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        !            12: .TH POSTNEWS 1 "January 17, 1986"
        !            13: .ds ]W  Version B 2.10.3
        !            14: .SH NAME
        !            15: postnews \- submit news articles
        !            16: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            17: .BR postnews " [ "
        !            18: .IR article " ]"
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I Postnews
        !            21: is a program that calls
        !            22: .IR inews (1)
        !            23: to submit news articles to USENET.
        !            24: The commands should be self-explanatory, however you may type
        !            25: .Ch ?
        !            26: to most prompts to get a list of the possible options (obviously, except
        !            27: for the \*(LqSubject\*(Rq of the article, \*(LqKeywords\*(Rq, etc).
        !            28: It will prompt the user for the title of the article
        !            29: (which should be a phrase suggesting the subject,
        !            30: so that persons reading the news can tell if they
        !            31: are interested in the article), for the newsgroup,
        !            32: and for the distribution.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: The distribution is typically a geographic region or corporate region.
        !            35: Typing
        !            36: .Ch ?
        !            37: will get you a list of the possible distributions. You should
        !            38: use the minimum distribution that will serve your purpose for
        !            39: posting the article. For example, if you are selling your car in New
        !            40: Jersey, it is doubtful that someone in California (or Europe) would
        !            41: be willing to buy it. If you don't restrict the distribution to your
        !            42: local area, you will cause this article to be transmitted unnecessarily
        !            43: around the world.  Currently, with a distribution of
        !            44: .BR world ,
        !            45: the article
        !            46: will be seen in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea and
        !            47: other places.
        !            48: A distribution header will, if given, be included in the headers
        !            49: of the article, affecting where the article is distributed to.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: After entering the title, newsgroup, and distribution,
        !            52: the user will be placed in an editor.
        !            53: If
        !            54: .B EDITOR
        !            55: is set in the environment, that editor will be used.
        !            56: Otherwise,
        !            57: .I postnews
        !            58: defaults to
        !            59: .IR vi (1).
        !            60: .PP
        !            61: An initial set of headers containing the subject and newsgroups
        !            62: will be placed in the editor, followed by a blank line.
        !            63: The article should be appended to the buffer, after the blank line.
        !            64: The initial headers can be changed, or additional headers added,
        !            65: while in the editor, if desired.
        !            66: .PP
        !            67: After you have finished typing in your article, you have the
        !            68: option of sending it, listing it, quitting without sending it or
        !            69: saving it in a file so you can finish editing it and post it later.
        !            70: .PP
        !            71: For posting news from a program, see
        !            72: .IR inews (1).
        !            73: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            74: Mail(1),
        !            75: binmail(1),
        !            76: checknews(1),
        !            77: inews(1),
        !            78: mailx(1),
        !            79: readnews(1),
        !            80: vi(1),
        !            81: news(5),
        !            82: newsrc(5),
        !            83: expire(8),
        !            84: recnews(8),
        !            85: sendnews(8),
        !            86: uurec(8)

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