This file, located in the user's home directory and called .ypostrc, is read by the ypost(1) program at startup.
The options in this file may be overwritten by command line options.
It might look like this:
## ~/.ypostrc
## ypost configuration file
## My login information
user = user1234
pass = IloveUnix
server = news.example.com
Each line in the file may contain a configuration option (described in the OPTIONS section of this man page) in
the form of an option name, follwed by an equal sign (`=') followed by the value for that option. Option lines
with blank values are ignored, as well as all text following a hash mark (`#'), and empty lines.
OPTIONS
The following options are available to control the behavior of ypost at run-time. Options that take a BOOL
value are enabled with any of `y', `yes', `on', or `1' and disabled with any other value.
"author=author"
When posting messages, use author in the Usenet From: header. See ypost(1) for permissible syntax.
"debug=BOOL"
Enable debug output?
"comment=comment"
When posting messages, suffix subject lines with comment, enclosed in square brackets.
"force=BOOL"
When posting messages, skip confirmation of posting summary?
"group=newsgroup"
Post messages to the specified newsgroup.
"line=length"
Use length as the line length for encoded data.
"messageid=BOOL"
Include the Message-ID: header line when posting?
"multipart=lines"
Split large files after the number of lines specified by lines instead of 5000, which is the default.
"nosort=BOOL"
Inhibit sorting of input files before posting messages?
"paths=BOOL"
Store paths in archives as they were specified on the command line? If on, do not strip paths.
"pass=password"
Provide password for authentication to the news server when connecting.
"quiet=BOOL"
Operate as quietly as possible?
"retry=retries"
Specify the number of retries that should be attempted if a post fails.
"subject=subject"
When posting messages, prefix subject lines with subject, enclosed in square brackets.
"server=address"
Post all messages through the news server specified by address.
"stdout=BOOL"
Output to the standard output, instead of posting messages through a server?
"timeout=seconds"
Socket operations should time out after this many seconds. A value of `0' will disable the timeout.
"sortfirst=extensions"
extensions should be a comma-separated list of extensions that will come first when sorting. The built-in
default value for this field is `nfo,crc,sfv,par,rar,zip,arj,ace'. This causes files like .nfo and .sfv
files to be posted first, as well as causing .rar files to be posted before .r00 files,
instead of at the end, which is annoying. The extensions listed are not case sensitive.
"user=username"
Provide username for authentication to the news server when connecting.
