which case, the first matching line
will be used).
The second field is either the name of a newsgroup or a
uwildmat(3)-style
pattern to specify a set of newsgroups.
The third field is the value that should be used for the Distribution: header of
a posted article, if this line was picked as the best match and no
Distribution: header was supplied by the user. It can be an empty string,
specifying that no Distribution: header should be added. If it is not empty,
it is better to only use US-ASCII characters for that field; otherwise, make
sure it is encoded in UTF-8.
When a post is received by
nnrpd that does not already contain a
Distribution: header, each newsgroup to which an article is posted will be
checked against this file in turn, and the matching line with the highest
weight will be used as the value of the Distribution: header. If no lines
match, or if the matching line has an empty string for its third field, no
header will be added. In case a distribution is added by
nnrpd, make
sure it is not rejected by the
newsfeeds "ME" entry.
A list of recommended distributions can be specified and described in
distributions(5).
HISTORY¶
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. Converted to
POD by Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>.
$Id: distrib.pats.pod 8803 2009-11-15 09:29:41Z iulius $
SEE ALSO¶
distributions(5),
inn.conf(5),
newsfeeds(5),
nnrpd(8),
uwildmat(3).