1tin(5) Usenet newsreader tin(5)
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6 tin, rtin - related files
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10 This man page describes the various (config) files and their formats
11 used by the tin(1) newsreader. All files are expected to have unix
12 style ('\n' aka LF) line endings.
13
16 $MAILCAPS
17 ~/.mailcap
18 /etc/mailcap
19 /usr/etc/mailcap
20 /usr/local/etc/mailcap
21 /etc/mail/mailcap
22 mailcap(5) files as defined in RFC1524. The mailcap files are
24 read by tin(1) to determine how to display non-text messages at
25 the local site. Any line that starts with "#" is a comment.
26 Blank lines are ignored. Otherwise, each line defines a single
27 mailcap entry for a single content type. Long lines may be con‐
28 tinued by ending them with a backslash character, "\".
29 Each individual mailcap entry consists of a content-type speci‐
31 fication, a command to execute, and (possibly) a set of optional
32 "flag" values.
33 The "type" field is simply any legal content type name. It is
35 the string that will be matched against the ''Content-Type:''
36 header to decide if this is the mailcap entry that matches the
37 current message. Additionally, the type field may specify a sub‐
38 type or a wildcard to match all subtypes.
39 The "command" field is any UNIX command and is used to specify
41 the interpreter for the given type of message. It will be passed
42 to the shell via the system(3) facility.
43 Semicolons and backslashes within the command or any flag field
45 must be quoted with backslashes. If the field contains "%s",
46 those two characters will be replaced by the name of a file that
47 contains the body of the message. If it contains "%t", those two
48 characters will be replaced by the content-type field, including
49 the subtype, if any. If it contains "%{" followed by a parameter
50 name and a closing "}", then all those characters will be
51 replaced by the value of the named parameter, if any, from the
52 ''Content-Type:'' header. Finally, if the field contains "\%",
53 those two characters will be replaced by a single "%" character.
54 Besides the type and command field the following "flags" are
56 defined:
57 compose
59 The "compose" field may be used to specify a program that
60 can be used to compose a new body or body part in the
61 given format. Its intended use is to support mail compos‐
62 ing agents that support the composition of multiple types
63 of mail using external composing agents. As with the
64 view-command, the semantics of program execution are
65 operating system dependent. The result of the composing
66 program may be data that is not yet suitable for mail
67 transport — that is, a Content-Transfer-Encoding may need
68 to be applied to the data.
69 composetyped
71 The "composetyped" field is similar to the "compose"
72 field, but is to be used when the composing program needs
73 to specify the ''Content-Type:'' header field to be
74 applied to the composed data. The "compose" field is sim‐
75 pler, and is preferred for use with existing (non-mail-
76 oriented) programs for composing data in a given format.
77 The "composetyped" field is necessary when the Con‐
78 tent-Type information must include auxiliary parameters,
79 and the composition program must then know enough about
80 mail formats to produce output that includes the mail
81 type information.
82 edit The "edit" field may be used to specify a program that
84 can be used to edit a body or body part in the given for‐
85 mat. In many cases, it may be identical in content to the
86 "compose" field, and shares the operating-system depen‐
87 dent semantics for program execution.
88 print The "print" field may be used to specify a program that
90 can be used to print a message or body part in the given
91 format. As with the view-command, the semantics of pro‐
92 gram execution are operating system dependent.
93 test The "test" field may be used to test some external condi‐
95 tion (e.g., the machine architecture, or the window sys‐
96 tem in use) to determine whether or not the mailcap line
97 applies. It specifies a program to be run to test some
98 condition. The semantics of execution and of the value
99 returned by the test program are operating system depen‐
100 dent. If the test fails, a subsequent mailcap entry
101 should be sought. Multiple test fields are not permitted
102 — since a test can call a program, it can already be
103 arbitrarily complex.
104 needsterminal
106 The "needsterminal" field indicates that the view-command
107 must be run on an interactive terminal. This is needed to
108 inform window-oriented user agents that an interactive
109 terminal is needed. (The decision is not left exclusively
110 to the view-command because in some circumstances it may
111 not be possible for such programs to tell whether or not
112 they are on interactive terminals.) The needsterminal
113 command should be assumed to apply to the compose and
114 edit commands, too, if they exist. Note that this is NOT
115 a test - it is a requirement for the environment in which
116 the program will be executed, and should typically cause
117 the creation of a terminal window when not executed on
118 either a real terminal or a terminal window.
119 copiousoutput
121 The "copiousoutput" field indicates that the output from
122 the view-command will be an extended stream of output,
123 and is to be interpreted as advice to the UA (User Agent
124 mail-reading program) that the output should be either
125 paged or made scroll-able. Note that it is probably a
126 mistake if needsterminal and copiousoutput are both spec‐
127 ified.
128 description
130 The "description" field simply provides a textual
131 description, optionally quoted, that describes the type
132 of data, to be used optionally by mail readers that wish
133 to describe the data before offering to display it.
134 textualnewlines
136 The "textualnewlines" field, if set to any non-zero
137 value, indicates that this type of data is line-oriented
138 and that, if encoded in base64, all newlines should be
139 converted to canonical form (CRLF) before encoding, and
140 will be in that form after decoding. In general, this
141 field is needed only if there is line-oriented data of
142 some type other than text/* or non-line- oriented data
143 that is a subtype of text.
144 x11-bitmap
146 The "x11-bitmap" field names a file, in X11 bitmap (xbm)
147 format, which points to an appropriate icon to be used to
148 visually denote the presence of this kind of data.
149 nametemplate
151 The "nametemplate" field gives a filename format, in
152 which %s will be replaced by a short unique string to
153 give the name of the temporary file to be passed to the
154 viewing command. This is only expected to be relevant in
155 environments where filename extensions are meaningful,
156 e.g., one could specify that a GIF file being passed to a
157 gif viewer should have a name ending in ".gif" by using
158 "nametemplate=%s.gif"
159 tin(1) currently only respects the "test", "description", "name‐
161 template" and partly the "needsterminal" flags, all other flags
162 are internally ignored. It also can't handle the "%F" and "%n"
163 expansions yet.
164 Example:
166 # mailcap file example
167 image/*;\
168 xv -8 -geometry +0 '%s';\
169 description=%{name} %t-Image;\
170 test=test "$DISPLAY" != "";\
171 nametemplate=%s.IMAGE
172 message/rfc822;\
174 ${PAGER:-"more"} '%s';\
175 edit=${EDITOR:-"vi"} '%s';\
176 compose=${EDITOR:-"vi"} '%s';\
177 print=a2ps '%s';\
178 needsterminal
179 /etc/nntpserver
181 default NNTP-server to read news from if not reading from the
183 local spool. '-g server', $NNTPSERVER have higher priority (in
184 that order), the default server given at compile time has lower
185 priority.
186 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.cancelsecret
188 secret to be used for cancel-locks if tin(1) is build with sup‐
190 port for it. An empty secret file disables the cancel-lock cre‐
191 ation in that case. This file should be readable only by the
192 user.
193 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.mime.types
195 /etc/mime.types
196 /etc/tin/mime.types
197 mime type / filename extension pairs
199 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.newsauth
201 "nntpserver password [user]" pairs for NNTP servers that require
203 authorization. If the password contains a space or a tab it must
204 be enclosed in double quotes ("). Usernames must not be enclosed
205 in double quotes and thus can't contain spaces or tabs. Any line
206 that starts with "#" is a comment. Blank lines are ignored. This
207 file should be readable only for the user as it contains the
208 user's unencrypted password for reading news!
209 nntpserver
211 full qualified domain name of the news server.
212 password
214 user's unencrypted password for reading news.
215 user username on the news server if it differs from the local
217 login. This field is optional.
218 Example:
220 # sample .newsauth file
221 news.example.org secret
222 news.example.net arcane guest
223 news.example.com "top secret" james.bond@example.com
224 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.newsrc
226 "newsgroupflag [article[,article | -article]...]" lines.
228 newsgroup
230 the name of the newsgroup.
231 flag a flag indicating if the group is subscribed ':' or not
233 '!'.
234 article
236 range of already read articles from that group; numbers
237 separated by commas with sequential numbers collapsed
238 with hyphens.
239 Example:
241 # sample .newsrc file
242 news.software.b! 1-666,669
243 news.software.nntp: 1-13245,13247,13249
244 news.software.readers: 1-19567,19571-19597
245 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT:+":$NNTPPORT"}/.oldnewsrc
247 backup of ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.newsrc
249 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.signature
251 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.Sig
252 signature
254 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.sigfixed
256 fixed part of a randomly generated signature
258 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/.inputhistory
260 history of last used strings
262 ${TIN_INDEX_MAILDIR:-"${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin"}/.mail/
264 mailgroups index files
266 ${TIN_INDEX_NEWSDIR:-"${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin"}/.news${NNTPSERVER:+"-$NNTPSERVER"}/
268 newsgroups index files
270 ${TIN_INDEX_SAVEDIR:-"${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin"}/.save/
272 saved newsgroups index files
274 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/active.mail
276 active file ("mail_group_name maxnum minnum mailspool" quadru‐
278 ples) of user's mailgroups (requires tin(1) to be build with mh-
279 mail-handling support).
280 mail_group_name
282 must be the pathname of the mailbox relative to field #4
283 with / changed to .
284 maxnum just put a large number here, something higher than the
286 highest message in the mailbox
287 minnum put 0 here
289 mailspool
291 path of mail spool directory. This must be the full path‐
292 name to the root of the mail folder area.
293 Example:
295 Mail.inbox 12345 00000 /home/foo
296 Mail.outbox 23456 00000 /home/foo
297 This allows access to the 'inbox' and 'outbox' folders of user
299 foo. They are accessed via /home/foo/Mail/inbox and
300 /home/foo/Mail/outbox
301 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/active.save
303 active file of user's saved newsgroups, used by tin -R.
305 /etc/tin/attributes
307 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/attributes
308 The group attributes files may be used to override some global
310 settings from ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc on a per group
311 basis. Order is important as last match counts; this allows one
312 to refine attributes for narrowed scopes. Note that the
313 scope=<grouplist> line has to be specified before the attributes
314 are specified for that list and each attribute can only be set
315 once per scope section. All attributes are set to a reasonable
316 default so you only have to specify the attribute that you want
317 to change. All toggle attributes are set by specifying ON/OFF.
318 Otherwise, they function exactly as their global equivalents.
319 The following group attributes are available:
320 scope This changes the list of groups to which the attributes
322 that follow will be applied. See the section NEWSGROUP
323 LISTS & WILDCARDS in tin(1) for the types of pattern that
324 can be used here.
325 add_posted_to_filter
327 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
328 advertising
330 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
331 alternative_handling
333 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
334 ask_for_metamail
336 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
337 auto_cc_bcc
339 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
340 auto_list_thread
342 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
343 auto_save
345 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
346 auto_select
348 Automatically perform the GroupMarkUnselArtRead ('X')
349 command after entering the group.
350 batch_save
352 Can be used to override the global setting in tinrc on a
353 per group basis. For more information read section AUTO‐
354 MATIC MAILING AND SAVING NEW NEWS in tin(1).
355 date_format
357 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
358 delete_tmp_files
360 If this is set to ON, then saved article files that have
361 been post-processed will be automatically deleted, other‐
362 wise the user will be asked whether to delete the post-
363 processed files. Automatic processing of marked articles
364 using GroupAutoSave ('S') will suppress prompting.
365 editor_format
367 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
368 extquote_handling
370 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
371 fcc Mailbox to save sent mails. The format of the mailbox is
373 controlled via the tinrc mailbox_format variable.
374 followup_to
376 Set ''Followup-To:'' header to the specified group(s).
377 from Identical to the tinrc variable mail_address
379 group_catchup_on_exit
381 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
382 group_format
384 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
385 mail_8bit_header
387 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
388 mail_mime_encoding
390 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
391 maildir
393 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
394 mailing_list
396 Used when a group is a mailing list. All responses to the
397 group will be directed to this email address instead
398 mark_ignore_tags
400 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
401 mark_saved_read
403 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
404 mime_forward
406 Determines whether usenet articles are forwarded as
407 attachment or inline. When set to OFF, the forwarded
408 article will be included in the body of the mail, while
409 setting this variable to ON will cause the article to be
410 attached as a separate MIME part. Enabling mime_forward
411 is particularly useful for articles consisting of multi‐
412 ple MIME parts such as PGP/MIME signed messages or being
413 encoded in a different character set than your local one.
414 It is also useful if the receiver should be able to oper‐
415 ate on the entire forwarded article (i.e., view or save
416 it without your comments). On the other hand, if you want
417 to forward only some parts of the article or to insert
418 'inline' annotations, you might want to disable this
419 option. Currently mime_forward is forced if the article
420 to be attached is a multipart MIME article, this may
421 change in a future version. Please note that for this
422 option to have effect, the tinrc variable interac‐
423 tive_mailer has to be set to 0 (which is the default).
424 mime_types_to_save
426 A comma separated list of MIME major/minor Content-Types
427 that will be saved when using the view/save and
428 save/autosave features. A single * can be used to wild‐
429 card the major and/or minor type and a ! as the first
430 character in an entry will negate it, eg:
431 image/*,!image/bmp,!text/html. Default is */*
432 news_headers_to_display
434 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
435 news_headers_to_not_display
437 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
438 news_quote_format
440 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
441 organization
443 This can be used to set the article header field ''Orga‐
444 nization:''. It overrides the setting (if any) of organi‐
445 zation in /etc/tin/tin.defaults and $ORGANIZATION (or
446 $NEWSORG on Apollo DomainOS). Note that some news servers
447 might still overwrite the ''Organization:'' header.
448 pos_first_unread
450 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
451 post_8bit_header
453 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
454 post_mime_encoding
456 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
457 post_process_type
459 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
460 post_process_view
462 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
463 print_header
465 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
466 process_only_unread
468 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
469 prompt_followupto
471 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
472 quote_chars
474 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
475 savedir
477 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
478 savefile
480 show_author
482 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
483 show_info
485 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
486 show_only_unread_arts
488 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
489 show_signatures
491 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
492 sigdashes
494 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
495 sigfile
497 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
498 signature_repost
500 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
501 sort_article_type
503 Identical to the tinrc variable sort_article_type
504 sort_threads_type
506 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
507 start_editor_offset
509 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
510 tex2iso_conv
512 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
513 thread_articles
515 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
516 thread_catchup_on_exit
518 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
519 thread_format
521 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
522 thread_perc
524 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
525 trim_article_body
527 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
528 verbatim_handling
530 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
531 wrap_on_next_unread
533 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
534 x_body A piece of text that will be added at the start of a mes‐
536 sage body. If this string starts with a / or ~ then it is
537 assumed to be the name of a file containing the text to
538 insert.
539 x_comment_to
541 Insert ''X-Comment-To:'' header, this is only useful in
542 FIDO groups.
543 x_headers
545 A string including header-name and the contents of the
546 header that will be automatically added when posting. If
547 the string starts with a / or ~ then it is assumed to be
548 the name of a file containing the header and its content
549 to be inserted. If the string starts with a ! then what
550 follows is assumed to be the path to a program to be exe‐
551 cuted to generate the header and its content. %G is
552 expanded to the current news.group.name and %P is
553 expanded to the news.group.name with all '.' replaced by
554 '/'.
555 quick_kill_scope
557 A comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-
558 style) to which groups the filter rule added by QuickFil‐
559 terKill will be applied. If unset the default from the
560 tinrc variable default_filter_kill_global will be used.
561 quick_kill_expire
563 Identical to the tinrc variable default_fil‐
564 ter_kill_expire
565 quick_kill_case
567 Identical to the tinrc variable default_filter_kill_case
568 quick_kill_header
570 Identical to the tinrc variable default_fil‐
571 ter_kill_header
572 quick_select_scope
574 A comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-
575 style) to which groups the filter rule added by QuickFil‐
576 terSelect will be applied. If unset the default from the
577 tinrc variable default_filter_select_global will be used.
578 quick_select_expire
580 Identical to the tinrc variable default_fil‐
581 ter_select_expire
582 quick_select_case
584 Identical to the tinrc variable default_fil‐
585 ter_select_case
586 quick_select_header
588 Identical to the tinrc variable default_fil‐
589 ter_select_header
590 ispell Path and options for ispell(1)-like spell-checker, e.g.
592 "aspell --mode=email --dont-backup check"
593 mm_network_charset
595 Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name
596 undeclared_charset
598 Assume (broken) articles without MIME charset declaration
599 have this charset — default is US-ASCII. This attribute
600 works only on systems with working iconv(3), others might
601 have to compile tin(1) with --dis‐
602 able-mime-strict-charset.
603 Example:
605 # include extra headers
606 # assume ISO-8859-1 as charset if no charset is declared
607 scope=*
608 x_headers=~/.tin/headers
609 undeclared_charset=ISO-8859-1
610 # in *sources* set post process type to shar only
612 scope=*sources*
613 post_process_type=1
614 # in *binaries* turn on full post processing,
616 # remove tmp files and set Followup-To: poster
617 scope=*binaries*
618 post_process_type=2
619 delete_tmp_files=ON
620 followup_to=poster
621 # in fido.* newsgroups change quote_chars
623 # and add X-Comment-To: line
624 scope=fido.*
625 quote_chars=%I>_
626 x_comment_to=ON
627 # in *.test newsgroups, don't append signature
629 # and preset Subject
630 scope=*.test
631 sigfile=--none
632 x_headers=Subject: test - ignore - no reply
633 # assume ISO-2022-JP-2 as charset
635 scope=fj.*,japan.*
636 undeclared_charset=ISO-2022-JP-2
637 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/filter
639 The filter file is used to assign scores to certain articles.
641 Based on the score an article can be filtered out (hidden) or
642 marked hot. Empty lines or lines beginning with a '#' are
643 ignored.
644 comment
646 Every entry (rule) in the filter file might get a com‐
647 ment. Multiple lines are allowed (but only for comments
648 yet). Every line must start with the "comment=" keyword.
649 Comments must appear first in the rule. Comment lines
650 placed within a rule will be moved to the begin of the
651 next rule. This might be changed in the future. Don't use
652 '#' to mark comments as those lines are ignored and your
653 comments will get lost on the next write of the file.
654 group A comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-
656 style) to which groups the filter rule will be applied.
657 This line is mandatory!
658 case 0=case-sensitive, 1=case-insensitive
660 score Score value of the rule; can also be one of the magic
662 words "kill" or "hot".
663 subj Match against ''Subject:''
665 from Match against ''From:''. tin(1) converts the contents of
667 the ''From:'' header to an old style e-mail address, e.g.
668 ''some@body.example (John Doe)'' instead of ''John Doe
669 <some@body.example>'', before trying to match the pat‐
670 terns in the filter rule.
671 msgid Match against ''Message-ID:'' and full ''References:''
673 msgid_last
675 Match against ''Message-ID:'' and last ''References:''
676 entry only
677 msgid_only
679 Match against ''Message-ID:''
680 refs_only
682 Match against ''References:''
683 lines Match against ''Lines:'', <num matches less than, >num
685 matches more than.
686 gnksa Match against ''From:'' address parser return codes.
688 xref Match against ''Xref:'' line. Before any matching is done
690 the line is turned into the same format ''Newsgroups:''
691 has that is it is turned into a comma separated newsgroup
692 list with all other information (i.e. the article
693 counter) removed.
694 path Match against ''Path:'' line. This may not work on some
696 servers.
697 time time_t value when rule expires
699 Example:
701 comment=mark all articles about tin, rtin,
702 comment=tind, ktin or cdtin as hot
703 group=*
704 case=1
705 score=hot
706 subj=\b(cd|[rk]?)?tin(d|pre)?[-.0-9]*\b
707 /etc/tin/keymap${${LC_ALL:-"${LC_CTYPE:-"${LC_MESSAGES:-"$LANG"}"}"}:+".${LC_ALL:-"${LC_CTYPE:-"${LC_MESSAGES:-"$LANG"}"}"}"}
709 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/keymap${${LC_ALL:-"${LC_CTYPE:-"${LC_MESSAGES:-"$LANG"}"}"}:+".${LC_ALL:-"${LC_CTYPE:-"${LC_MESSAGES:-"$LANG"}"}"}"}
710 Keymap-file, containing "keyname value [value]" pairs separated
712 by spaces or tabs. Below is a list of all rebindable keynames
713 and their defaults. If a keyname is bound to NULL it is unas‐
714 signed.
715 ShellEscape !
717 SetRange #
718 LastPage $
719 ToggleColor &
720 LastViewed -
721 SearchRepeat \
722 SearchSubjF /
723 SearchSubjB ?
724 SearchAuthB A
725 SearchBody B
726 CatchupNextUnread C
727 EditFilter E
728 ToggleHelpDisplay H
729 ToggleInverseVideo I
730 LookupMessage L
731 OptionMenu M
732 Postponed O ^O
733 QuitTin Q
734 BugReport R
735 DisplayPostHist W
736 MarkThrUnread Z
737 FirstPage ^
738 SearchAuthF a
739 Catchup c
740 Help h
741 ToggleInfoLastLine i
742 Down j ^N
743 Up k ^P
744 Print o
745 Quit q
746 Version v
747 Post w
748 MarkArtUnread z
749 QuickFilterSelect [
750 QuickFilterKill ]
751 Pipe |
752 ScrollUp <
753 ScrollDown >
754 PageUp b ^B ^U
755 PageDown ^D ^F SPACE
756 RedrawScr ^L
757 Postponed ^O
758 MenuFilterSelect ^A
759 MenuFilterKill ^K
760 MarkFeedRead ^X
761 MarkFeedUnread ^W
762 AttachSelect ^J ^M
764 AttachPipe p
765 AttachSave s
766 AttachTag t
767 AttachUntag U
768 AttachTagPattern =
769 AttachToggleTagged @
770 ConfigToggleAttrib TAB
772 ConfigSelect ^J ^M
773 ConfigLastPage G
774 ConfigNoSave Q
775 ConfigScopeMenu S
776 ConfigFirstPage g
777 ConfigResetAttrib r
778 FeedTag T
780 FeedArt a
781 FeedHot h
782 FeedPat p
783 FeedRepost r
784 FeedSupersede s
785 FeedThd t
786 FilterEdit e
788 FilterSave s
789 GroupNextUnreadArtOrGrp TAB
791 GroupReadBasenote ^J ^M
792 GroupSelThd *
793 GroupDoAutoSel +
794 GroupToggleThdSel .
795 GroupSelThdIfUnreadSelected ;
796 GroupSelPattern =
797 GroupReverseSel @
798 GroupCancel D
799 GroupToggleGetartLimit G
800 GroupMarkThdRead K
801 GroupNextUnreadArt N
802 GroupPrevUnreadArt P
803 GroupAutoSave S
804 GroupTagParts T
805 GroupUntag U
806 GroupMarkUnselArtRead X
807 GroupToggleSubjDisplay d
808 GroupGoto g
809 GroupListThd l
810 GroupMail m
811 GroupNextGroup n
812 GroupPrevGroup p
813 GroupToggleReadUnread r
814 GroupSave s
815 GroupTag t
816 GroupToggleThreading u
817 GroupRepost x
818 GroupUndoSel ~
819 HelpLastPage G
821 HelpFirstPage g
822 PageReplyQuoteHeaders ^E
824 PagePGPCheckArticle ^G
825 PageToggleRaw ^H
826 PageNextUnread TAB
827 PageNextThd ^J ^M
828 PageToggleTabs ^T
829 PageFollowupQuoteHeaders ^W
830 PageToggleTex2iso "
831 PageToggleAllHeaders *
832 PageToggleRot %
833 PageToggleUue (
834 PageReveal )
835 PageSkipIncludedText :
836 PageTopThd <
837 PageBotThd >
838 PageCancel D
839 PageFollowup F
840 PageLastPage G
841 PageKillThd K
842 PageNextUnreadArt N
843 PagePrevUnreadArt P
844 PageReply R
845 PageAutoSave S
846 PageGroupSel T
847 PageViewUrl U
848 PageViewAttach V
849 PageToggleHighlight _
850 PageEditArticle e
851 PageFollowupQuote f
852 PageFirstPage g
853 PageListThd l
854 PageMail m
855 PageNextArt n
856 PagePrevArt p
857 PageReplyQuote r
858 PageSave s
859 PageTag t
860 PageGotoParent u
861 PageRepost x
862 PgpEncSign b
864 PgpEncrypt e
865 PgpIncludekey i
866 PgpSign s
867 PostAbort a
869 PostContinue c
870 PostCancel d
871 PostEdit e
872 PostPGP g
873 PostIspell i
874 PostIgnore i
875 PostMail m
876 PostPostpone o
877 PostPost p y
878 PostSupersede s
879 PostSend s y
880 PostponeOverride Y
882 PostponeAll A
883 PromptYes y Y
885 PromptNo n N
886 SaveAppendFile a
888 SaveOverwriteFile o
889 PProcNone n
891 PProcShar s
892 PProcYes y
893 SelectEnterNextUnreadGrp TAB n
895 SelectReadGrp ^J ^M
896 SelectResetNewsrc ^R
897 SelectSortActive .
898 SelectNextUnreadGrp N
899 SelectSubscribePat S
900 SelectUnsubscribePat U
901 SelectQuitNoWrite X
902 SelectSyncWithActive Y
903 SelectToggleDescriptions d
904 SelectGoto g
905 SelectMoveGrp m
906 SelectToggleReadDisplay r
907 SelectSubscribe s
908 SelectUnsubscribe u
909 SelectYankActive y
910 SelectMarkGrpUnread z Z
911 ScopeSelect ^J ^M
913 ScopeEditAttributesFile E
914 ScopeAdd a
915 ScopeDelete d
916 ScopeMove m
917 ScopeRename r
918 ThreadReadNextArtOrThread TAB
920 ThreadReadArt ^J ^M
921 ThreadSelArt *
922 ThreadToggleArtSel .
923 ThreadReverseSel @
924 ThreadCancel D
925 ThreadMarkArtRead K
926 ThreadAutoSave S
927 ThreadUntag U
928 ThreadToggleSubjDisplay d
929 ThreadMail m
930 ThreadSave s
931 ThreadTag t
932 ThreadUndoSel ~
933 UrlSelect ^J ^M
935 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/mailgroups
937 This file provides short descriptions of each mailgroup.
939 (requires tin(1) to be build with mh-mail-handling support).
940 Each line consist of two tab-separated fields "mailgroupname
941 one-line description".
942 mailgroupname
944 is the name of the newsgroup
945 description
947 is a short single-line description of the group
948 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/newsrctable
950 "nntpserver newsrc [shortname [...]]" pairs to use with the
952 ''-g'' command-line switch.
953 nntpserver
955 full qualified domain name of the news server.
956 newsrc related newsrc.
958 shortname
960 nickname(s) for the nntpserver.
961 Example:
963 # sample newsrctable file
964 news.tin.org .newsrc-tin.org tinorg
965 news.example.org /tmp/nrc-ex example ex
966 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/posted
968 posting history
970 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/Mail/posted
972 Copy of all posted articles in mbox(5) format. The filename can
974 be changed by setting posted_articles_file.
975 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/postponed.articles
977 Pool of postponed articles. This file is in mbox(5) format.
979 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT:+":$NNTPPORT"}/newsgroups
981 This file a copy of the servers newsgroups file which provides
983 short descriptions of each newsgroup. It is automatically
984 updated on startup except when using the ''-X''or ''-q'' com‐
985 mand-line option and an old copy exists. Each line consist of
986 two tab-separated fields "group.name one-line
987 description".
988 group.name
990 is the name of the newsgroup
991 one-line description
993 is a short single-line description of the group
994 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT:+":$NNTPPORT"}/serverrc
996 File to store $NNTPSERVER and $NNTPPORT related data via a list
998 of "variable=value" pairs. Currently there are only two vari‐
999 ables, both are not meant to be changed by the user.
1000 version
1002 Internal version number.
1003 last_newnews
1005 Internal timestamp used by tin(1) to keep track of new
1006 newsgroups on the server.
1007 /etc/tin/tinrc
1009 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc
1010 At startup, tin(1) reads in the configuration file. This con‐
1012 tains a list of "variable=value" pairs that can be used to con‐
1013 figure the way tin(1) works. If it exists, the global configura‐
1014 tion file, ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/tinrc is read first. After
1015 that, the user's own configuration file ${TIN_HOME‐
1016 DIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc is read. The global file is useful for
1017 distributing system-wide defaults to new users who have no pri‐
1018 vate tinrc yet (see also /etc/tin/tin.defaults).
1019 abbreviate_groupname
1021 If ON abbreviate long newsgroup names at group selection
1022 level and article level (if necessary) like this:
1023 news.software.readers -> n.software.readers -> n.s.read‐
1024 ers -> n.s.r. Default is OFF.
1025 add_posted_to_filter
1027 If ON add posted articles which start a new thread to
1028 filter for highlighting follow-ups. Default is ON.
1029 advertising
1031 Turn ON advertising in header (''User-Agent:''). Default
1032 is ON.
1033 alternative_handling
1035 If ON strip multipart/alternative messages automatically.
1036 Default is ON.
1037 art_marked_deleted
1039 The character used to show that an article was deleted.
1040 Default is 'D'.
1041 art_marked_inrange
1043 The character used to show that an article is in a range.
1044 Default is '#'.
1045 art_marked_return
1047 The character used to show that an article will return as
1048 an unread article when the group is next entered. Default
1049 is '-'.
1050 art_marked_selected
1052 The character used to show that an article/thread is
1053 auto-selected (hot). Default is '*'.
1054 art_marked_recent
1056 The character used to show that an article/thread is
1057 recent (not older than X days). See also recent_time.
1058 Default is 'o'.
1059 art_marked_unread
1061 The character used to show that an article has not been
1062 read. Default is '+'.
1063 art_marked_read
1065 The character used to show that an article was read.
1066 Default is ' '.
1067 art_marked_killed
1069 The character used to show that an article was killed.
1070 Default is 'K'. kill_level must be set accordingly.
1071 art_marked_read_selected
1073 The character used to show that an article was hot before
1074 it was read. Default is ':'. kill_level must be set
1075 accordingly.
1076 Ask before using MIME viewer (ask_for_metamail)
1078 If ON tin(1) will ask before using a MIME viewer (meta‐
1079 mail_prog) to display MIME messages. This only occurs if
1080 a MIME viewer is set. Default is OFF.
1081 auto_cc_bcc
1083 Automatically put your name in the ''Cc:'' and/or
1084 ''Bcc:'' field when mailing an article. Default is No.
1085 auto_list_thread
1087 If ON automatically list thread when entering it using
1088 right arrow key. Default is ON.
1089 auto_reconnect
1091 Reconnect to server automatically. Default is OFF.
1092 auto_save
1094 If ON articles/threads with ''Archive-name:'' in header
1095 will be automatically saved with the Archive-name &
1096 part/patch no and post processed if post_process_type is
1097 set to something other than 'No'. Default is OFF.
1098 batch_save
1100 If set ON articles/threads will be saved in batch mode
1101 when save ''-S'' or mail ''-M, -N'' is specified on the
1102 command line. Default is ON.
1103 beginner_level
1105 If set ON a mini menu of the most useful commands will be
1106 displayed at the bottom of the screen for each level.
1107 Also a short posting etiquette will be displayed after
1108 composing an article. Default is ON.
1109 cache_overview_files
1111 If ON, create local copies of NNTP overview files. This
1112 can be used to considerably speed up accessing large
1113 groups when using a slow connection. Default is OFF.
1114 cancel_lock_algo
1116 Use this hash algorithm for cancel-locks. Only available
1117 when build with cancel-lock support. none disables the
1118 generation of cancel-locks. Valid values are none, sha1,
1119 sha256 and sha512. Default is sha1.
1120 catchup_read_groups
1122 If set ON the user is asked when quitting if all groups
1123 read during the current session should be marked read.
1124 Default is OFF.
1125 col_back
1127 Standard background color
1128 col_extquote
1130 Color of quoted text from external sources
1131 col_from
1133 Color of sender (From:)
1134 col_head
1136 Color of header-lines
1137 col_help
1139 Color of help pages
1140 col_invers_bg
1142 Color of background for inverse text
1143 col_invers_fg
1145 Color of foreground for inverse text
1146 col_markdash
1148 Color of words emphasized like _this_. See also
1149 word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1150 col_markslash
1152 Color of words emphasized like /this/. See also
1153 word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1154 col_markstar
1156 Color of words emphasized like *this*. See also
1157 word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1158 col_markstroke
1160 Color of words emphasized like -this-. See also
1161 word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1162 col_minihelp
1164 Color of mini help menu
1165 col_newsheaders
1167 Color of actual news header fields
1168 col_normal
1170 Standard foreground color
1171 col_quote
1173 Color of quoted lines
1174 col_quote2
1176 Color of twice quoted lines
1177 col_quote3
1179 Color of >=3 times quoted lines
1180 col_response
1182 Color of response counter. This is the text that says
1183 "Response x of y" in the article viewer.
1184 col_signature
1186 Color of signatures
1187 col_urls
1189 Color of urls highlight
1190 col_verbatim
1192 Color of verbatim blocks
1193 col_subject
1195 Color of article subject
1196 col_text
1198 Color of text-lines
1199 col_title
1201 Color of help/mail sign
1202 confirm_choice
1204 tin(1) can ask for manual confirmation to protect the
1205 user. Available choices:
1206 commands: Ask for confirmation before executing cer‐
1207 tain dangerous commands (e.g., Catchup ('c')). Com‐
1208 mands that this affects are marked in this manual
1209 with '[after confirmation]'.
1210 quit: You'll be asked to confirm that you wish to
1212 exit tin(1) when you use the Quit ('q') command.
1213 select: Ask for confirmation before marking all not
1215 selected (with GroupMarkUnselArtRead ('X') command)
1216 articles as read.
1217 Default is commands & quit.
1218 date_format
1220 Format string used for date representation. A description
1221 of the different format options can be found at
1222 strftime(3). tin(1) uses strftime(3) when available and
1223 supports most format options in his fallback code.
1224 Default is "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S".
1225 default_art_search
1227 default_author_search
1229 default_config_search
1231 The last article/author/config option that was searched
1232 for.
1233 default_filter_days
1235 Default is 28.
1236 default_filter_kill_case
1238 Default for quick (1 key) kill filter case. ON = filter
1239 case sensitive, OFF = ignore case. Default is OFF.
1240 default_filter_kill_expire
1242 Default for quick (1 key) kill filter expire. ON = limit
1243 to default_filter_days, OFF = don't ever expire. Default
1244 is OFF.
1245 default_filter_kill_global
1247 Default for quick (1 key) kill filter global. ON=apply
1248 to all groups, OFF=apply to current group. Default is ON.
1249 default_filter_kill_header
1251 Default for quick (1 key) kill filter header.
1252 0 ''Subject:'' (case sensitive)
1253 1 ''Subject:'' (ignore case)
1254 2 ''From:'' (case sensitive)
1255 3 ''From:'' (ignore case)
1256 4 ''Message-ID:'' & full ''References:'' line
1257 5 ''Message-ID:'' & last ''References:'' entry only
1258 6 ''Message-ID:'' entry only
1259 7 ''Lines:''
1260 default_filter_select_case
1262 Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter case.
1263 ON=filter case sensitive, OFF=ignore case. Default is
1264 OFF.
1265 default_filter_select_expire
1267 Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter expire.
1268 ON = limit to default_filter_days, OFF = don't ever
1269 expire. Default is OFF.
1270 default_filter_select_global
1272 Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter global.
1273 ON=apply to all groups, OFF=apply to current group.
1274 Default is ON.
1275 default_filter_select_header
1277 Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter header.
1278 0 ''Subject:'' (case sensitive)
1279 1 ''Subject:'' (ignore case)
1280 2 ''From:'' (case sensitive)
1281 3 ''From:'' (ignore case)
1282 4 ''Message-ID:'' & full ''References:'' line
1283 5 ''Message-ID:'' & last ''References:'' entry only
1284 6 ''Message-ID:'' entry only
1285 7 ''Lines:''
1286 default_goto_group
1288 default_group_search
1290 default_mail_address
1292 default_move_group
1294 default_pattern
1296 default_pipe_command
1298 default_post_newsgroups
1300 default_post_subject
1302 default_range_group
1304 default_range_select
1306 default_range_thread
1308 default_repost_group
1310 default_save_file
1312 default_save_mode
1314 default_select_pattern
1316 default_shell_command
1318 default_subject_search
1320 draw_arrow
1322 Allows groups/articles to be selected by an arrow '->' if
1323 set ON or by a highlighted bar if set OFF. Default is
1324 OFF.
1325 editor_format
1327 The format string used to create the editor start command
1328 with parameters. Default is '%E +%N %F' with %E=Editor,
1329 %N=Linenumber and %F=Filename (e.g., /bin/vi +7 .arti‐
1330 cle).
1331 extquote_handling
1333 If ON quotes from external sources will be detected.
1334 Default is OFF.
1335 extquote_regex
1337 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
1338 articles. All matching lines are shown in col_extquote.
1339 If extquote_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in
1340 default.
1341 force_screen_redraw
1343 Specifies whether a screen redraw should always be done
1344 after certain external commands. Default is OFF.
1345 getart_limit
1347 If getart_limit is > 0 not more than the last
1348 getart_limit articles/group are fetched from the server.
1349 If getart_limit is < 0 tin(1) will start fetching arti‐
1350 cles from your first unread minus absolute value of
1351 getart_limit. Default is 0, which means no limit.
1352 goto_next_unread
1354 Which keys tin(1) should accept to jump to the next
1355 unread article. Possible is any combination of PageDown
1356 and PageNextUnread. When PageDown is set tin(1) jumps to
1357 the next article at the end of the current one. When
1358 PageNextUnread is set tin(1) jumps immediately to the
1359 next article when PageNextUnread ('<TAB>') is pressed.
1360 Default is PageNextUnread.
1361 group_catchup_on_exit
1363 If ON catchup group when leaving with the left arrow key.
1364 Default is ON.
1365 group_format
1367 The format string used for the Group level. Default is
1368 "%n %m %R %L %s %F". The following substitutions are
1369 supported:
1370 %D date
1371 %F from, name and/or address
1372 %I initials
1373 %L line count
1374 %M message-id
1375 %R number of responses in thread
1376 %S score
1377 %m article marks
1378 %n current thread number
1379 %s subject
1380 %% %
1381 hide_uue
1383 If set to 'No' then raw uuencoded data is displayed. If
1384 set to 'Yes' then sections of uuencoded data will be
1385 shown with a single tag line showing the size and file‐
1386 name (much the same as a MIME attachment). If set to
1387 'Hide all' then any line that looks like uuencoded data
1388 will be folded into a tag line. This is useful when uuen‐
1389 coded data is split across more than one article but can
1390 also lead to false positives. This setting can also be
1391 toggled in the article viewer. Default is 'No'.
1392 inews_prog
1394 Path, name and options of external inews(1). If you are
1395 reading via NNTP the default value is "--internal" (use
1396 built-in NNTP inews), else it is "inews -h". The article
1397 is passed to inews_prog on STDIN via '< article'.
1398 info_in_last_line
1400 If ON, show current group description or article subject
1401 in the last line (not in the pager and global menu) —
1402 ToggleInfoLastLine ('i') toggles setting. This facility
1403 is useful as the full width of the screen is available to
1404 display long subjects. Default is OFF.
1405 interactive_mailer
1407 If greater than 0 your mailreader will be invoked earlier
1408 for reply so you can use more of its features (e.g. MIME,
1409 pgp, ...). 1 means include headers, 2 means don't include
1410 headers (old use_mailreader_i=ON option). 0 turns off
1411 usage. This option has to suit mailer_format. Default is
1412 0.
1413 inverse_okay
1415 If ON use inverse video for page headers and URL high‐
1416 lighting. Default is ON.
1417 keep_dead_articles
1419 If ON keep all failed postings in ${TIN_HOME‐
1420 DIR:-"$HOME"}/dead.articles besides keeping the last
1421 failed posting in ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/dead.article.
1422 Default is ON.
1423 kill_level
1425 This option controls the processing and display of arti‐
1426 cles that are killed. There are 3 options, default is 0
1427 (Kill only unread arts).
1428 0 Kill only unread arts is the 'traditional' behavior
1430 of tin(1). Only unread articles are killed once
1431 only by marking them read. As filtering only hap‐
1432 pens on unread articles with kill_level set to 0,
1433 art_marked_killed and art_marked_read_selected are
1434 only shown once. When you reenter the group the
1435 mark will be gone.
1436 1 Kill all arts & show with K will process all arti‐
1438 cles in the group and therefore there is a process‐
1439 ing overhead when using this option. Killed arti‐
1440 cles are threaded as normal but they will be marked
1441 with art_marked_killed.
1442 2 Kill all arts and never show will process all arti‐
1444 cles in the group and therefore there is a process‐
1445 ing overhead when using this option. Killed arti‐
1446 cles simply does not get displayed at all.
1447 mail_8bit_header
1449 Allows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of mail
1450 message. Default is OFF. Turning it ON is effective only
1451 if mail_mime_encoding is also set to 8bit. Leaving it OFF
1452 is safe for most users and compliant to Internet Mail
1453 Standard (RFC5322 and RFC2047). Default is OFF.
1454 mail_address
1456 User's mail address (and full name), if not user‐
1457 name@host. This is used when creating articles, sending
1458 mail and when pgp(1) signing.
1459 mail_mime_encoding
1461 MIME encoding of the body in mail message, if necessary
1462 (8bit, base64, quoted-printable, 7bit). Default is
1463 quoted-printable.
1464 mail_quote_format
1466 Format of quote line when replying (via mail) to an arti‐
1467 cle (%A=Address, %D=Date, %F=Fullname+Address, %G=Group‐
1468 name, %M=Message-ID, %N=Fullname, %C=Firstname, %I=Ini‐
1469 tials). Default is "In article %M you wrote:"
1470 mailbox_format
1472 Select one of the following mailbox-formats: MBOXO
1473 (default, except on SCO), MBOXRD or MMDF (default on
1474 SCO). See mbox(5) and RFC4155 for more details on MBOXO
1475 and MBOXRD and mmdf(5) for more details about MMDF.
1476 maildir
1478 The directory where articles/threads are to be saved in
1479 mbox(5) format. This feature is mainly for use with the
1480 elm(1) mail program. It allows the user to save arti‐
1481 cles/threads/groups simply by giving '=' as the filename
1482 to save to. Default is ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/Mail.
1483 mailer_format
1485 The format string used to create the mailer command with
1486 parameters that is used for mailing articles to other
1487 people. Default is '%M "%T" < %F' (e.g., /bin/mail "iain"
1488 < .article). The flexible format allows other mailers
1489 with different command line parameters to be used such as
1490 sendmail -oem -t < %F
1491 elm -s "%S" "%T" < "%F"
1492 claws-mail --compose "mailto:%T?subject=%S&insert=%F"
1493 interactive_mailer must be set adequate. The following
1494 substitutions are supported:
1495 %F filename
1496 %M default_mailer
1497 %S subject-field
1498 %T to-filed
1499 %U username
1500 %% %
1501 mark_saved_read
1503 If ON mark articles that are saved as read. Default is
1504 ON.
1505 mark_ignore_tags
1507 When this is ON, the GroupMarkThdRead ('K'), Thread‐
1508 MarkArtRead ('K'), MarkThdUnread ('Z') at Group level and
1509 MarkArtUnread ('z') at Thread level functions mark just
1510 the current article or thread, ignoring other tagged,
1511 (un)read articles. When OFF, the same function presents a
1512 menu with choices of the current thread or article, all
1513 tagged, unread articles, or nothing.
1514 metamail_prog
1516 Path, name and options of external metamail(1) program
1517 used to view non-textual parts of articles. To use the
1518 built-in viewer, set to --internal. This is the default
1519 value when metamail(1) is not installed. Leave it blank
1520 if you don't want any automatic viewing of non-textual
1521 attachments. The 'V' command can always be used to manu‐
1522 ally view any attachments. See also ask_for_metamail.
1523 mm_charset
1525 Charset supported locally, which is also used for MIME
1526 header (charset parameter and charset name in header
1527 encoding) in mail and news postings. If
1528 MIME_STRICT_CHARSET is defined at compile time, text in
1529 charset other than the value of this parameter is consid‐
1530 ered not displayable and represented as '?'. Otherwise,
1531 all character sets are regarded as compatible with the
1532 display. If it's not set, the value of the environment
1533 variable $MM_CHARSET is used. US-ASCII or compile-time
1534 default is used in case neither of them is defined. If
1535 your system supports iconv(3), this option is disabled
1536 and you should use mm_network_charset instead.
1537 mm_network_charset
1539 Charset used for posting and MIME headers; replaces
1540 mm_charset. Conversion between mm_network_charset and
1541 local charset (determined via nl_langinfo(3)) is done via
1542 iconv(3), if this function is not available on your sys‐
1543 tem this option is disabled and you have to use
1544 mm_charset instead. mm_network_charset is limited to one
1545 of the following charsets:
1546 US-ASCII, ISO-8859-{1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10,13,14,15,16},
1547 KOI8-{R,U,RU} EUC-{CN,JP,KR,TW}, ISO-2022-{CN,CN-
1548 EXT,JP,JP-1,JP-2}, Big5, UTF-8
1549 Not all values might work on your system, see
1550 iconv_open(3) for more details. If it's not set, the
1551 value of the environment variable $MM_CHARSET is used.
1552 US-ASCII or compile-time default is used in case neither
1553 of them is defined.
1554 mono_markdash
1556 Character attribute of words emphasized like _this_. It
1557 depends on your terminal which attributes are usable. See
1558 also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1559 mono_markslash
1561 Character attribute of words emphasized like /this/. It
1562 depends on your terminal which attributes are usable. See
1563 also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1564 mono_markstar
1566 Character attribute of words emphasized like *this*. It
1567 depends on your terminal which attributes are usable. See
1568 also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1569 mono_markstroke
1571 Character attribute of words emphasized like -this-. It
1572 depends on your terminal which attributes are usable. See
1573 also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.
1574 newnews
1576 These are internal timers used by tin(1) to keep track of
1577 new newsgroups. Do not change them unless you understand
1578 what they are for.
1579 news_headers_to_display
1581 Which news headers you wish to see. If you want to see
1582 _all_ the headers, place an '*' as this value. This is
1583 the only way a wildcard can be used. If you enter 'X-'
1584 as the value, you will see all headers beginning with
1585 'X-' (like X-Alan or X-Pape). You can list more than one
1586 by delimiting with spaces. Not defining anything turns
1587 off this option.
1588 news_headers_to_not_display
1590 Same as news_headers_to_display except it denotes the
1591 opposite. An example of using both options might be if
1592 you thought 'X-' headers were A Good Thing(tm), but
1593 thought Alan and Pape were miscreants... well then you
1594 would do something like this: news_headers_to_display=X-
1595 news_headers_to_not_display=X-Alan X-Pape Not defining
1596 anything turns off this option.
1597 news_quote_format
1599 Format of quote line when posting/following up an article
1600 (%A=Address, %D=Date, %F=Fullname+Address, %G=Groupname,
1601 %M=Message-ID, %N=Fullname, %C=Firstname, %I=Initials).
1602 Default is "%F wrote:".
1603 nntp_read_timeout_secs
1605 Time in seconds to wait for a response from the server.
1606 Default is 120.
1607 normalization_form
1609 The normalization form which should be used to normalize
1610 unicode input. The possible values are:
1611 0 None: no normalization
1613 1 NFKC: Compatibility Decomposition, followed by
1615 Canonical Composition
1616 2 NFKD: Compatibility Decomposition
1618 3 NFC: Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical
1620 Composition
1621 4 NFD: Canonical Decomposition
1623 5 NFKC_CF: Compatibility Decomposition, followed by
1625 Canonical Composition and Case Folding
1626 Some normalization modes are only available if they are sup‐
1627 ported by the library tin(1) uses to do the normalization. NFC
1628 should be used if possible.
1629 pos_first_unread
1631 If ON put cursor at first unread article in group other‐
1632 wise at last article. Default is ON.
1633 post_8bit_header
1635 Allows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of a news
1636 article, if set this also disables the generation of
1637 MIME-headers when they are usually required. Default is
1638 OFF. Only enacted if post_mime_encoding is also set to
1639 8bit. In a number of local hierarchies where 8bit charac‐
1640 ters are used, using unencoded (raw) 8bit characters in
1641 header is acceptable and sometimes even recommended so
1642 that you need to check the convention adopted in the
1643 local hierarchy of your interest to determine what to do
1644 with this and post_mime_encoding.
1645 post_mime_encoding
1647 MIME encoding of the body in news message, if necessary.
1648 (8bit, base64, quoted-printable, 7bit). Default is 8bit,
1649 which leads to no encoding. base64 and quoted-printable
1650 are usually undesired on usenet.
1651 post_process_view
1653 If ON, then tin(1) will start an appropriate viewer pro‐
1654 gram to display any files that were post processed and
1655 uudecoded. The program is determined using the mailcap(5)
1656 file. Default is ON.
1657 post_process_type
1659 This specifies whether to perform post processing on
1660 saved articles. Because the shell archive may contain
1661 commands you may not want to be executed, be careful when
1662 extracting shell archives. The following values are
1663 allowed:
1664 0 No (default), no post processing is done.
1666 1 Shell archives, unpacking of multi-part shar(1)
1668 files only. Because the shell archive may contain
1669 commands you may not want to be executed, be care‐
1670 ful with this option.
1671 2 Yes, binary attachments and data will be decoded
1673 and saved.
1674 posted_articles_file
1676 Keep posted articles in ${TIN_HOME‐
1677 DIR:-"$HOME"}/Mail/posted_articles_file. If no filename
1678 is set then postings will not be saved. Default is
1679 'posted'.
1680 print_header
1682 If ON, then the full article header is sent to the
1683 printer. Otherwise only the ''Subject:'' and ''From:''
1684 fields are output. Default is OFF.
1685 printer
1687 The printer program with options that is to be used to
1688 print articles. The default is lpr(1) for BSD machines
1689 and lp(1) for SysV machines. Printing from tin(1) may
1690 have been disabled by the System Administrator.
1691 process_only_unread
1693 If ON only save/print/pipe/mail unread articles (tagged
1694 articles excepted). Default is OFF.
1695 prompt_followupto
1697 If ON show empty ''Followup-To:'' header when editing an
1698 article. Default is OFF.
1699 quote_chars
1701 The character used in quoting included text to article
1702 followups and mail replies. The '_' character represents
1703 a blank character and is replaced with ' ' when read, %I
1704 is replaced by author's initials. Default is '>_'.
1705 quote_style
1707 This bit coded integer value controls how articles are to
1708 be quoted when following up or replying to them. Any of
1709 the following options can be combined by adding all rele‐
1710 vant values. Default is 5, which means that quote charac‐
1711 ters are compressed and empty lines are quoted.
1712 1 Compress quotes Compress quote characters together
1714 when quoting multiple times (for example, '> > >'
1715 will be turned into '>>>'). This option is on by
1716 default.
1717 2 Quote Signatures This option is off by default.
1719 Signatures are always quoted regardless of this
1720 option when you are viewing an article in raw mode
1721 PageToggleRaw ('^H') and followup or reply to it.
1722 Signatures are never quoted regardless of this
1723 option when show_signatures is off.
1724 4 Quote empty lines This option is on by default.
1726 quote_regex
1728 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
1729 articles. All matching lines are shown in col_quote. If
1730 quote_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in
1731 default.
1732 quote_regex2
1734 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
1735 articles. All matching lines are shown in col_quote2. If
1736 quote_regex2 is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in
1737 default.
1738 quote_regex3
1740 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
1741 articles. All matching lines are shown in col_quote3. If
1742 quote_regex3 is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in
1743 default.
1744 recent_time
1746 If set to 0, this feature is deactivated, otherwise it
1747 means the number of days. Default is 2.
1748 render_bidi
1750 If ON tin(1) does the rendering of bi-directional text.
1751 If OFF tin(1) leaves the rendering of bi-directional text
1752 to the terminal. Default is OFF.
1753 reread_active_file_secs
1755 The news ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}"/"${TIN_ACTIVE‐
1756 FILE:-active} file is reread at regular intervals to show
1757 if any new news has arrived. Default is 1200. Setting
1758 this to 0 will disable this feature.
1759 savedir
1761 Directory where articles/threads are saved. Default is
1762 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/News.
1763 score_limit_kill
1765 If the score of an article is below or equal this value
1766 the article gets marked as killed.
1767 score_limit_select
1769 If the score of an article is above or equal this value
1770 the article gets marked as hot.
1771 score_kill
1773 Score of an article which should be killed, this must be
1774 <= score_limit_kill.
1775 score_select
1777 Score of an article which should be marked hot, this must
1778 be >= score_limit_select.
1779 scroll_lines
1781 The number of lines that will be scrolled up/down in the
1782 article pager when using cursor-up/down. The default is 1
1783 (line-by-line). Set to 0 to get traditional tin page-by-
1784 page scrolling. Set to -1 to get page-by-page scrolling
1785 where the top/bottom line is carried over onto the next
1786 page. This setting supersedes
1787 show_last_line_prev_page=ON. Set to -2 to get half-page
1788 scrolling. This setting supersedes full_page_scroll=OFF.
1789 select_format
1791 The format string used for the Selection level. Default
1792 is "%f %n %U %G %d". The following substitutions are
1793 supported:
1794 %G group name
1795 %U unread count
1796 %d description
1797 %f group flag
1798 %n current group number
1799 %% %
1800 sort_function
1802 Function used for sorting articles. Default is 0.
1803 0 Use qsort(3) for sorting.
1805 1 Use heapsort(3) for sorting. This might be faster in
1807 large groups with long threads (somewhat presorted
1808 data).
1809 show_author
1811 Which information about the author should be shown.
1812 Default is 2, authors full name.
1813 0 None, only the ''Subject:'' line will be displayed.
1815 1 Address, ''Subject:'' line & the address part of
1817 the ''From:'' line are displayed.
1818 2 Full Name, ''Subject:'' line & the authors full
1820 name part of the ''From:'' line are displayed
1821 (default).
1822 3 Address and Name, ''Subject:'' line & all of the
1824 ''From:'' line are displayed.
1825 show_description
1827 If ON show a short group description text after newsgroup
1828 name at the group selection level. The ''-d'' command-
1829 line flag will override the setting and turn descriptions
1830 off. The text used is taken from the ${TIN_LIB‐
1831 DIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/newsgroups file and if supported
1832 (requires tin(1) to be build with mh-mail-handling sup‐
1833 port) from ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/mailgroups for
1834 mailgroups. Default is ON.
1835 show_info
1837 Which information about the thread or article should be
1838 shown. Default is 1, show only the line count.
1839 0 None, no information will be displayed.
1841 1 Lines, in article listing the line count of an
1843 article will be displayed and in thread listing the
1844 line count of first (unread) article will be dis‐
1845 played.
1846 2 Score, in article listing the score of an article
1848 will be displayed and in thread listing the score
1849 of the thread will be displayed — see also
1850 thread_score.
1851 3 Lines & Score, display line count and score.
1853 show_only_unread_arts
1855 If ON show only new/unread articles otherwise show all
1856 articles. Default is ON.
1857 show_only_unread_groups
1859 If ON show only subscribed groups that contain unread
1860 articles. Default is OFF.
1861 show_signatures
1863 If OFF don't show signatures when displaying articles.
1864 Default is ON.
1865 sigdashes
1867 If ON prepend the signature with sigdashes. Default is
1868 ON.
1869 sigfile
1871 The path that specifies the signature file to use when
1872 posting, following up to or replying to an article. If
1873 the path is a directory then the signature will be ran‐
1874 domly generated from files that are in the specified
1875 directory. If the path starts with a ! the program the
1876 path points to will be executed to generate a signature.
1877 In order to pass the group name to the program, %G can be
1878 specified. This will be replaced by the name of the cur‐
1879 rent newsgroup. --none will suppress any signature.
1880 Default is ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.Sig.
1881 signature_repost
1883 If ON add signature to reposted articles. Default is ON.
1884 slashes_regex
1886 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
1887 articles. All matching words are shown in col_markslash
1888 or mono_markslash. If slashes_regex is blank, then tin(1)
1889 uses a built-in default.
1890 sort_article_type
1892 This specifies how articles should be sorted. Sort by
1893 ascending Date (6) is the default. The following sort
1894 types are allowed:
1895 0 Nothing, don't sort articles.
1897 1 Subject: (descending), sort articles by ''Sub‐
1899 ject:'' field descending.
1900 2 Subject: (ascending), sort articles by ''Subject:''
1902 field ascending.
1903 3 From: (descending), sort articles by ''From:''
1905 field descending.
1906 4 From: (ascending), sort articles by ''From:'' field
1908 ascending.
1909 5 Date: (descending), sort articles by ''Date:''
1911 field descending.
1912 6 Date: (ascending), sort articles by ''Date:'' field
1914 ascending (default).
1915 7 Score (descending), sort articles by filtering
1917 score descending.
1918 8 Score (ascending), sort articles by filtering score
1920 ascending.
1921 9 Lines: (descending), sort articles by ''Lines:''
1923 field descending.
1924 10 Lines: (ascending), sort articles by ''Lines:''
1926 field ascending.
1927 sort_threads_type
1929 This specifies how threads will be sorted. Sort by
1930 descending Score (1) is the default. The following sort
1931 types are allowed:
1932 0 Nothing, don't sort threads.
1934 1 Score (descending), sort threads by filtering score
1936 descending (default).
1937 2 Score (ascending), sort threads by filtering score
1939 ascending.
1940 3 Last posting date (descending), sort threads by
1942 date of last posting descending.
1943 4 Last posting date (ascending), sort threads by date
1945 of last posting ascending.
1946 spamtrap_warning_addresses
1948 Set this option to a list of comma-separated strings to
1949 be warned if you are replying to an article by mail where
1950 the e-mail address contains one of these strings. The
1951 matching is case-insensitive. Example:
1952 spam,delete,remove
1954 stars_regex
1956 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
1957 articles. All matching words are shown in col_markstar or
1958 mono_markstar. If stars_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses
1959 a built-in default.
1960 start_editor_offset
1962 Set ON if the editor used for posting, follow-ups and bug
1963 reports has the capability of starting and positioning
1964 the cursor at a specified line within a file. Default is
1965 ON.
1966 strip_blanks
1968 Strips the blanks from the end of each line therefore
1969 speeding up the display when reading on a slow terminal
1970 or via modem. Default is ON.
1971 strip_bogus
1973 Bogus groups are groups that are present in your
1974 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.newsrc file that no longer exist
1975 on the news server. There are 3 options. 0 means do noth‐
1976 ing & always keep bogus groups. 1 means bogus groups
1977 will be permanently removed. 2 means that bogus groups
1978 will appear on the Group Selection Menu, prefixed with a
1979 'D'. This allows you to unsubscribe from them as and when
1980 you wish. Default is 0 (Always Keep).
1981 strip_newsrc
1983 If ON, then unsubscribed groups will be permanently
1984 removed from your ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.newsrc file.
1985 Default is OFF.
1986 strokes_regex
1988 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
1989 articles. All matching words are shown in col_markstroke
1990 or mono_markstroke. If strokes_regex is blank, then
1991 tin(1) uses a built-in default.
1992 tex2iso_conv
1994 Decode German style TeX umlaut codes to ISO If ON, show
1995 "a as Umlaut-a, etc. Default is OFF. This behavior can
1996 also be toggled in the article viewer via PageToggle‐
1997 Tex2iso ('"').
1998 thread_articles
2000 Defines which threading method to use. The choices are:
2001 0) Don't thread, 1) Thread on Subject only 2) Thread on
2002 References only, 3) Thread on References then Subject
2003 (default) 4) Thread multipart articles on Subject. 5)
2004 Thread on Percentage Match of the Subjects It's also pos‐
2005 sible to set the threading type on a per group basis by
2006 setting the group attribute variable thread_articles to 0
2007 – 5 in the file ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/attributes.
2008 thread_format
2010 The format string used for the Thread level. Default is
2011 "%n %m [%L] %T %F". The following substitutions are
2012 supported:
2013 %D date
2014 %F from, name and/or address
2015 %I initials
2016 %L line count
2017 %M message-id
2018 %S score
2019 %T thread tree
2020 %m article marks
2021 %n current article number
2022 %% %
2023 thread_perc
2025 Defines how close the subjects must match while threading
2026 by Percentage Match for threads to be considered part of
2027 a single thread. This value is in the range 0 to 100. The
2028 default is 75.
2029 thread_catchup_on_exit
2031 If ON catchup group/thread when leaving with the left
2032 arrow key. Default is ON.
2033 thread_score
2035 How the total score of a thread is computed. Default is
2036 0, the maximum score in this thread.
2037 0 Max, the maximum score in this thread.
2039 1 Sum, the sum of all scores in this thread.
2041 2 Average, the average score in this thread.
2043 translit
2045 If ON append //TRANSLIT to the first argument of
2046 iconv_open(3) to enable transliteration. This means that
2047 when a character cannot be represented in the target
2048 character set, it can be approximated through one or sev‐
2049 eral similarly looking characters. On systems where this
2050 extension doesn't exist, this option is disabled. Default
2051 is OFF.
2052 trim_article_body
2054 Allows you to select how tin(1) treats blank lines in
2055 article bodies. Default is 0. This option does not
2056 affect lines within verbatim blocks.
2057 0 Don't trim article body, do nothing.
2059 1 Skip leading blank lines.
2061 2 Skip trailing blank lines.
2063 3 Skip leading and trailing blank l., skip leading
2065 and trailing blank lines.
2066 4 Compact multiple between text, replace multiple
2068 blank lines between textblocks with one blank line.
2069 5 Compact multiple and skip leading, 4 + 1
2071 6 Compact multiple and skip trailing, 4 + 2
2073 7 Compact mltpl., skip lead. & trai., 4 + 3
2075 underscores_regex
2077 A regular expression that will be applied when reading
2078 articles. All matching words are shown in col_markdash or
2079 mono_markdash. If underscores_regex is blank, then tin(1)
2080 uses a built-in default.
2081 unlink_article
2083 If ON remove ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.article after post‐
2084 ing. Default is ON.
2085 url_handler
2087 The program that will be run when launching URLs in the
2088 article viewer using PageViewUrl ('U'). The actual URL
2089 will be appended. Default is url_handler.pl.
2090 url_highlight
2092 Enable highlighting URLs in message body. Default is ON.
2093 use_color
2095 If enabled tin(1) uses ANSI-colors. Default is OFF.
2096 use_keypad
2098 Use scroll keys on keypad. Default is OFF.
2099 use_mouse
2101 Allows the mouse button support in an xterm(1x) to be
2102 enabled/disabled. Default is OFF.
2103 use_slrnface
2105 If enabled slrnface(1) will be used to interpret the
2106 ''X-Face:'' header. For this option to have any effect,
2107 tin(1) must be running in an xterm(1x) and slrnface(1)
2108 must be in your $PATH. Default is OFF.
2109 utf8_graphics
2111 If ON use UTF-8 characters for indicator ('->'),
2112 thread/attachment tree and ellipsis ('...'). Default is
2113 OFF.
2114 verbatim_begin_regex
2116 A regular expression that tin will use to find the begin
2117 of a verbatim block. Default is #v+
2118 verbatim_end_regex
2120 A regular expression that tin will use to find the end of
2121 a verbatim block. Default is #v-
2122 verbatim_handling
2124 If ON verbatim blocks will be detected. Default is ON.
2125 wildcard
2127 Allows you to select how tin(1) matches strings. The
2128 default is 0 and uses the wildmat notation, which is how
2129 this has traditionally been handled. Setting this to 1
2130 allows you to use perl(1) compatible regular expressions
2131 pcre(3). (see also perlre(1) and pcrepattern(3)). You
2132 will probably want to update your filter file if you use
2133 this regularly. NB: Newsgroup names will always be
2134 matched using the wildmat notation.
2135 word_h_display_marks
2137 Should the leading and ending stars, slashes, strokes and
2138 dashes also be displayed, even when they are highlighting
2139 marks?
2140 0 no
2142 1 yes, display mark
2144 2 print a space instead
2146 word_highlight
2148 Enable word highlighting. See word_h_display_marks for
2149 the options available. If use_color is enabled the colors
2150 specified in col_markdash, col_markslash, col_markstar
2151 and col_markstroke are used for word highlighting else
2152 the character attributes specified in mono_markdash,
2153 mono_markslash, mono_markstar and mono_markstroke are
2154 used. Default is ON.
2155 wrap_column
2157 Sets the column at which a displayed article body should
2158 be wrapped. If this value is equal to 0, it defaults to
2159 the current screen width. If this value is greater than
2160 your current screen width the part off-screen is not dis‐
2161 played. Thus setting this option to a large value can be
2162 used to disable wrapping. If this value is negative the
2163 wrap margin is the current screen width plus the given
2164 value (as long as the result is still positive, otherwise
2165 it will fall back to the current screen width). Default
2166 is 0, wrapping at the current screen width.
2167 wrap_on_next_unread
2169 If enabled a search for the next unread article will wrap
2170 around all articles to find also previous unread arti‐
2171 cles. If disabled the search stops at the end of the
2172 thread list. Default is ON.
2173 xpost_quote_format
2175 Format is the same as for news_quote_format, this is used
2176 when answering to a crossposting to several groups with
2177 no ''Followup-To:'' set.
2178 /etc/tin/tin.defaults
2180 Yet another global configuration file with "variable=value"
2182 pairs. This one is for the more general options which usually
2183 can't be controlled via ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/tinrc and/or
2184 ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc like resetting (to override
2185 the built-in default) the newslibdir.
2186 domainname
2188 Sets a global domain name used in From lines
2189 organization
2191 Defines the name of your organization. $ORGANIZATION
2192 overrides any specified value.
2193 newslibdir
2195 Defines the default place for some configuration files,
2196 common values are /usr/lib/news, /var/lib/news,
2197 /usr/local/lib/news or /news/db. $TIN_LIBDIR overrides
2198 any specified value.
2199 bugaddress
2201 Defines the email address to which users can send bug
2202 reports using a built-in function. The default points to
2203 a developers mailing list located at tin.org. You might
2204 want to change this address to one of your local adminis‐
2205 tration if you want to deal with your lusers problems on
2206 your own.
2207 inewsdir
2209 Defines the directory containing the inews(1) executable.
2210 mm_charset
2212 Default charset to be used in MIME's ''Content-Type:''
2213 header. $MM_CHARSET overrides any specified value.
2214 post_mime_encoding
2216 Default encoding scheme used in MIME articles. 8bit might
2217 be the best value.
2218 mail_mime_encoding
2220 Default encoding scheme used in MIME letters.
2221 quoted-printable is a good choice here.
2222 disable_gnksa_domain_check
2224 Allow unregistered top level domains. As the list of
2225 valid TLDs is no longer actively maintained the default
2226 was changed to ON starting with tin(1) version 2.1.5
2227 disable_sender
2229 Don't generate a ''Sender:'' header. This has an effect
2230 only if inews_prog is set to --internal.
2231 spooldir
2233 Base of your newsspool (Bnews, Cnews and INN traditional
2234 spool style), common values are /var/spool/news,
2235 /usr/spool/news, /news/spool. $TIN_SPOOLDIR overrides
2236 any specified value.
2237 overviewdir
2239 Base of your NOV database newsoverview(5) (tradspool
2240 style; might be the same dir as spooldir), common values
2241 are /var/spool/overview, /usr/spool/overview, /news/over‐
2242 view. $TIN_NOVROOTDIR overrides any specified value.
2243 overviewfile
2245 Name of a single overview file, common values are .over‐
2246 view, over.view. $TIN_NOVFILENAME overrides any specified
2247 value.
2248 overviewfmtfile
2250 Full pathname of your newssystem's overview.fmt file;
2251 usually the overview.fmt file is in newslibdir, so you
2252 only have to change this setting if your configuration
2253 differs.
2254 activefile
2256 Full pathname of your newssystem's active file; usually
2257 the active file resides in newslibdir and is named
2258 active, so you only have to change this setting if your
2259 configuration differs. $TIN_ACTIVEFILE overrides any
2260 specified value.
2261 activetimesfile
2263 Full pathname of your newssystem's active.times file;
2264 usually the active.times file is newslibdir, so you only
2265 have to change this setting if your configuration dif‐
2266 fers.
2267 newsgroupsfile
2269 Full pathname of your newssystem's newsgroups file; usu‐
2270 ally the newsgroups file is in newslibdir, so you only
2271 have to change this setting if your configuration dif‐
2272 fers.
2273 subscriptionsfile
2275 Full pathname of your newssystem's subscriptions file;
2276 usually the subscriptions file is in newslibdir, so you
2277 only have to change this setting if your configuration
2278 differs.
2279 /usr/local/share/locale/$LC_MESSAGES/LC_MESSAGES/tin.mo
2281 translation into language specified in $LC_ALL, $LC_MESSAGES or
2283 $LANG
2284 ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}"/"${TIN_ACTIVEFILE:-active}
2286 This file lists the newsgroups that the local site receives.
2288 Each newsgroup should be listed only once. Each line specifies
2289 one group; within each newsgroup, articles are assigned unique
2290 names, which are monotonically increasing numbers.
2291 If an article is posted to newsgroups not mentioned in this
2293 file, those newsgroups are ignored. If no valid newsgroups are
2294 specified, the article is rejected.
2295 Each line consists of four space-separated fields "name highmark
2297 lowmark flags".
2298 name is the name of the newsgroup
2300 highmark
2302 is the highest article number that has been used in that
2303 newsgroup
2304 lowmark
2306 is the lowest article number in the group; this number is
2307 not guaranteed to be accurate, and should only be taken
2308 to be a hint. Note that because of article cancellations,
2309 there may be gaps in the numbering sequence. If the low‐
2310 est article number is greater than the highest article
2311 number, then there are no articles in the newsgroup.
2312 flags can be one of those
2314 y local postings are allowed
2316 n no local postings are allowed, only remote ones
2318 m the group is moderated and all postings must be
2320 approved
2321 j articles in this group are not kept, but only
2323 passed on
2324 x articles cannot be posted to this newsgroup
2326 =foo.bar
2328 articles are locally filed into the ''foo.bar''
2329 group
2330 tin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the
2332 local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the
2333 LIST (RFC3977) or LIST COUNTS (RFC6048) command instead.
2334 ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/active.times
2336 This file provides a chronological record of when newsgroups are
2338 created. It is normally updated by the local news server (e.g.
2339 innd(8)) whenever a new group is created. Each line consist of
2340 three space-separated fields "name time creator".
2341 name is the name of the newsgroup
2343 time is the time when the group was created, expressed as the
2345 number of seconds since the Epoch.
2346 creator
2348 is the electronic mail address of the person who created
2349 the group.
2350 tin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the
2352 local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the
2353 NEWGROUPS (RFC3977) command instead.
2354 ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/newsgroups
2356 This file provides short descriptions of each newsgroup. It is
2358 normally updated by the local news server (e.g. innd(8)) when‐
2359 ever a new group is created. Each line consist of two tab-sepa‐
2360 rated fields "group.name one-line description".
2361 group.name
2363 is the name of the newsgroup
2364 one-line description
2366 is a short single-line description of the group
2367 tin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the
2369 local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the
2370 LIST NEWSGROUPS (RFC3977) command instead.
2371 ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/organization
2373 This file might hold a default organization to be used in the
2375 ''Organization:'' header. $ORGANIZATION has a higher priority if
2376 set.
2377 ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/overview.fmt
2379 This file specifies the organization of the news overview data‐
2381 base (see also newsoverview(5)). The order of lines in this
2382 file is important; it determines the order in which the fields
2383 will appear in the database. See also overview.fmt(5). tin(1)
2384 only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local
2385 spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST OVER‐
2386 VIEW.FMT (RFC3977) command instead.
2387 ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/subscriptions
2389 This file contains a list of newsgroups — one per line — which
2391 the client should subscribe to when the user has no ${TIN_HOME‐
2392 DIR:-"$HOME"}/.newsrc for the news server. tin(1) only tries to
2393 read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you
2394 read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS (RFC6048)
2395 command instead.
2396
2398 elm(1), inews(1), ispell(1), lp(1), lpr(1), metamail(1), perl(1),
2399 perlre(1), pgp(1), rn(1), shar(1), slrnface(1), tin(1), xterm(1x),
2400 heapsort(3), iconv(3), iconv_open(3), nl_langinfo(3), pcre(3),
2401 pcrepattern(3), qsort(3), strftime(3), system(3), active(5),
2402 mailcap(5), mbox(5), mmdf(5), newsoverview(5), overview.fmt(5),
2403 innd(8), RFC1524, RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2047, RFC2048, RFC2231, RFC2980,
2404 RFC3977, RFC4155, RFC4643, RFC5322, RFC5536, RFC5537, RFC6048
24052.4.4 December 24th, 2019 tin(5)