====== NewsLink Configuration ======
The NewsLink configuration file (''[[dir:ctrl]]/newslink.cfg'') is a plain text file. Blank lines and links beginning with a semicolon (;) are ignored.

The first word of each line must be a supported keyword followed by zero or more white-space separated arguments:

^ Keyword         ^ Arguments              ^ Description ^
| ''disabled''    |                        | Disable NewsLink |
| ''server''      | hostname or IP address | Address of news server to connect to  | 
| ''port''        | number                 | TCP port of new server (default: 119) |
| ''tls''         |                        | Enable TLS (encryption) |
| ''user''        | user-id                | Name/ID of user to authenticate as |
| ''pass''        | password               | Password of user to authenticate as |
| ''flags''       | flags                  | Global area flags to add to each configured ''AREA'' |
| ''debug''       |                        | Enable debug log output |
| ''unmangle''    |                        | Remove NewsLink anti-spam measure from e-mail addresses in received messages |
| ''no_xover''    |                        | Don't send the XOVER command to the server |
| ''no_path''     |                        | Don't store the PATH header field of imported messages |
| ''reader_mode''     |                         | Send ''MODE READER'' command before authenticating |
| ''slave''           |                         | Send ''SLAVE'' command after authenticating |
| ''tagline''         | text                    | Tag-line to append to exported message body text |
| ''lines_per_yeild'' | number                  | Interval (in lines) of forced time-slice yields |
| ''yield_length''    | number                  | Length of yield, in milliseconds (default: 1) |
| ''max_newsgroups_per_article'' | number       | Maximum number of newsgroups-per-article (SPAM control, default: 5) |
| ''area''            | <sub-code> [newsgroup] [flags] [attach-dir] | Each message area definition |

===== See Also =====
  * [[:config:|config index]]


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