NAME

     nntpsend.ctl - list of sites to feed via nntpsend

DESCRIPTION

     The  file  /usr/local/news/etc/nntpsend.ctl  specifies   the
     default list of sites to be fed by nntpsend(8).

     Comments begin with  a  number  sign  (``#'')  and  continue
     through  the  end of the line.  Blank lines and comments are
     ignored.  All other lines  should  consist  of  four  fields
     separated by a colon.

     The first field is the name of the site as specified in  the
     newsfeeds(5) file.

     The second field should be the hostname or IP address of the
     remote site.

     The third field, if non-empty, specifies  the  default  tail
     truncation  size  of  site's  batchfile.   If  this field is
     empty, no truncation is performed.  If this field is of  the
     form  ``maxsize-truncsize''  then it is passed to shrinkfile
     as ``-m maxsize -s truncsize'', otherwise  is  of  the  form
     ``truncsize'' then it is passed as ``-s truncsize''.

     The fourth field specifies  some  default  flags  passed  to
     innxmit(8).   The flag ``-a'' is always given to innxmit and
     need not appear hear.  If no ``-t timeout'' flag is given in
     this field and on the nntpsend command line, ``-t 180'' will
     be given to innxmit.

HISTORY

     Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> for  InterNet-
     News.  This is revision 1.7, dated 1996/09/13.

SEE ALSO

     innxmit(8), newsfeeds(5), nntpsend(8), trunc(1).