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|   | vnews-setup - Newsgroup Management Utility |  |  | A command-line utility called vnews-setup is available 
                    that can be used to manage Vnews 
                    newsgroups. To use vnews-setup, first connect to your 
                    Virtual Private Servers via Telnet 
                    or SSH. Once you have connected, enter the following 
                    at the command-line.  
                    
                    % cd
% vnews-setup
        Enter "A" to ADD a new newsgroup
        Enter "D" to DELETE a newsgroup
        Enter "I" for group information
        Enter "L" for short list of all groups
        Enter "M" to MODIFY a newsgroup
        Enter 'Q' to Quit
Option [A]:  |  |   |  |   | Features |  |  | A summary of vnews-setup commands follows. 
                     
                       Adding a NewsgroupType "A" to add a new newsgroup. There will be a list 
                        of questions that follow.
  
                       
                        Newsgroup name 
                          - name of the newsgroup, such as "Test". 
                        Newsgroup path 
                          - where the newsgroup's database is stored, the default 
                          is "/var/news". 
                        Hostname - 
                          hostname of the Virtual Private Servers such as domain.name 
                        IP address 
                          - IP address of the Virtual Private Servers such as 191.166.1.15 
                          
                        Expire time 
                          - time in hours; all posts older than this will expire 
                          such as (1) will expire in 1 hour. 
                        Expire size 
                          - size in KB, when spool exceeds this size, then old 
                          posts are expired as necessary to keep the spool the 
                          correct size. 
                        Newsgroup read 
                          only - this makes group read only, meaning users cannot 
                          post to group. 
                        Information 
                          correct - vnews-setup will verify information 
                          is correct before creating the group. 
                       
                        To quit at any 
                        time, use Ctrl-C.  vnews-setup 
                        will create the database in the specified location with 
                        the specified attributes. Users can access the newsgroup 
                        with the proper authentication. 
                     
                       Removing a 
                        NewsgroupType "D" to delete an existing newsgroup. You will be 
                        asked what group to delete and if you are sure you want 
                        to delete this group. If you want to delete this newsgroup 
                        type "Y" to continue deleting.
 
                       Viewing Newsgroup 
                        InformationType "I" to view newsgroup information. You will be asked 
                        the name of the newsgroup to display. Once you have entered 
                        the name of a newsgroup, the information for that newsgroup 
                        will be displayed.
 
                       Listing NewsgroupsType "L" to view a list of available newsgroups.
 
                       Modifying 
                        a NewsgroupType "M" to modify an existing newsgroup. The first question 
                        is the name of the newsgroup you wish to modify, such 
                        as mycompany.announcement. Once you have given the name 
                        of the newsgroup to modify, the following questions are 
                        the same as those asked when adding a newsgroup.
 
                       Quitting vnews-setupTo quit vnews-setup, type "Q" and you will be returned 
                        back to the command line.
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