<html> <head> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> </head> <body> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> <a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br> <a href="#/etc/imapd.conf">/etc/imapd.conf</a><br> <a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.15 --> <!-- CreationDate: Mon Feb 3 16:31:16 2003 --> <!-- Total number of pages: 1 --> <!-- Page: 1 --> <!-- left margin: 100 --> <!-- right margin: 750 --> <a name="NAME"></a><h2>NAME</h2><p><font size=3>syncnews - synchronize IMAP news mailboxes with active file</p> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2>SYNOPSIS</h2><p><font size=3><B>syncnews</B> <font size=3>[ <font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</I> <font size=3>] <font size=3><I>active-file</p> </I><a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><font size=3><I>Syncnews</I> <font size=3>compares the list of IMAP news mailboxes with the news active file. News mailboxes which are not listed in the active file are removed. Newsgroups listed in the active file but not in the IMAP mailboxes file have IMAP mailboxes created.</p> <p><font size=3>A newsgroup must have a status of ``y'', ``m'', or ``n'' to be considered listed in the active file.</p> <p><font size=3><I>Syncnews</I> <font size=3>reads its configuration options out of the <font size=3><I>imapd.conf</I><font size=3>(5) file unless specified otherwise by <font size=3><B>-C</B><font size=3>.</p> <a name="OPTIONS"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><p><font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</I> <font size=3>Read configuration options from <font size=3><I>config-file</I><font size=3>.</p> <a name="FILES"></a><h2>FILES</h2><a name="/etc/imapd.conf"></a><h2>/etc/imapd.conf</h2><a name="BUGS"></a><h2>BUGS</h2><p><font size=3>If a newsgroup is listed in the active file, but does not have the news spool directories created, <font size=3><I>syncnews</I> <font size=3>will cre- ate those news spool directories in the process of creating the IMAP mailbox. The created directories are likely to then have ownership and permissions that do not permit the news server to write article files.<br> </p> </body> </html>
