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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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