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NAME
       sinntp - tiny non-interactive NNTP client

SYNOPSIS
       sinntp command [options...] [args...]

DESCRIPTION
       sinntp is a tiny NNTP client originally designed to work in non-interactive mode. Following operations are supported:

       o   sending articles to the server,

       o   fetching new articles to the mbox file,

       o   downloading individual messages in RFC822 format,

       o   listing available newsgroups.

COMMANDS
       sinntp provides following commands:

       o   get,

       o   list,

       o   pull,

       o   push.

       Above commands may also be invoked via convenience wrappers named in nntp-command scheme (e.g.  nntp-get). See wrappers' manual pages for
       command synopsis and description.

GLOBAL OPTIONS
       --version
	   Show program's version number and exit.

       -h, --help
	   Show short help message end exit.

       -v, --verbose
	   Be more verbose (use multiple times to increase verbosity).

       -q, --quiet
	   Be less verbose (use multiple times to decrease verbosity).

       -p, --plugin=plugin
	   Load and use plugin.

       -S, --server=host, --server=host:port
	   Connect to the specified host and port. If omitted sinntp will use address stored in /etc/nntp/server file or in NNTPSERVER variable
	   (the latter takes precedence over the former).

       -U, --username=username
	   Use specified username for authentication.

       -P, --password=password
	   Use specified password for authentication.

	   Use with caution! The password may be visible to other users of the system.

       --no-netrc
	   Do not attempt to read authentication credentials (username, password) from the ~/.netrc file.

       -t, --timeout=timeout
	   Wait maximum timeout seconds during communication with the server.

       Also, a particular command can support additional options.

PLUGINS
       Pulled and pushed messages can be altered by the plugin mechanism. Currently sinntp package includes following plugins:

       o   mimify - add default charset to the message when it is not present,

       o   strip_headers - strip specified headers from message.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       NNTPSERVER
	   Address of the default NNTP server. It can be overridden by --server option.

       XDG_DATA_HOME
	   Location of sinntp data directory. See XDG Base Directory Specification[1] for details.

FILES
       /etc/news/server
	   A file with NNTP server address. Can be overridden by NNTPSERVER environment variable or --server option.

       $XDG_DATA_HOME/sinntp/
	   Location of sinntp data files.

SEE ALSO
       nntp-get(1), nntp-list(1), nntp-push(1), nntp-pull(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Piotr Lewandowski, Jakub Wilk

NOTES
	1. XDG Base Directory Specification
	   http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/

sinntp 1.5							    2012-04-18								 SINNTP(1)