.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TODO

.yapfaqrc.sample

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-# config options
+NNTPServer = 'localhost'
-# - datadir      path to data directory
+NNTPUser   = ''
-# - nntp-server  NNTP server name
+NNTPPass   = ''
-# - nntp-port    NNTP port
+Sender     = ''
-# - nntp-user    user name for AUTHINFO
+ConfigFile = 'yapfaq.cfg.sample'
-# - nntp-pass    password for AUTHINFO
+Program    = ''
-# - force-auth   force AUTHINFO
-# - starttls     1 = use STARTTLS if possible, 0 = don't
-# - verbose      1 = show status messages, 0 = don't
-# - debug        1 = show debug output, 0 = don't
-nntp-server = localhost
-nntp-port   = 119

ChangeLog

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-yapfaq 1.0.0 (unreleased)
-* Complete rewrite.
-* Add POD.
-* Fix file handling (UTF8 mode).
-* Show next posting date if posting is not due.
-* Add --simulation mode.
-* Update examples in POD.
-
 yapfaq 0.10 (unreleased)
+
 * Add: Charset definition.
   Fixes #29.
+
 * Mark yapfaq.pl executable.
+
 * Change mail address.
 
-yapfaq 0.9.1 (2010-11-01)
+
+Version 0.9.1
+
 * Fix: Test mode: Add X-Supersedes only if Supersedes would be set.
   Fixes #28.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sun Oct 31 18:42:52 2010 +0100
 
-yapfaq 0.9 (2010-09-11)
+
+Version 0.9
+
 * Drop use of Fcntl (not needed).
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Tue Jun 15 22:30:11 2010 +0200
+
 * Changed packaging.
   - Drop .yapfaqrc and yapfaq.cfg in favor of .yapfaqrc.sample
     and yapfaq.cfg.sample; rename test.txt to sample.txt.
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ yapfaq 0.9 (2010-09-11)
   - Add "INSTALLATION" chapter to documentation.
   Fixes #7.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat May 15 19:16:40 2010 +0200
+
 * Change default Message-ID format.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat May 15 19:04:24 2010 +0200
+	
 * Change: Modify headers for test posts.
   - Change MID so you can do multiple tests.
   - Replace Supersedes with X-Supersedes so you do not delete
@@ -38,38 +40,51 @@ yapfaq 0.9 (2010-09-11)
   - Change documentation accordingly.
   Fixes #6.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat May 15 17:22:20 2010 +0200
+
 * Change: Drop %LM from subject if Last-Modified is not found.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat May 15 16:36:52 2010 +0200
 
-yapfaq 0.8.2 (2010-05-15)
+
+Version 0.8.2
+
 * Fix: Accept leading/trailing whitespace for Last-modified pseudo header.
   Fixes #5.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat May 15 16:32:58 2010 +0200
 
-yapfap 0.8.1 (2010-05-14)
+
+Version 0.8.1
+
 * Fix broken implementation of "Program" in .yapfaqrc.
   Fixes #4.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>  2010-05-14 21:58:15
 
-yapfaq 0.8 (2010-05-13)
+
+Version 0.8
+
 * Documentation: Add Git repository and bug tracker.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu May 13 19:21:05 2010 +0200  
+
 * Making use of Getopt::Std's --help and --version.
   Fixes #3.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu May 13 19:33:25 2010 +0200    
+
 * New: Add "Program" to .yapfaqrc.
   Fixes #2.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu May 13 19:31:49 2010 +0200    
+
 * Change: Drop PGP support.
   You may use tinews.pl from
   ftp://ftp.tin.org/tin/tools/tinews.pl instead.
   Fixes #1.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu May 13 19:24:44 2010 +0200    
+
 * Fix: Consistency check for MID-Format fixed (regexp).
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 23:17:16 2010 +0200
+
 * New: MID-Format may now contain %t for a Unix timestamp.
   %t will be replaced by the number of seconds since the epoch.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 23:18:04 2010 +0200    
+
 * Documentation changes
   - Change sample yapfaq.cfg (mark optional settings).
     Optional settings are mostly commented out.
@@ -79,8 +94,10 @@ yapfaq 0.8 (2010-05-13)
     Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 10:02:48 2010 +0200
   - Add comments pointing to .yapfaqrc to source.
     Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 10:10:28 2010 +0200
+
 * readconfig(): Add file name to verbose output.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 09:38:23 2010 +0200    
+
 * Change: Reset default for NNTPServer to "unset".
   Since yapfaq fill fall back to Perl's build-in defaults,
   that should be no problem; furthermore user may now
@@ -88,13 +105,16 @@ yapfaq 0.8 (2010-05-13)
   the code.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 09:11:45 2010 +0200
 
-yapfaq 0.7 (2010-04-14)
+
+Version 0.7
+
 * Change: readconfig(): Make mid-format optional.
   Set defaults for expires and mid-format when they're invalid
   (defaults were already set in postfaq() if undefined).
   Change documentation accordingly; make it more clear if
   parameters are optional or mandatory.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Tue Apr 13 23:59:43 2010 +0200
+
 * Fix: Save status information only after successful posting.
   - New Function: updatestaus
      Move status information save to updatestatus.
@@ -102,11 +122,13 @@ yapfaq 0.7 (2010-04-14)
   - postfaq() will update status information only
     when post() was successful.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat Apr 10 23:19:44 2010 +0200
+
 * New: Add option '-s': pipe article to script.
   Use an external program to post - or otherwise handle -
   the article.
   Amend documentation.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat Apr 10 02:14:59 2010 +0200
+
 * New: runtime configuration
   - Moved configuration to a hash (%Config).
     Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 7 22:09:15 2010 +0200    
@@ -122,40 +144,54 @@ yapfaq 0.7 (2010-04-14)
     Add the according sections to the POD documentation.
     Fix some wording.
     Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat Apr 10 02:17:00 2010 +0200
+
 * Small changes.
   -t CONSOLE: Change delimiter.
   No leading \n is necessary.
   Add some more comments.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat Apr 10 01:43:19 2010 +0200
+
 * Add option '-V': print version and copyright information.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Apr 8 07:36:11 2010 +0200
+
 * Change: -h: Replace version/usage information with man page.
   Feed script to perldoc when called with -h.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Apr 8 06:21:05 2010 +0200
+
 * Change: Authenticate only if $NNTPUser is set.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sat Apr 10 00:49:24 2010 +0200
+
 * Add check for MID-Format and fallback to FQDN.
   Uses hostfqdn from Net::Domain.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Apr 8 08:33:01 2010 +0200
+
 * Add checks for mandatory content in configuration file.
   Enhance and optimize existing checks.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Apr 8 08:30:21 2010 +0200
+
 * Code optimisation (verbose output).
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Apr 8 08:00:04 2010 +0200
 
-yapfaq 0.6.2 (2010-02-26)
+
+Version 0.6.2
+
 * Fix default for Expires.
   Bug introduced in v0.6.1.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Fri Feb 26 09:29:01 2010 +0100
 
-yapfaq 0.6.1 (2010-02-26)
+
+Version 0.6.1
+
 * Fix: Test mode must not update status information.
   Also fix runtime warning concerning expires.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Fri Feb 26 08:28:06 2010 +0100
 
-yapfaq 0.6 (2010-02-25)
+  
+Version 0.6
+
 * Add documentation in POD format.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Feb 25 17:00:07 2010 +0100
+
 * Add commandline options.
   - Using Getopt::Std.
   - Implement option '-h':
@@ -176,6 +212,7 @@ yapfaq 0.6 (2010-02-25)
     'test mode', post to (an)other newsgroup(s) given on the command
     line or to STDOUT ('console').
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Feb 25 19:22:15 2010 +0100
+
 * Add variable expiry.
   - New Function: calcdelta
     Move date calculation for new posting date to
@@ -184,20 +221,25 @@ yapfaq 0.6 (2010-02-25)
     Parse 'Expires'.
     Use calcdelta to calculate expiry.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Feb 25 12:55:04 2010 +0100
+
 * Cleanup on yapfaq.cfg
   Reformat, translate to English language, add descriptions.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Feb 25 16:16:49 2010 +0100
+
 * Change handling of warnings/errors.
   Don't output line number if .cfg file can't be opened.
   Inform user when writing to ERROR.dat.
   Add script name and Warning/Error to warn() and die() output.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Feb 25 09:23:14 2010 +0100
+
 * Fix: Accept case-insensitive Last-modified pseudo header.
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sun Feb 21 18:39:05 2010 +0100
+
 * Change defaults
   Don't use PGP by default.
   Default $NNTPServer to 'localhost'
   Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Feb 25 15:15:57 2010 +0100
+
 * Update header/introduction, bump version/copyright information.
   Fix typo/language in header/introduction.
   Add new author / copyright information.

README.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # yapfaq
 
-**yapfaq** can post FAQs from text files to Usenet at configurable intervals and will add/modify headers automatically.
+**yapfaq** can post FAQs from text files to Usenet at configurable intervals and automatically adds the necessary headers.
 
 ## Description
 
-With **yapfaq**, FAQs or other texts can be posted regularly (every x days, weeks, months or years) to one or more newsgroups. Posting frequency as well as headers can be defined in a separate file. `Expires:` and `Supersedes:` can be set automatically by the script.
+With **yapfaq**, FAQs or other texts can be posted regularly (every x days, weeks, months or years) to one or more newsgroups. Posting frequency as well as the necessary headers - including the format of the `Message-ID:` headers that will be generated - can be defined in a configuration file. `Expires:` and `Supersedes:` will be set automatically by the script.
 
-The text can either be posted via NNTP (even using STARTTLS) or piped to another program (like `inews` or `tinews.pl`).
+The text can either be posted via NNTP or piped to another programme (like `inews` or `tinews.pl`).
 
 ## More information
 

data/sample.hdr

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-From: John Doe <john-doe@example.com>
-Subject: <%LM> test noreply ignore
-Newsgroups: local.test
-Message-ID: <%n-%y-%m-%d@domain.invalid>
-Posting-frequency: 1d
-Expires: 3m
-Supersedes: yes

yapfaq.cfg.sample

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# name of your project
+Name = 'sample'
+
+# file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
+# ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
+File = 'sample.txt'
+
+# how often your project should be posted
+# use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
+Posting-frequency = '1d'
+
+# time period after which the posting should expire
+# use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
+# This setting is optional. Default: 3m
+# Expires = '3m'
+
+# header "From:"
+From = 'John Doe <john-doe@example.com>'
+
+# header "Subject:"
+# (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
+#  Last-Modified pseudo header).
+Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
+
+# comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to
+# (header "Newsgroups:")
+NGs = 'de.test'
+
+# header "Followup-To:"
+# This setting is optional. Default: unset
+# Fup2 = 'poster'
+
+# Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
+# This setting is optional. Default: <%n-%y-%m-%d@YOURHOST>
+# MID-Format = '<%n-%y-%m-%d@domain.invalid>'
+
+# Character Encoding
+# This setting is optional. Default: UTF-8
+# Charset = ISO-8859-15
+
+# Supersede last posting?
+# This setting is optional. Default: unset
+Supersede = yes
+
+# extra headers (appended verbatim)
+# use this for custom headers like "Approved:"
+# This setting is optional. Default: unset
+ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid
+X-Header: Some text'
+
+# other projects may follow separated with "====="
+# =====

yapfaq.pl

@@ -0,0 +1,877 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl -W
+#
+# yapfaq Version 0.10 by Thomas Hochstein
+# (Original author: Marc Brockschmidt)
+#
+# This script posts any project described in its config-file. Most people
+# will use it in combination with cron(8).
+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
+#
+# It can be redistributed and/or modified under the same terms under 
+# which Perl itself is published.
+
+our $VERSION = "0.10";
+
+# Please do not change this setting!
+# You may override the default .rc file (.yapfaqrc) by using "-c .rc file"
+my $RCFile = '.yapfaqrc';
+# Valid configuration variables for use in a .rc file
+my @ValidConfVars = ('NNTPServer','NNTPUser','NNTPPass','Sender','ConfigFile','Program');
+
+################################### Defaults ###################################
+# Please do not change anything in here!
+# Use a runtime configuration file (.yapfaqrc by default) to override defaults.
+my %Config = (NNTPServer => "",
+              NNTPUser   => "",
+              NNTPPass   => "",
+              Sender     => "",
+              ConfigFile => "yapfaq.cfg",
+              Program    => "");
+
+################################# Main program #################################
+
+use strict;
+use Net::NNTP;
+use Net::Domain qw(hostfqdn);
+use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_YM Add_Delta_Days Delta_Days Today);
+use Getopt::Std;
+$Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION = 1;
+my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date
+
+# read commandline options
+my %Options;
+getopts('Vhvpdt:f:c:s:', \%Options);
+# -V: print version / copyright information
+if ($Options{'V'}) {
+  print "$0 v $VERSION\nCopyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc\@marcbrockschmidt.de>\nCopyright (c) 2010-2017 Thomas Hochstein <thh\@thh.name>\n";
+  print "This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.\n";
+  exit(0);
+}
+# -h: feed myself to perldoc
+if ($Options{'h'}) {
+  exec ('perldoc', $0);
+  exit(0);
+};
+# -f: set $Faq
+my ($Faq) = $Options{'f'} if ($Options{'f'});
+
+# read runtime configuration (configuration variables)
+$RCFile = $Options{'c'} if ($Options{'c'});
+if (-f $RCFile) {
+  readrc (\$RCFile,\%Config);
+} else {
+  warn "$0: W: .rc file $RCFile does not exist!\n";
+}
+
+$Options{'s'} = $Config{'Program'} if (defined($Config{'Program'}) && $Config{'Program'} && !defined($Options{'s'}));
+
+# read configuration (configured FAQs)
+my @Config;
+readconfig (\$Config{'ConfigFile'}, \@Config, \$Faq);
+
+# for each FAQ:
+# - parse configuration
+# - read status data
+# - if FAQ is due: call postfaq()
+foreach (@Config) { 
+  my ($LPD,$LPM,$LPY) = (01, 01, 0001);  #LP: Last posting-date
+  my ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD);                   #NP: Next posting-date
+  my $SupersedeMID;
+  
+  my ($ActName,$File,$PFreq,$Expire) =($$_{'name'},$$_{'file'},$$_{'posting-frequency'},$$_{'expires'});
+  my ($From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2)=($$_{'from'},$$_{'subject'},$$_{'ngs'},$$_{'fup2'});
+  my ($MIDF,$ReplyTo,$Charset,$ExtHea)=($$_{'mid-format'},$$_{'reply-to'},$$_{'charset'},$$_{'extraheader'});
+  my ($Supersede)            =($$_{'supersede'});
+
+  # -f: loop if not FAQ to post
+  next if (defined($Faq) && $ActName ne $Faq);
+	
+  # read status data
+  if (open (FH, "<$File.cfg")) {
+    while(<FH>){
+      if (/##;; Lastpost:\s*(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{2}(\d{2})?)/){
+        ($LPD, $LPM, $LPY) = ($1, $2, $3);
+      } elsif (/^##;;\s*LastMID:\s*(<\S+@\S+>)\s*$/) {
+        $SupersedeMID = $1;
+      }
+    }
+    close FH;
+  } else { 
+    warn "$0: W: Couldn't open $File.cfg: $!\n";
+  }
+
+  $SupersedeMID = "" unless $Supersede;
+
+  ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = calcdelta ($LPY,$LPM,$LPD,$PFreq);
+
+  # if FAQ is due: get it out
+  if (Delta_Days($NPY,$NPM,$NPD,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD) >= 0 or ($Options{'p'})) {
+    if($Options{'d'}) {
+	  print "$ActName: Would be posted now (but running in simulation mode [$0 -d]).\n" if $Options{'v'};
+	} else {
+      postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$Charset,\$ExtHea,\$Config{'Sender'},\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire);
+	}
+  } elsif($Options{'v'}) {
+    print "$ActName: Nothing to do.\n";
+  }
+}
+
+exit;
+
+#################################### readrc ####################################
+# Takes a filename and the reference to an array which contains the valid options
+
+sub readrc{
+  my ($File, $Config) = @_;
+
+  print "Reading $$File.\n" if($Options{'v'});
+
+  open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: Can't open $$File: $!";
+  while (<FH>) {
+    if (/^\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)/) {
+      if (grep(/$1/,@ValidConfVars)) {
+        $$Config{$1} = $2 if $2 ne '';
+      } else {
+        warn "$0: W: $1 is not a valid configuration variable (reading from $$File)\n";
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+################################## readconfig ##################################
+# Takes a filename, a reference to an array, which will hold hashes with
+# the data from $File, and - optionally - the name of the (single) FAQ to post
+
+sub readconfig{
+  my ($File, $Config, $Faq) = @_;
+  my ($LastEntry, $Error, $i) = ('','',0);
+
+  print "Reading configuration from $$File.\n" if($Options{'v'});
+
+  open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File: $!";
+  while (<FH>) {
+    next if (defined($$Faq) && !/^\s*=====\s*$/ && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
+    if (/^(\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)|^(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$))/ && not /^\s*$/) {
+      $LastEntry = lc($2) if $2;
+      $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= $3 if $3;  
+      $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= "\n$5" if $5 && $5;
+    } 
+    if (/^\s*=====\s*$/) {
+      $i++;
+    }
+  }
+  close FH;
+
+  #Check saved values:
+  for $i (0..$i){
+    next if (defined($$Faq) && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
+    unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
+      $Error .= "E: The name of your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n"
+    }
+    unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'file'}) && -f $$Config[$i]{'file'}) {
+      $Error .= "E: The file to post for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or does not exist.\n"
+    }
+    unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'from'}) && $$Config[$i]{'from'} =~ /\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}/) {
+      $Error .= "E: The From header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n"
+    }
+    unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'ngs'}) && $$Config[$i]{'ngs'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
+      $Error .= "E: The Newsgroups header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n"
+    }
+    unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'subject'})) {
+      $Error .= "E: The Subject header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined.\n"
+    }
+    unless(!$$Config[$i]{'fup2'} || $$Config[$i]{'fup2'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
+      $Error .= "E: The Followup-To header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n"
+    }
+    unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'}) && $$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
+      $Error .= "E: The Posting-frequency for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid.\n"
+    }
+    unless(!$$Config[$i]{'expires'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
+      warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
+      $$Config[$i]{'expires'} = '3m'; # set default (3 month) if expires is unset or invalid
+    }
+    unless(!$$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} || $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} =~ /^<\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}>/) {
+      warn "$0: W: The Message-ID format for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be invalid - set to default.\n";
+      $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} = '<%n-%y-%m-%d@'.hostfqdn.'>'; # set default if mid-format is invalid
+    }
+  }
+  $Error .= "-" x 25 . 'program terminated' . "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error;
+  die $Error if $Error;
+}
+
+################################# calcdelta #################################
+# Takes a date (year,  month and day) and a time period (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y, ...)
+# and adds the latter to the former
+
+sub calcdelta {
+  my ($Year, $Month, $Day, $Period) = @_;
+  my ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
+
+  if ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days.
+    ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_Days($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1));
+  } elsif ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM
+    ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_YM($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0)));
+  }
+  return ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
+}
+
+################################ updatestatus ###############################
+# Takes a MID and a status file name
+# and writes status information to disk
+
+sub updatestatus {
+  my ($ActName, $File, $date, $MID) = @_;
+  
+  print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n" if($Options{'v'});
+
+  open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!";
+  print FH "##;; Lastpost: $date\n";
+  print FH "##;; LastMID: $MID\n";
+  close FH;
+}
+  
+################################## postfaq ##################################
+# Takes a filename and many other vars.
+#
+# It reads the data-file $File and then posts the article.
+
+sub postfaq {
+  my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$Charset,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes,$Expire) = @_;
+  my (@Header,@Body,$MID,$InRealBody,$LastModified);
+
+  print "$$ActName: Preparing to post.\n" if($Options{'v'});
+  
+  #Prepare MID:
+  $$TDM = ($$TDM < 10 && $$TDM !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDM : $$TDM;
+  $$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD;
+  my $Timestamp = time;
+
+  $MID = $$MIDF;
+  $MID = '<%n-%y-%m-%d@'.hostfqdn.'>' if !defined($MID); # set to default if unset
+  $MID =~ s/\%n/$$ActName/g;
+  $MID =~ s/\%d/$$TDD/g;
+  $MID =~ s/\%m/$$TDM/g;
+  $MID =~ s/\%y/$$TDY/g;
+  $MID =~ s/\%t/$Timestamp/g;
+
+  #Now get the body:
+  open (FH, "<$$File");
+  while (<FH>){  
+    s/\r//;
+    push (@Body, $_), next if $InRealBody;
+    $InRealBody++ if /^$/;
+    $LastModified = $1 if /^Last-modified:\s*(\S+)\s*$/i;
+    push @Body, $_;
+  }
+  close FH;
+  push @Body, "\n" if ($Body[-1] ne "\n");
+
+  #Create Date- and Expires-Header:
+  my @time = localtime;
+  my $ss =  ($time[0]<10) ? "0" . $time[0] : $time[0];
+  my $mm =  ($time[1]<10) ? "0" . $time[1] : $time[1];
+  my $hh =  ($time[2]<10) ? "0" . $time[2] : $time[2];
+  my $day = $time[3];
+  my $month = ($time[4]+1<10) ? "0" . ($time[4]+1) : $time[4]+1;
+  my $monthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$time[4]];
+  my $wday = ("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat")[$time[6]];
+  my $year = (1900 + $time[5]);
+  my $tz = $time[8] ? " +0200" : " +0100";
+
+  $$Expire = '3m' if !$$Expire; # set default if unset: 3 month
+
+  my ($expY,$expM,$expD) = calcdelta ($year,$month,$day,$$Expire);
+  my $expmonthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$expM-1];
+
+  my $date = "$day $monthN $year " . $hh . ":" . $mm . ":" . $ss . $tz;
+  my $expdate = "$expD $expmonthN $expY $hh:$mm:$ss$tz";
+ 
+  #Replace %LM by the content of the news.answer-pseudo-header Last-modified:
+  if ($LastModified) {
+    $$Subject =~ s/\%LM/$LastModified/;
+  } else {
+    $$Subject =~ s/[<\[{\(]?\%LM[>\]}\)]?//;
+  }
+
+  # Set Charset
+  $$Charset = 'UTF-8' if !$$Charset;
+  my $ContentType = sprintf('text/plain; charset=%s',$$Charset);
+
+  # Test mode?
+  if($Options{'t'} and $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i) {
+    $$NG = $Options{'t'};
+    $MID =~ s/@/-$Timestamp-test@/g;
+    $$ExtraHeaders .= "\n" if $$ExtraHeaders;
+    $$ExtraHeaders .= "X-Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes;
+    $$ExtraHeaders .= "X-yapfaq-Remark: This is only a test message.";
+    undef $$Supersedes;
+  }
+
+  #Now create the complete Header:
+  push @Header, "From: $$From\n";
+  push @Header, "Newsgroups: $$NG\n";
+  push @Header, "Followup-To: $$Fup2\n" if $$Fup2;
+  push @Header, "Subject: $$Subject\n";
+  push @Header, "Message-ID: $MID\n";
+  push @Header, "Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes;
+  push @Header, "Date: $date\n";
+  push @Header, "Expires: $expdate\n";
+  push @Header, "Sender: $$Sender\n" if $$Sender;
+  push @Header, "Mime-Version: 1.0\n";
+  push @Header, "Reply-To: $$ReplyTo\n" if $$ReplyTo;
+  push @Header, "Content-Type: $ContentType\n";
+  push @Header, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
+  push @Header, "User-Agent: yapfaq/$VERSION\n";
+  if ($$ExtraHeaders) {
+    push @Header, "$_\n" for (split /\n/, $$ExtraHeaders);
+  }
+
+  my @Article = (@Header, "\n", @Body);
+
+  # post article
+  print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n" if($Options{'v'});
+  my $failure = post(\@Article);
+  
+  if ($failure) {
+    print "$$ActName: Posting failed, ERROR.dat may have more information.\n" if($Options{'v'} && (!defined($Options{'t'}) || $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i));
+  } else {
+    updatestatus($ActName, $File, "$day.$month.$year", $MID) if !defined($Options{'t'});
+  }
+}
+
+################################## post ##################################
+# Takes a complete article (Header and Body).
+#
+# It opens a connection to $NNTPServer and posts the message.
+
+sub post {
+  my ($ArticleR) = @_;
+  my ($failure) = -1;
+
+  # test mode - print article to console
+  if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) {
+    print "-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n";
+    print @$ArticleR;
+    print "------END---------------------------------------------------\n";
+  # pipe article to script
+  } elsif(defined($Options{'s'})) {
+    open (POST, "| $Options{'s'}") or die "$0: E: Cannot fork $Options{'s'}: $!\n";
+    print POST @$ArticleR;
+    close POST;
+    if ($? == 0) {
+      $failure = 0;
+    } else {
+      warn "$0: W: $Options{'s'} exited with status ", ($? >> 8), "\n";
+      $failure = $?;
+    }
+  # post article
+  } else {
+    my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($Config{'NNTPServer'}, Reader => 1) or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$Config{'NNTPServer'}'!\n";
+    $NewsConnection->authinfo ($Config{'NNTPUser'}, $Config{'NNTPPass'}) if (defined($Config{'NNTPUser'}));
+    $NewsConnection->post();
+    $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR);
+    $NewsConnection->dataend();
+
+    if ($NewsConnection->ok()) {
+      $failure = 0;
+    # Posting failed? Save to ERROR.dat
+    } else {
+	  warn "$0: W: Posting failed!\n";
+      open FH, ">>ERROR.dat";
+      print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n";
+      print FH $NewsConnection->code();
+      print FH $NewsConnection->message();
+      print FH "\n";
+      print FH @$ArticleR;
+      print FH "-" x 80, "\n";
+      close FH;
+    }
+    $NewsConnection->quit();
+  }
+  return $failure;
+}
+
+__END__
+
+################################ Documentation #################################
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<yapfaq> [B<-Vhvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>] [B<-s> I<program>] [B<-c> I<.rc file>]
+
+=head1 REQUIREMENTS
+
+=over 2
+
+=item -
+
+Perl 5.8 or later
+
+=item -
+
+Net::NNTP
+
+=item -
+
+Date::Calc
+
+=item -
+
+Getopt::Std
+
+=back
+
+Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs.
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting
+frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary
+headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
+
+=head2 Configuration
+
+F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
+a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
+of definitions in the form of I<param = value>. Everything after a "#"
+sign is ignored so you may comment your configuration file.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Name> = I<project name>
+
+A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID.
+
+This value must be set.
+
+=item B<File> = I<file name>
+
+A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers
+(subheaders in the news.answers style).
+
+This value must be set.
+
+=item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period>
+
+The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted.
+B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed
+since the last posting.
+
+You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
+or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
+
+This value must be set.
+
+=item B<Expires> = I<time period> (optional)
+
+The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
+header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
+
+You can declare this  time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
+or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
+
+This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
+
+=item B<From> = I<author>
+
+The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the
+message.
+
+This value must be set.
+
+=item B<Subject> = I<subject>
+
+The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the
+message.
+
+You may use the special string C<%LM> which will be replaced with
+the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>.
+
+This value must be set.
+
+=item B<NGs> = I<newsgroups>
+
+A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will
+appear in the Newsgroups header of the message.
+
+This value must be set.
+
+=item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster>  (optional)
+
+A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
+as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
+
+This setting is optional.
+
+=item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern>  (optional)
+
+A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
+the Message-ID header of the message.
+
+You may use the special strings C<%n> for the I<Name> of your project,
+C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month, C<%y>
+for the year and C<%t> for a time stamp (number of seconds since the
+epoch), respectively.
+
+This setting is optional; the default is '<%n-%y-%m-%d@I<YOURHOST>>'
+where I<YOURHOST> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the
+host B<yapfaq> is running on. Obviously that will only work if you
+have defined a reasonable hostname that the hostfqdn() function of
+Net::Domain can return.
+
+=item B<Charset> = I<encoding>  (optional)
+
+The character encoding of your FAQ. This setting is optional, but
+should match the encoding of your FAQ B<File>. Default is set to
+I<UTF-8>.
+
+This setting is copied verbatim to the I<Content-Type> header.
+
+=item B<Supersede> = I<yes>  (optional)
+
+Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
+of the last posting.
+
+This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out.
+
+=item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers>  (optional)
+
+The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
+your message so you can add custom headers like Approved.
+
+This setting is optional.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 Example configuration file
+
+    # name of your project
+    Name = 'testpost'
+    
+    # file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
+    # ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
+    File = 'test.txt'
+    
+    # how often your project should be posted
+    # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
+    Posting-frequency = '1d'
+    
+    # time period after which the posting should expire
+    # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
+    # Expires = '3m'
+    
+    # header "From:"
+    From = 'test@domain.invalid'
+    
+    # header "Subject:"
+    # (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
+    #  Last-Modified pseudo header).
+    Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
+    
+    # comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to
+    # (header "Newsgroups:")
+    NGs = 'de.test'
+    
+    # header "Followup-To:"
+    # Fup2 = 'poster'
+    
+    # Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
+    # MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
+    
+    # Character Encoding
+    # This setting is optional. Default: UTF-8
+    # Charset = ISO-8859-15
+    
+    # Supersede last posting?
+    Supersede = yes
+    
+    # extra headers (appended verbatim)
+    # use this for custom headers like "Approved:"
+    ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid
+    X-Header: Some text'
+    
+    # other projects may follow separated with "====="
+    =====
+    
+    Name = 'othertest'
+    File = 'test.txt'
+    Posting-frequency = '2m'
+    From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>'
+    Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>'
+    NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test'
+    Fup2 = 'de.test'
+    MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
+    Supersede = yes
+
+=head3 Status Information
+
+Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
+posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be
+generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
+contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
+was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation.
+
+=head2 Runtime Configuration
+
+Apart from configuring which FAQ(s) to post you may (re)set some
+runtime configuration variables via the .rcfile (by default
+F<.yapfaqrc>). F<.yapfaqrc> must contain one definition in the form of
+I<param = value> on each line; everything after a "#" sign is ignored.
+
+If you omit some settings they will be set to default values hardcoded
+in F<yapfaq.pl>.
+
+B<Please note that all parameter names are case-sensitive!>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<NNTPServer> = I<NNTP server> (mandatory)
+
+Host name of the NNTP server to post to. Must be set (or omitted; the
+default is "localhost"); if set to en empty string, B<yapfaq> falls
+back to Perl's build-in defaults (contents of environment variables
+NNTPSERVER and NEWSHOST; if not set, default from Net::Config; if not
+set, "news" is used).
+
+=item B<NNTPUser> = I<user name> (optional)
+
+User name used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
+USER>).
+
+This setting is optional; if it is not set, I<NNTPPass> is ignored and
+no authentication is tried.
+
+=item B<NNTPPass> = I<password> (optional)
+
+Password used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
+PASS>).
+
+This setting is optional; it must be set if I<NNTPUser> is present.
+
+=item B<Sender> = I<Sender header> (optional)
+
+The Sender header that will be added to every posted message.
+
+This setting is optional.
+
+=item B<ConfigFile> = I<configuration file> (mandatory)
+
+The configuration file defining the FAQ(s) to post. Must be set (or
+omitted; the default is "yapfaq.cfg").
+
+=item B<Program> = I<file name> (optional)
+
+A program the article is piped to instead of posting it to Usenet.
+See option "-f" below (which takes preference).
+
+This setting is optional.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 Example runtime configuration file
+
+    NNTPServer = 'localhost'
+    NNTPUser   = ''
+    NNTPPass   = ''
+    Sender     = ''
+    ConfigFile = 'yapfaq.cfg'
+    Program    = ''
+
+=head3 Using more than one runtime configuration
+
+You may use more than one runtime configuration file with the B<-c>
+option (see below).
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 3
+
+=item B<-V> (version)
+
+Print out version and copyright information on B<yapfaq> and exit.
+
+=item B<-h> (help)
+
+Print this man page and exit.
+
+=item B<-v> (verbose)
+
+Print out status information while running to STDOUT.
+
+=item B<-p> (post unconditionally)
+
+Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting.
+
+You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
+
+=item B<-d> (dry run)
+
+Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't
+update any status information.
+
+=item B<-t> I<newsgroup(s) | CONSOLE> (test)
+
+Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the
+(test) newsgroup(s) given after B<-t> as a comma-separated list or
+print the FAQs to STDOUT separated by lines of dashes if the special
+string C<CONSOLE> is given.  This can be used to preview what
+B<yapfaq> would do without embarassing yourself on Usenet. 
+
+The status files are not updated when this option is given.
+
+When this option is used to post to some other newsgroup(s), a(nother)
+timestamp is added to the Message-ID header and the Supersedes header
+is replaced by a special X-Supersedes header.
+
+You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
+
+=item B<-f> I<project name>
+
+Just deal with one FAQ only.
+
+By default B<yapfaq> will work on all FAQs that are defined in
+F<yapfaq.cfg>, check whether they are due for posting and - if they
+are - post them. Consequently when the B<-p> option is set all FAQs
+will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to
+achieve, so you can limit the operation of B<yapfaq> to the named FAQ
+only.
+
+=item B<-s> I<program> (pipe to script)
+
+Instead of posting the article(s) to Usenet pipe them to the external
+I<program> on STDIN (which may post the article(s) then). A return
+value of 0 will be considered success.
+
+For example, you may want to use the I<inews> utility from the INN package
+or the much more powerful replacement I<tinews.pl> from
+I<ftp://ftp.tin.org/tin/tools/tinews.pl> which is able to sign postings.
+
+If I<Program> is also defined in the runtime configuration file (by default
+F<.yapfaqrc>), B<-s> takes preference.
+
+=item B<-c> I<.rc file>
+
+Load another runtime configuration file (.rc file) than F<.yaofaq.rc>.
+
+You may for example define another usenet server to post your FAQ(s)
+to or load another configuration file defining (an)other FAQ(s).
+
+=back
+
+=head1 INSTALLATION
+
+Just copy the contents of the tarball in some directory and get started.
+
+You can post your first test with
+
+    yapfaq -c .yapfaqrc.sample
+
+or copy F<.yapfaqrc.sample> to F<.yapfaqrc> and F<yapfaq.cfg.sample>
+to F<yapfaq.cfg>, edit those files and get really started!
+
+=back
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+Post all FAQs that are due for posting:
+
+    yapfaq
+
+Do a dry run, showing which FAQs would be posted:
+
+    yapfaq -dv
+
+Do a test run and print on STDOUT what the FAQ I<myfaq> would look
+like when posted, regardless whether it is due for posting or not:
+
+    yapfaq -pt CONSOLE -f myfaq
+
+Do a "real" test run and post the FAQ I<myfaq> to I<de.test>, but only
+if it is due:
+
+    yapfaq -t de.test -f myfaq
+
+Post all FAQs (that are due for posting) using inews from INN:
+
+    yapfaq -s inews
+
+Do a dry run using a runtime configuration from .alternaterc, showing
+which FAQs would be posted:
+
+    yapfaq -dvc .alternaterc
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NNTPSERVER
+
+The default NNTP server to post to, used by the Net::NNTP module. You
+can also  specify the server using the runtime configuration file (by
+default F<.yapfaqrc>).
+
+=back
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item F<yapfaq.pl>
+
+The script itself.
+
+=item F<.yapfaqrc>
+
+Runtime configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
+
+=item F<yapfaq.cfg>
+
+Configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
+
+=item F<*.cfg>
+
+Status data on FAQs.
+
+The status files will be created on successful posting if they don't
+already exist. The first line of the file will be the date of the last
+time the FAQ was posted and the second line will be the message ID of
+the last post of that FAQ.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+Please report any bugs or feature requests to the author or use the
+bug tracker at L<https://code.virtcomm.de/thh/yapfaq/issues>!
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<https://th-h.de/net/software/yapfaq/> will have the current
+version of this program.
+
+This program is maintained using the Git version control system at
+L<https://code.virtcomm.de/thh/yapfaq/>.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
+
+Original author (up to version 0.5b, dating from 2003):
+Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
+
+Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
+
+This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut