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NAME

6       distributions - Recommended values for the Distribution header field
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DESCRIPTION

9       The file pathetc/distributions contains a list of relevant
10       distributions and their descriptions.  It provides local information
11       for posters who wish to add a Distribution header field to their
12       articles so as to restrict their propagation, although it does not
13       guarantee that such articles will not leak elsewhere because of a
14       misconfiguration of a news server to which they are fed.  See
15       newsfeeds(5) for more information about how a news server handles the
16       Distribution header field.
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18       Each line of this file consists of a distribution area followed by its
19       description (encoded in UTF-8) after at least a whitespace.  For
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22           fr      Local to France.
23           local   Local to this news server.
24           nj      Local to New Jersey.
25           usa     Local to the United States of America.
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27       Blank lines and lines beginning with a number sign ("#") are ignored.
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29       Any client that issues the LIST DISTRIBUTIONS command obtain these
30       recommended values, if available.  However, be aware that use of the
31       LIST DISTRIBUTIONS command is not widespread (though documented in
32       RFC 6048) and most news clients will never ask for this file.
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34       If this file is empty, it is not an error.  The server will just send
35       the client an empty response.  And if the file is missing, the server
36       will also send the client an appropriate response to indicate that the
37       distributions list is not maintained on the server.
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39       The Distribution header field can also be automatically set by nnrpd if
40       distrib.pats(5) is correctly configured.
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HISTORY

43       Written by Julien Elie for InterNetNews.
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SEE ALSO

46       distrib.pats(5), newsfeeds(5), nnrpd(8).
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