Local News Spool Specific Variables

nnspool-inews-program

Specifies a program to post news. This is default to the variable news-inews-program which is default to `inews'.

nnspool-inews-switches

Specifies switches for the function nnspool-request-post to pass to the command `inews' for posting news. Its default value is ("-h").

nnspool-spool-directory

Specifies a directory of a local news spool. This is default to the variable news-path which is default to `/usr/spool/news'.

nnspool-active-file

Specifies an active file of the Bnews system for a local news spool. Its default value is `/usr/lib/news/active'.

nnspool-history-file

Specifies a history file of the Bnews system for a local news spool. Its default value is `/usr/lib/news/history'. Some machines may not have this file. In this case, commands to refer to articles by Message-IDs will not work at all (see section Referencing Articles).