


     PPPPOOOOSSSSTTTTNNNNEEEEWWWWSSSS((((1111))))	  XXXXEEEENNNNIIIIXXXX	3333....0000 ((((22221111	NNNNoooovvvv 1111999999990000))))	   PPPPOOOOSSSSTTTTNNNNEEEEWWWWSSSS((((1111))))



     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
	  postnews - simple interactive news-posting interface

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
	  ppppoooossssttttnnnneeeewwwwssss [ ----hhhh	headerfile ] [newsgroup]

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
	  _P_o_s_t_n_e_w_s provides a simple interactive interface for posting
	  news.	 It prompts the	user for the _n_e_w_s_g_r_o_u_p if it is	not
	  given	as an argument (more than one group can	be given, with
	  groups separated by commas but no white space), prompts for
	  the article's	subject, drops the user	into his choice	of
	  text editor with a prototype article,	checks (when the
	  editor terminates) that the article has been edited
	  reasonably, and then posts it.

	  If the article has not been written out from the editor, or
	  if the editing instructions in the prototype do not appear
	  to have been followed, _p_o_s_t_n_e_w_s gives	the user a choice
	  between abandoning the posting or re-editing it.

	  The ----hhhh option	specifies that a suitable header has already
	  been constructed and can be found in _h_e_a_d_e_r_f_i_l_e, in which
	  case _p_o_s_t_n_e_w_s	bypasses the initial prompting for header
	  contents.

     FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS
	  /usr/lib/news/postdefltgroup	default	newsgroup (nonexistent
	  means	no default)
	  /usr/lib/news/postdefltdist	default	distribution
	  (nonexistent means `world')

     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
	  inews(1)

     HHHHIIIISSSSTTTTOOOORRRRYYYY
	  Written at U of Toronto by Henry Spencer.

     BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
	  There	are zillions of	marginally-useful features that	it
	  could	have but doesn't.














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