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2e4c6984e6 Add option to add common headers to all projects.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-02-07 19:38:53 +01:00
66435ceda0 Update POD.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-02-07 19:21:03 +01:00
cc881f7897 Warn of unencoded 8bit characters in header or body if -d is set.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-02-07 19:20:10 +01:00
1e7bccbbec Disabled projects must be posted, if forced.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-02-07 18:59:38 +01:00
3801b61d77 Check for illegal headers and stop posting.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-02-07 18:53:42 +01:00
41d307a2fe Accept a posting-frequency of "never", too.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-02-07 18:48:27 +01:00
67182bc643 Fix ChangeLog format.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-31 22:41:22 +01:00
c969b7c2c1 Add conversion script for old status files.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-31 11:19:33 +01:00
de5163c877 Change version suffix to '-pre'(release).
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 18:50:36 +01:00
ae4714e30d Imply -o for --testing as long as -n is not set.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 18:42:41 +01:00
6b73bdfdd3 Don't modify headers while --testing if -o is set.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 18:31:48 +01:00
9177618643 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Release 1.0.1

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 18:19:32 +01:00
da1e16083d Release 1.0.1
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 18:15:45 +01:00
7e7285d126 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Remove debugging code.
  Add %t placeholder for Message-ID.
  Fix attribution.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 15:56:28 +01:00
e1a5b7193a Remove debugging code.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 15:52:09 +01:00
d770c7e3da Add %t placeholder for Message-ID.
Feature parity with 0.9

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 15:51:10 +01:00
be767b2fbe Fix attribution.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 15:49:45 +01:00
687ea4dd1f Bump version.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-24 15:49:36 +01:00
2bfafad4cb Bump version.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
2026-01-23 22:32:57 +01:00
3 changed files with 296 additions and 213 deletions

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@ -1,27 +1,42 @@
yapfaq 1.1.0 (unreleased)
* --test: Set Supersedes and don't modify Message-ID if -o is set.
* --test: Force -o if -n is not set.
* Add conversion script for old status files.
* Accept a posting-frequency of "never", too.
* Check for illegal headers and stop posting, if found.
* Disabled projects must be posted, if forced.
* Warn of unencoded 8bit characters in header or body if -d is set.
* Update POD.
* Add an option for a common headers file for all projects.
yapfaq 1.0.1 (2025-01-24)
* Add %t placeholder for Message-ID (feature parity with 0.9).
* Remove debugging code.
yapfaq 1.0.0 (2025-01-23)
* 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.
* Use local time.
* 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.
* Use local time.
yapfaq 0.10 (unreleased)
* Add: Charset definition.
* Add: Charset definition.
Fixes #29.
* Mark yapfaq.pl executable.
* Change mail address.
* Mark yapfaq.pl executable.
* Change mail address.
yapfaq 0.9.1 (2010-11-01)
* Fix: Test mode: Add X-Supersedes only if Supersedes would be set.
* 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)
* Drop use of Fcntl (not needed).
* Drop use of Fcntl (not needed).
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Tue Jun 15 22:30:11 2010 +0200
* Changed packaging.
* Changed packaging.
- Drop .yapfaqrc and yapfaq.cfg in favor of .yapfaqrc.sample
and yapfaq.cfg.sample; rename test.txt to sample.txt.
- Change contents of these files to reflect the new names.
@ -29,9 +44,9 @@ 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.
* 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: Modify headers for test posts.
- Change MID so you can do multiple tests.
- Replace Supersedes with X-Supersedes so you do not delete
postings while testing.
@ -39,39 +54,39 @@ 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.
* 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)
* Fix: Accept leading/trailing whitespace for Last-modified pseudo header.
* 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)
* Fix broken implementation of "Program" in .yapfaqrc.
* 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)
* Documentation: Add Git repository and bug tracker.
* 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.
* 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.
* New: Add "Program" to .yapfaqrc.
Fixes #2.
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu May 13 19:31:49 2010 +0200
* Change: Drop PGP support.
* 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).
* 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.
* 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
* Documentation changes
- Change sample yapfaq.cfg (mark optional settings).
Optional settings are mostly commented out.
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 09:10:05 2010 +0200
@ -80,9 +95,9 @@ 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.
* 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".
* 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
override this setting via .yapfaqrc without changing
@ -90,25 +105,25 @@ yapfaq 0.8 (2010-05-13)
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 14 09:11:45 2010 +0200
yapfaq 0.7 (2010-04-14)
* Change: readconfig(): Make mid-format optional.
* 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.
* Fix: Save status information only after successful posting.
- New Function: updatestaus
Move status information save to updatestatus.
- post() now returns exit code.
- 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.
* 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
* New: runtime configuration
- Moved configuration to a hash (%Config).
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Wed Apr 7 22:09:15 2010 +0200
- Add rcfile (.yapfaqrc) for configuration.
@ -123,41 +138,41 @@ 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* Code optimisation (verbose output).
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Apr 8 08:00:04 2010 +0200
yapfaq 0.6.2 (2010-02-26)
* Fix default for Expires.
* 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)
* Fix: Test mode must not update status information.
* 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)
* Add documentation in POD format.
* Add documentation in POD format.
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Thu Feb 25 17:00:07 2010 +0100
* Add commandline options.
* Add commandline options.
- Using Getopt::Std.
- Implement option '-h':
Display version and usage information.
@ -177,7 +192,7 @@ 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.
* Add variable expiry.
- New Function: calcdelta
Move date calculation for new posting date to
calcdelta.
@ -185,21 +200,21 @@ 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
* 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.
* 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.
* Fix: Accept case-insensitive Last-modified pseudo header.
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> Sun Feb 21 18:39:05 2010 +0100
* Change defaults
* 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.
* Update header/introduction, bump version/copyright information.
Fix typo/language in header/introduction.
Add new author / copyright information.
Bump version to 0.6-unreleased.

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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
# It can be redistributed and/or modified under the same terms under
# which Perl itself is published.
my $VERSION = "1.0.0";
my $VERSION = "1.1.0-pre";
(my $NAME = $0) =~ s#^.*/##;
use utf8;
@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ use Path::Tiny; # CPAN
use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptions);
Getopt::Long::config ('bundling');
use Data::Dumper;
# configuration #######################
# may be overwritten via ~/.yapfaqrc or command line
my %Config;
@ -47,6 +45,8 @@ $Config{'nntp-pass'} = ''; # password for AUTHINFO
$Config{'force-auth'} = 0; # set to 1 to force authentication
$Config{'starttls'} = 0; # set to 1 to use STARTTLS if possible
$Config{'xtraheaders'} = ''; # path to file with extra headers
$Config{'verbose'} = 0; # set to 1 to get status messages
$Config{'debug'} = 0; # set to 1 to get some debug output,
# set to 2 for NNTP debug output
@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ GetOptions ('p|project=s' => \$OptProject,
'nntp-pass=s' => \$Config{'nntp-pass'},
'starttls!' => \$Config{'starttls'},
'force-auth!' => \$Config{'force-auth'},
'xtraheaders=s' => \$Config{'xtraheaders'},
'v|verbose!' => \$Config{'verbose'},
'd|debug!' => \$Config{'debug'},
'c|config' => \&ShowConf,
@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ if ($OptSimulation) {
$Config{'verbose'} = 1;
}
# -t implies -o if -n is not set
$OptOutput = 1 if $OptTest && !$OptNewsgroup;
### create list of @Projects from $Config{'datadir'} unless -p is set
my @Projects;
if (!$OptProject) {
@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ sub AddDuration {
### ------------------------------------------------------------------
### return a hash of all headers (ignoring duplicate headers)
# taken and modified from tinews.pl
# taken and modified from pgpverify.pl
sub ParseHeaders {
my @Headers = @_;
my (%Header, $Label, $Value);
@ -376,6 +380,11 @@ sub BuildPosting {
warn "W: '$BodyFile' not found.\n";
return '';
}
my $XtraHeaderFile = $Config{'xtraheaders'} if $Config{'xtraheaders'};
if ($Config{'xtraheaders'} && not -r $XtraHeaderFile) {
warn "W: '$XtraHeaderFile' not found.\n";
return '';
}
# today (TD)
my $TD = DateTime->now->set_time_zone('local');
@ -403,6 +412,10 @@ sub BuildPosting {
print "- Reading headers ($Project.hdr) and body ($Project.txt).\n" if $Config{'debug'};
my @Headers = path($HeaderFile)->lines;
my @Body = path($BodyFile)->lines;
if ($Config{'xtraheaders'}) {
print "- Reading extra headers ($XtraHeaderFile).\n" if $Config{'debug'};
push @Headers, path($XtraHeaderFile)->lines ;
}
my %Header = &ParseHeaders(@Headers);
# check for mandatory headers
@ -411,6 +424,17 @@ sub BuildPosting {
return '';
}
# check for illegal headers
my $FoundIllegalHeader = 0;
foreach (qw/Date User-Agent X-Newsreader X-Mailer Injection-Date
Injection-Info NNTP-Posting-Date NNTP-Posting-Host X-Trace/) {
if ($Header{lc($_)}) {
warn "W: $_ header may not be set in '$HeaderFile'.\n";
$FoundIllegalHeader = 1;
}
}
return '' if $FoundIllegalHeader;
# add Date:
push @Headers, 'Date: ' . $TD->strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z') . "\n";
# add missing Message-ID:
@ -418,6 +442,16 @@ sub BuildPosting {
# add User-Agent
push @Headers, "User-Agent: $NAME/$VERSION\n";
# check for unencoded 8bit characters in header or body in --debug mode
# taken from tinews.pl
if ($Config{'debug'}) {
print "- Raw 8-bit data in headers.\n" if (grep {/[\x80-\xff]/} @Headers);
# check for MIME headers and warn for 8bit characters in body if missing
if (!defined($Header{'mime-version'}) || !defined($Header{'content-type'})) {
print "- 8bit data in body without MIME-headers.\n" if (grep {/[\x80-\xff]/} @Body);
}
}
# parse pseudo headers from body
my ($InRealBody,$LastModified,$PostingFrequency);
foreach (@Body) {
@ -464,17 +498,20 @@ sub BuildPosting {
# %m current month
# %d current day
# %p PID
# %t timestamp (seconds since epoch)
if (/^Message-ID: /i) {
my $TDY = $TD->strftime('%Y');
my $TDM = $TD->strftime('%m');
my $TDD = $TD->strftime('%d');
my $TimeStamp = time;
$_ =~ s/\%n/$Project/g;
$_ =~ s/\%y/$TDY/g;
$_ =~ s/\%m/$TDM/g;
$_ =~ s/\%d/$TDD/g;
$_ =~ s/\%p/$$/g;
$_ =~ s/\%t/$TimeStamp/g;
# add random part in test mode
if ($OptTest) {
if ($OptTest && !$OptOutput) {
my $random = sprintf("%08X", rand(0xFFFFFFFF));
$_ =~ s/</<test-$random-/;
}
@ -490,7 +527,7 @@ sub BuildPosting {
}
# add Supersedes: if set
if (/^Supersedes: /) {
if ($LastMID && !$OptTest) {
if ($LastMID && (!$OptTest or $OptOutput)) {
$_= "Supersedes: $LastMID\n";
} else {
$_ = '';
@ -511,8 +548,8 @@ sub BuildPosting {
}
}
# not due if Posting-Freqency is "none"
if ($PostingFrequency =~ /none/) {
# not due if Posting-Freqency is "none" or never
if ($PostingFrequency =~ /none|never/ && !$OptForce) {
print "... is disabled.\n" if $Config{'verbose'} or $Config{'debug'};
return '';
}
@ -723,6 +760,14 @@ Use a TLS encrypted connection (via STARTTLS) if available.
You can override this option on the command line by using
B<--starttls> or B<--nostarttls> accordingly.
=item B<xtraheaders> = I<path>
Path to a file with common headers for all project files. Those
headers will be appended to each project.
You can override this option on the command line by using
B<--xtraheaders> = I<path>.
=back
=head2 Project files
@ -736,7 +781,14 @@ files need to be in B<datadir>.
Needs to have at least I<From:>, I<Subject:> and I<Newsgroups:> and
can contain all other headers that the posting should have. Headers
must conform to RFC 5536 and RFC 5322 and use MIME encoded words for
8bit characters. B<yapfaq> won't convert headers.
8bit characters. B<yapfaq> won't convert headers, but will warn of
unencoded 8bit characters in B<--debug> mode. Longer headers should
be folded; B<yapfaq> won't fold headers.
The headers file must not contain any of the following headers:
I<Date:>, I<User-Agent:>, I<X-Newsreader:>, I<X-Mailer:>,
I<Injection-Date:>, I<Injection-Info:>, I<NNTP-Posting-Date:>,
I<NNTP-Posting-Host:> or I<X-Trace:>.
I<Subject:> may contain a I<%LM> placeholder that will be replaced
with the I<Last-modified:> pseudo-header from the text file
@ -747,11 +799,12 @@ curly brackets and spaces) is removed.
If a I<Message-ID:> header is present, placeholders in that header
will be replaced: I<%n> with the project name, I<%y> with the current
year (YYYY), I<%m> with the current month (MM), I<%d> with the
current day (DD) and I<%p> with the current process ID (PID) of
B<yapfaq>. If no I<Message-ID:> header is present, the I<Message-ID>
will be generated with the hostname of the system B<yapfaq> is
running on and I<%n-%y-%m-%d> as template for the left hand side. If
the I<Message-ID:> header in the headers file does not contain
current day (DD), I<%p> with the current process ID (PID) of
B<yapfaq> and I<%t> with a timestamp timestamp (seconds since epoch).
If no I<Message-ID:> header is present, the I<Message-ID> will be
generated with the hostname of the system B<yapfaq> is running on and
I<%n-%y-%m-%d> as template for the left hand side. If the
I<Message-ID:> header in the headers file does not contain
placeholders, the next repost will most probably fail.
If an I<Expires:> header is present, it must contain a time period of
@ -797,7 +850,8 @@ I<Last-modified:> and I<Posting-frequency> will be evaluated by
B<yapfaq>.
If your content contains 8bit characters, you'll need suitable MIME
headers in your headers file.
headers in your headers file. B<yapfaq> will warn of unencoded 8bit
characters with missung MIME headers in B<--debug> mode.
B<Example text file with pseudo-headers>
@ -841,7 +895,7 @@ unique I<Message-ID:> (and no I<Supersedes:> header).
Don't post via NNTP, but print to STDOUT.
Combine with B<--test> to avoid updating project status.
Use B<--test> instead to avoid updating project status.
Intended for testing purposes or to pipe in another program like
I<inews> or I<tinews.pl>. If you want to pipe the output to another
@ -859,20 +913,18 @@ Display this man page and exit.
=item B<-s>, B<--simulation>
Simulation mode. Don't post, just show which projects would be due.
Implies B<--test> and B<--verbose>.
Implies B<--test> (without B<--output>) and B<--verbose>.
Can be combined with B<--project> to show if just one project is due.
=item B<-t>, B<--test>
Test mode. Don't update project status (time and Message-ID of last
posting), dont' add a I<Supersedes:> header and modify the
I<Message-ID:> with a random part.
posting); if project is posted to Usenet, dont' add a I<Supersedes:>
header and modify the I<Message-ID:> with a random part.
The text(s) will still be posted if due or forced by B<--force>.
Combine with B<--output> to redirect output to STDOUT or with
B<--newsgroup> to override the I<Newsgroups:> header.
Implies B<--output> (to redirect output to STDOUT) as long as
B<--newsgroup> (to override the I<Newsgroups:> header) is not set.
=item B<-V>, B<--version>
@ -909,16 +961,16 @@ that are not:
Do a test run of your I<example> text and and print it on STDOUT
(whether ist is due or not):
yapfaq.pl -t -f -o -p example
(or yapfaq.pl -tfop example)
yapfaq.pl -t -f -p example
(or yapfaq.pl -tfp example)
The same, with debugging output (add "-d"):
yapfaq.pl -tfdop example
yapfaq.pl -tfdp example
Force a test post of your I<example> text to I<alt.test>, even if
the text is not due to be posted (same as before, just replace "-o"
by "-n alt-test"):
the text is not due to be posted (same as before, just add
"-n alt-test"):
yapfaq.pl -t -f -p example -n alt.test

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@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
#
# Convert pre-1.0 yapfaq status file to new format
#
# Usage: convert.pl < old.txt.cfg > new.cfg
while (<>) {
if (/Lastpost/) {
$_ =~ /Lastpost:\s(\d\d?\.\d\d?\.\d\d\d\d)/;
print "Last-Posted: $1\n";
}
if (/LastMID/) {
$_ =~ /LastMID:\s(<[^>]+>)/;
print "Last-Message-ID: $1\n";
}
}