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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), speci-
     fying 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  mes-
     sages the line applies to:

	    n  newgroup

	    r  rmgroup
     The  opcode letters can be in any order, e.g. either ``nr'' or ``rn'' indi-
     cates 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 report.
     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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