motd.innd(5)

1MOTD.NEWS(5)              InterNetNews Documentation              MOTD.NEWS(5)
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NAME

6       motd.news - Message of the day information for feeders or readers
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DESCRIPTION

9       Two files, found in pathetc, contain local information for news feeders
10       or news readers in a free-form format.  The entire files are returned
11       verbatim to any client that issues the LIST MOTD command.  This might
12       be used for new information, notification of upcoming downtime, or
13       similar purposes.
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15       These files are named motd.innd (for news feeders) and motd.nnrpd (for
16       news readers); they are used by innd and nnrpd, respectively.
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18       Make sure that these files are encoded in UTF-8.  They should also be
19       "dot-stuffed", that is to say that a line beginning with a dot should
20       have that dot doubled.
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22       Be aware that use of the LIST MOTD command is not widespread (though
23       documented in RFC 6048) and most news clients will never ask for this
24       file.
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26       If one or both of these files are missing, it is not an error.  The
27       server will just send the client the appropriate response for an
28       unmaintained motd.innd or motd.nnrpd file.
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30       On a fresh INN install, samples for these files are installed in
31       pathec; you will therefore find in motd.innd.sample and
32       motd.nnrpd.sample a few examples of messages that can be communicated
33       to news clients.
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HISTORY

36       Rewritten in POD by Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> for InterNetNews.
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38       $Id: motd.news.pod 9767 2014-12-07 21:13:43Z iulius $
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