INN.CONF(5)							File Formats Manual						       INN.CONF(5)

NAME

       inn.conf - configuration data for InterNetNews programs

DESCRIPTION

       The  file  /etc/news/inn.conf  is  used	to  determine  various	parameters.  Blank lines and lines starting with a number sign (``#'') are
       ignored.  All other lines specify parameters that may be read, and should be of the following form:
	      name : [optional whitespace] value
       Everything after the whitespace and up to the end of the line is taken as the value; multi-word values should not be put  in  quotes.   The
       case of names is significant -- server is not the same as Server or SERVER.

       Some  parameters  specified in the file may be overridden by environment variables, and some file parameters may be used to mask real data,
       such as when hiding a cluster of hosts behind a single electronic mail hostname.  The current set of parameters is as follows:

       fromhost
	      This is the name of the host to use when building the From header line.  The default is the fully-qualified domain name of the local
	      host.  The value of the FROMHOST environment variable, if it exists, overrides this.

       moderatormailer
	      This names the default machine that contains forwarding aliases for all moderated groups.  It is only used if the moderators(5) file
	      doesn't exist, or if the group is not matched by that file.  The value is interpreted as a pattern match; see moderators(5).

       organization
	      This specifies what to put in the Organization header if it is blank.  The value of the ORGANIZATION  environment  variable,  if	it
	      exists, overrides this.

       pathhost
	      This specifies how to name the local site when building the Path header line.  The default is the fully-qualified domain name of the
	      local host.

       server This specifies the name of the NNTP server to which an article should be posted.	The value of the NNTPSERVER environment  variable,
	      if it exists, overrides this.

       domain This  should  be	the domain name of the local host.  It should not have a leading period, and it should not be a full host address.
	      It is used only if the GetFQDN routine in libinn(3) cannot get the fully-qualified domain name by using either the gethostname(2) or
	      gethostbyname(3)	calls.	The check is very simple; if either routine returns a name with a period in it, then it is assumed to have
	      the full domain name.

       nntpport
	      This is the TCP port INN is accepting connections on. This can be changed, for example if you want to run  in.nnrpd  from  inetd	on
	      port 119.  The default value is ``119.''

       useactived
	      When this parameter is enabled (``yes''), nnrpd will try using the actived program.  The default value is ``no''.

       The inewsport parameter is only used by inews when posting an article.

       Three parameters are used only by nnrpd when accepting postings from clients:

       mime-version
	      If  this	parameter  is  present,  then nnrpd will add the necessary MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) headers to all any
	      articles that do not have a Mime-Version header.	This parameter specifies the MIME version, and should normally be ``1.0''.

       mime-contenttype
	      If MIME headers are being added, this parameter specifies the value of the Content-Type header.  The default value is  ``text/plain;
	      charset=US-ASCII.''

       mime-encoding
	      If  MIME	headers are being added, this parameter specifies the value of the Content-Transfer-Encoding header.  The default value is
	      ``7bit.''

       Note that this file can be identical on all machines in an organization.

EXAMPLE

	      fromhost: 	  foo.com
	      moderatormailer:	  %s@uunet.uu.net
	      organization:	  Foo, Incorporated
	      #pathhost -- use FQDN.
	      server:		  news.foo.com
	      domain: foo.com

       This file is intended to be fairly static; any changes made to it are typically not reflected until a program restarts.

HISTORY

       Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is revision 1.16, dated 1996/09/06.

SEE ALSO

       libinn(3), moderators(5).

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