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CONTROLPERM(5CN)					      CONTROLPERM(5CN)

NAME
       controlperm - responses to news control messages

DESCRIPTION
       controlperm  controls  how the news system responds to control messages
       (specifically, at the moment, newgroup and rmgroup  control  messages).
       It's  an	ASCII text file, each line consisting of four fields separated
       by white	space.

       The first field is a newsgroup pattern,	as  described  in  newssys(5),
       specifying the newsgroup(s) to which the	line applies.

       The  second  field is either ``any'' or an Internet-style mail address.
       If the latter form is used, the line applies only to  control  messages
       from that author	(with that address in the From header).

       The  third  field  is  a	set of opcode letters indicating which control
       messages	the line applies to:

	      n	 newgroup

	      r	 rmgroup
       The opcode letters can be in any	order, e.g. either  ``nr''  or	``rn''
       indicates applicability to both newgroup	and rmgroup.

       The  fourth field is a set of flag letters indicating how to respond to
       a control message that meets all	the applicability tests:

	      y	 Do it.

	      n	 Don't do it.

	      q	 Don't report it at all.

	      v	 Report	it, and	include	the entire control message in the  re-
		 port.
       Either  y  or  n	 must be present.  In the absence of both q and	v, the
       message is reported using a terse format.

       The first line which is applicable to a control message governs the re-
       sponse to that control message.	If no line is applicable, the  message
       is handled as if	there was an applicable	line with flag letters yv.

FILES
       /var/lib/news/controlperm

SEE ALSO
       news(5),	newssys(5), RFC1036 (or	successor)

HISTORY
       Invented	by Henry Spencer for the C News	project.

BUGS
       Ought to	be extended to the other control messages.

				  7 Sept 1994		      CONTROLPERM(5CN)

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