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__END__
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################################ Documentation #################################
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=head1 NAME
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yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>]
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=head1 REQUIREMENTS
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=over 2
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Perl 5.8 or later
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Net::NNTP
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Date::Calc
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Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs.
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting
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frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary
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headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
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=head2 Configuration
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F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
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a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
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of definitions in the form of I<param = value>.
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=over 4
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=item B<Name> = I<project name>
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A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID.
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This value must be set.
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=item B<File> = I<file name>
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A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers
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(subheaders in the news.answers style).
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This value must be set.
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=item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period>
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The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted.
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B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed
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since the last posting.
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You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
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or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
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This value must be set.
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=item B<Expires> = I<time period>
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The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
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header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
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You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
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or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
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This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
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=item B<From> = I<author>
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The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the
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message.
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This value must be set.
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=item B<Subject> = I<subject>
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The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the
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message.
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the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>.
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This value must be set.
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A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will
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appear in the Newsgroups header of the message.
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This value must be set.
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=item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster>
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A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
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as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
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A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
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the Message-ID header of the message.
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Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
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of the last posting.
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The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
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=head2 Example configuration file
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# name of your project
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Name = 'testpost'
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# file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
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# ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
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# use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
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# time period after which the posting should expire
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# use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
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# (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
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# Last-Modified pseudo header).
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Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
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X-Header: Some text'
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Name = 'othertest'
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File = 'test.txt'
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Posting-frequency = '2m'
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From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>'
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Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>'
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NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test'
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Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
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generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
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contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
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=item B<-h> (help)
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Print out version and usage information on B<yapfaq> and exit.
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Print out status information while running to STDOUT.
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Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting.
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=item B<-d> (dry run)
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Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't
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Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the
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do without embarassing yourself on Usenet. The status files are not
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=head1 FILES
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Status data on FAQs.
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php> will have the current
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=head1 AUTHOR
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Original author (until version 0.5b from 2003):
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Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
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Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
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This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
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