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--- doc/tin.1.orig Sat Aug 8 11:41:32 1998
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+++ doc/tin.1 Mon Sep 7 21:55:44 1998
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B tin
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is a full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader. It can read news locally (i.e.,
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-\fI/var/spool/news\fP) or remotely (\fBrtin\fR or \fBtin -r\fR option) via a
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+\fI/var/news\fP) or remotely (\fBrtin\fR or \fBtin -r\fR option) via a
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NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) server. It will automatically utilize
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NOV (News OVerview) style index files if available locally or via the NNTP
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XOVER command.
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.\" FIXME - bring into a useful order
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At startup, \fBtin\fR reads in the configuration file. This contains a list
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of variables that can be used to configure the way \fBtin\fR works. If it
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-exists, the global configuration file, \fI/usr/lib/news/tinrc\fP is read.
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+exists, the global configuration file, \fI/usr/local/lib/news/tinrc\fP is read.
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After that, the users own configuration file is read from
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\fI$HOME/.tin/tinrc\fP. The global file is useful for distributing
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system-wide defaults to new users who have no private tinrc yet.
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.PP
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A slightly better method is to set \fBtin\fR setuid news and have all index
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files created and updated in the news spool directory (i.e.,
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-\fI/var/spool/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
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+\fI/var/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
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one copy of the index files on each machine on your network, but the
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disadvantage is that you will have \fBtin\fR running setuid news.
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.PP
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A better method is to install the \fBtind\fR index file updating daemon and
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have it create and update index files for all groups in your active file at
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regular intervals in the news spool directory (i.e.,
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-\fI/var/spool/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
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+\fI/var/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
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one copy of the index files on each machine on your network and
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\fBtin\fR must not be setuid news, but the disadvantage is that you will
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have to have news permissions to install \fBtind\fR and root permissions to
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The best method is to install the \fBtind\fR index file updating daemon on
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your NNTP server and have it create and update index files for all groups in
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your active file at regular intervals in the news spool directory (i.e.,
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-\fI/var/spool/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
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+\fI/var/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
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one copy of the index files on the NNTP server for the whole of your
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network, but the disadvantage is that you will have to install my NNTP
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server patches to allow \fBtin\fR to retrieve index file from your NNTP
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\fI$HOME/.sigfixed\fP
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fixed part of a randomly generated signature.
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.TP
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-\fI/usr/lib/news/active.times\fP
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+\fI/usr/local/lib/news/active.times\fP
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Contains list of new newsgroups as they are added to the news history file.
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.TP
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-\fI/usr/lib/news/newsgroups\fP
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+\fI/usr/local/lib/news/newsgroups\fP
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Short description of all newsgroups.
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.TP
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-\fI/usr/lib/news/subscriptions\fP
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+\fI/usr/local/lib/news/subscriptions\fP
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List of newsgroups to subscribe first time user to.
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.TP 2i
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-\fI/usr/lib/news/tinrc\fP
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+\fI/usr/local/lib/news/tinrc\fP
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Global configuration file.
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.\"
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.\"
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