{ "mode": "man", "parameter": "tin", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tin/5/json", "generated": "2026-08-15T14:41:55Z", "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "tin, rtin - related files\n\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "This man page describes the various (config) files and their formats used by the tin(1) news‐\nreader. All files are expected to have unix style ('\\n' aka LF) line endings.\n\n", "subsections": [] }, "FILES": { "content": "$MAILCAPS\n~/.mailcap\n/etc/mailcap\n/usr/etc/mailcap\n/usr/local/etc/mailcap\n/etc/mail/mailcap\n\nmailcap(5) files as defined in RFC1524. The mailcap files are read by tin(1) to deter‐\nmine how to display non-text messages at the local site. Any line that starts with \"#\"\nis a comment. Blank lines are ignored. Otherwise, each line defines a single mailcap\nentry for a single content type. Long lines may be continued by ending them with a\nbackslash character, \"\\\".\n\nEach individual mailcap entry consists of a content-type specification, a command to\nexecute, and (possibly) a set of optional \"flag\" values.\n\nThe \"type\" field is simply any legal content type name. It is the string that will be\nmatched against the ''Content-Type:'' header to decide if this is the mailcap entry\nthat matches the current message. Additionally, the type field may specify a subtype\nor a wildcard to match all subtypes.\n\nThe \"command\" field is any UNIX command and is used to specify the interpreter for the\ngiven type of message. It will be passed to the shell via the system(3) facility.\n\nSemicolons and backslashes within the command or any flag field must be quoted with\nbackslashes. If the field contains \"%s\", those two characters will be replaced by the\nname of a file that contains the body of the message. If it contains \"%t\", those two\ncharacters will be replaced by the content-type field, including the subtype, if any.\nIf it contains \"%{\" followed by a parameter name and a closing \"}\", then all those\ncharacters will be replaced by the value of the named parameter, if any, from the\n''Content-Type:'' header. Finally, if the field contains \"\\%\", those two characters\nwill be replaced by a single \"%\" character.\n\nBesides the type and command field the following \"flags\" are defined:\n\ncompose\nThe \"compose\" field may be used to specify a program that can be used to com‐\npose a new body or body part in the given format. Its intended use is to sup‐\nport mail composing agents that support the composition of multiple types of\nmail using external composing agents. As with the view-command, the semantics\nof program execution are operating system dependent. The result of the compos‐\ning program may be data that is not yet suitable for mail transport — that is,\na Content-Transfer-Encoding may need to be applied to the data.\n\ncomposetyped\nThe \"composetyped\" field is similar to the \"compose\" field, but is to be used\nwhen the composing program needs to specify the ''Content-Type:'' header field\nto be applied to the composed data. The \"compose\" field is simpler, and is pre‐\nferred for use with existing (non-mail-oriented) programs for composing data in\na given format. The \"composetyped\" field is necessary when the Content-Type in‐\nformation must include auxiliary parameters, and the composition program must\nthen know enough about mail formats to produce output that includes the mail\ntype information.\n\nedit The \"edit\" field may be used to specify a program that can be used to edit a\nbody or body part in the given format. In many cases, it may be identical in\ncontent to the \"compose\" field, and shares the operating-system dependent se‐\nmantics for program execution.\n\nprint The \"print\" field may be used to specify a program that can be used to print a\nmessage or body part in the given format. As with the view-command, the seman‐\ntics of program execution are operating system dependent.\n\ntest The \"test\" field may be used to test some external condition (e.g., the machine\narchitecture, or the window system in use) to determine whether or not the\nmailcap line applies. It specifies a program to be run to test some condition.\nThe semantics of execution and of the value returned by the test program are\noperating system dependent. If the test fails, a subsequent mailcap entry\nshould be sought. Multiple test fields are not permitted — since a test can\ncall a program, it can already be arbitrarily complex.\n\nneedsterminal\nThe \"needsterminal\" field indicates that the view-command must be run on an in‐\nteractive terminal. This is needed to inform window-oriented user agents that\nan interactive terminal is needed. (The decision is not left exclusively to the\nview-command because in some circumstances it may not be possible for such pro‐\ngrams to tell whether or not they are on interactive terminals.) The needster‐\nminal command should be assumed to apply to the compose and edit commands, too,\nif they exist. Note that this is NOT a test - it is a requirement for the envi‐\nronment in which the program will be executed, and should typically cause the\ncreation of a terminal window when not executed on either a real terminal or a\nterminal window.\n\ncopiousoutput\nThe \"copiousoutput\" field indicates that the output from the view-command will\nbe an extended stream of output, and is to be interpreted as advice to the UA\n(User Agent mail-reading program) that the output should be either paged or\nmade scroll-able. Note that it is probably a mistake if needsterminal and copi‐\nousoutput are both specified.\n\ndescription\nThe \"description\" field simply provides a textual description, optionally\nquoted, that describes the type of data, to be used optionally by mail readers\nthat wish to describe the data before offering to display it.\n\ntextualnewlines\nThe \"textualnewlines\" field, if set to any non-zero value, indicates that this\ntype of data is line-oriented and that, if encoded in base64, all newlines\nshould be converted to canonical form (CRLF) before encoding, and will be in\nthat form after decoding. In general, this field is needed only if there is\nline-oriented data of some type other than text/* or non-line- oriented data\nthat is a subtype of text.\n\nx11-bitmap\nThe \"x11-bitmap\" field names a file, in X11 bitmap (xbm) format, which points\nto an appropriate icon to be used to visually denote the presence of this kind\nof data.\n\nnametemplate\nThe \"nametemplate\" field gives a filename format, in which %s will be replaced\nby a short unique string to give the name of the temporary file to be passed to\nthe viewing command. This is only expected to be relevant in environments where\nfilename extensions are meaningful, e.g., one could specify that a GIF file be‐\ning passed to a gif viewer should have a name ending in \".gif\" by using \"name‐\ntemplate=%s.gif\"\n\ntin(1) currently only respects the \"test\", \"description\", \"nametemplate\" and partly\nthe \"needsterminal\" flags, all other flags are internally ignored. It also can't han‐\ndle the \"%F\" and \"%n\" expansions yet.\n\nExample:\n# mailcap file example\nimage/*;\\\nxv -8 -geometry +0 '%s';\\\ndescription=%{name} %t-Image;\\\ntest=test \"$DISPLAY\" != \"\";\\\nnametemplate=%s.IMAGE\n\nmessage/rfc822;\\\n${PAGER:-\"more\"} '%s';\\\nedit=${EDITOR:-\"vi\"} '%s';\\\ncompose=${EDITOR:-\"vi\"} '%s';\\\nprint=a2ps '%s';\\\nneedsterminal\n\n/etc/news/server\n\ndefault NNTP-server to read news from if not reading from the local spool. '-g\nserver', $NNTPSERVER have higher priority (in that order), the default server given at\ncompile time has lower priority.\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.cancelsecret\n\nsecret to be used for cancel-locks if tin(1) is built with support for it. An empty\nsecret file disables the cancel-lock creation in that case. This file should be read‐\nable only by the user.\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.mime.types\n/etc/mime.types\n/etc/tin/mime.types\n\nmime type / filename extension pairs\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.newsauth\n\n\"nntpserver[:port] password [user]\" pairs for NNTP servers that require authorization.\nIf the password contains a space or a tab it must be enclosed in double quotes (\").\nUsernames must not be enclosed in double quotes and thus can't contain spaces or tabs.\nAny line that starts with \"#\" is a comment. Blank lines are ignored. This file\nshould be readable only for the user as it contains the user's unencrypted password\nfor reading news!\n\nnntpserver\nfull qualified domain name of the news server. Additionally, a port can be\nspecified by appending :portnumber.\n\npassword\nuser's unencrypted password for reading news.\n\nuser username on the news server if it differs from the local login. This field is\noptional.\n\nExample:\n# sample .newsauth file\nnews.example.org secret\nnews.example.net arcane guest\nnews.example.com \"top secret\" james.bond@example.com\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.newsrc\n\n\"newsgroupflag [article[,article | -article]...]\" lines.\n\nnewsgroup\nthe name of the newsgroup.\n\nflag a flag indicating if the group is subscribed ':' or not '!'.\n\narticle\nrange of already read articles from that group; numbers separated by commas\nwith sequential numbers collapsed with hyphens. Empty lines and lines which\nstart with \"#\" are ignored and not written back.\n\nExample:\n# sample .newsrc file\nnews.software.b! 1-666,669\nnews.software.nntp: 1-13245,13247,13249\nnews.software.readers: 1-19567,19571-19597\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT:+\":$NNTPPORT\"}/.oldnewsrc\n\nbackup of ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.newsrc\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.signature\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.Sig\n\nsignature\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.sigfixed\n\nfixed part of a randomly generated signature\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/.inputhistory\n\nhistory of last used strings\n\n${TININDEXMAILDIR:-\"${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin\"}/.mail/\n\nmailgroups index files\n\n${TININDEXNEWSDIR:-\"${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin\"}/.news${NNTPSERVER:+\"-$NNTPSERVER\"}/\n\nnewsgroups index files\n\n${TININDEXSAVEDIR:-\"${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin\"}/.save/\n\nsaved newsgroups index files\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/active.mail\n\nactive file (\"mailgroupname maxnum minnum mailspool\" quadruples) of user's mailgroups\n(requires tin(1) to be built with mh-mail-handling support).\n\nmailgroupname\nmust be the pathname of the mailbox relative to field #4 with '/' changed to\n'.'\n\nmaxnum just put a large number here, something higher than the highest message in the\nmailbox\n\nminnum put 0 here\n\nmailspool\npath of mail spool directory. This must be the full pathname to the root of the\nmail folder area.\n\nExample:\nMail.inbox 12345 00000 /home/foo\nMail.outbox 23456 00000 /home/foo\n\nThis allows access to the 'inbox' and 'outbox' folders of user foo. They are accessed\nvia /home/foo/Mail/inbox and /home/foo/Mail/outbox\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/active.save\n\nactive file of user's saved newsgroups, used by tin -R.\n\n/etc/tin/attributes\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/attributes\n\nThe group attributes files may be used to override some global settings from\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/tinrc on a per group basis. Order is important as last\nmatch counts; this allows one to refine attributes for narrowed scopes. Note that the\nscope= line has to be specified before the attributes are specified for\nthat list and each attribute can only be set once per scope section. All attributes\nare set to a reasonable default so you only have to specify the attribute that you\nwant to change. All toggle attributes are set by specifying ON/OFF. Otherwise, they\nfunction exactly as their global equivalents. The following group attributes are\navailable:\n\nscope This changes the list of groups to which the attributes that follow will be ap‐\nplied. See the section NEWSGROUP LISTS & WILDCARDS in tin(1) for the types of\npattern that can be used here.\n\naddpostedtofilter\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nadvertising\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nalternativehandling\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\naskformetamail\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nautoccbcc\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nautolistthread\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nautoselect\nAutomatically perform the GroupMarkUnselArtRead ('X') command after entering\nthe group.\n\nbatchsave\nCan be used to override the global setting in tinrc on a per group basis. For\nmore information read section AUTOMATIC MAILING AND SAVING NEW NEWS in tin(1).\n\ndateformat\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\ndeletetmpfiles\nIf this is set to ON, then saved article files that have been post-processed\nwill be automatically deleted, otherwise the user will be asked whether to\ndelete the post-processed files. Automatic processing of marked articles using\nGroupAutoSave ('S') will suppress prompting.\n\neditorformat\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nextquotehandling\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nfcc Mailbox to save sent mails. The format of the mailbox is controlled via the\ntinrc mailboxformat variable.\n\nfollowupto\nSet ''Followup-To:'' header to the specified group(s).\n\nfrom Identical to the tinrc variable mailaddress\n\ngroupcatchuponexit\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\ngroupformat\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nmail8bitheader\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nmailmimeencoding\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nmaildir\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nmailinglist\nUsed when a group is a mailing list. All responses to the group will be di‐\nrected to this email address instead\n\nmarkignoretags\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nmarksavedread\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nmimeforward\nDetermines whether usenet articles are forwarded as attachment or inline. When\nset to OFF, the forwarded article will be included in the body of the mail,\nwhile setting this variable to ON will cause the article to be attached as a\nseparate MIME part. Enabling mimeforward is particularly useful for articles\nconsisting of multiple MIME parts such as PGP/MIME signed messages or being en‐\ncoded in a different character set than your local one. It is also useful if\nthe receiver should be able to operate on the entire forwarded article (i.e.,\nview or save it without your comments). On the other hand, if you want to for‐\nward only some parts of the article or to insert 'inline' annotations, you\nmight want to disable this option. Currently mimeforward is forced if the ar‐\nticle to be attached is a multipart MIME article, this may change in a future\nversion. Please note that for this option to have effect, the tinrc variable\ninteractivemailer has to be set to 0 (which is the default).\n\nmimetypestosave\nA comma separated list of MIME major/minor Content-Types that will be saved\nwhen using the view/save and save/autosave features. A single * can be used to\nwildcard the major and/or minor type and a ! as the first character in an entry\nwill negate it, eg: image/*,!image/bmp,!text/html. Default is */*\n\nnewsheaderstodisplay\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nnewsheaderstonotdisplay\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nnewsquoteformat\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\norganization\nThis can be used to set the article header field ''Organization:''. It over‐\nrides the setting (if any) of organization in /etc/tin/tin.defaults and $ORGA‐\nNIZATION (or $NEWSORG on Apollo DomainOS). If it points to a readable file a\nrandom line from that file will be used. Note that some news servers might\nstill overwrite the ''Organization:'' header.\n\nposfirstunread\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\npost8bitheader\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\npostmimeencoding\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\npostprocesstype\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\npostprocessview\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nprintheader\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nprocessonlyunread\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\npromptfollowupto\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nquotechars\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nsavedir\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nsavefile\n\nshowartscore\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nshowauthor\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nshowonlyunreadarts\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nshowsignatures\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nsigdashes\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nsigfile\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nsignaturerepost\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nsortarticletype\nIdentical to the tinrc variable sortarticletype\n\nsortthreadstype\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\ntex2isoconv\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nthreadarticles\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nthreadcatchuponexit\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nthreadformat\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nthreadperc\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\ntrimarticlebody\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nsuppresssofthyphens\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nverbatimhandling\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nwraponnextunread\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nxbody A piece of text that will be added at the start of a message body. If this\nstring starts with a / or ~ then it is assumed to be the name of a file con‐\ntaining the text to insert. If the string starts with a ! then what follows is\nassumed to be the path to a program to be executed to generate the content. %G\nis expanded to the current news.group.name and %P is expanded to the\nnews.group.name with all '.' replaced by '/'.\n\nxcommentto\nInsert ''X-Comment-To:'' header, this is only useful in FIDO groups.\n\nxheaders\nA string including header-name and the contents of the header that will be au‐\ntomatically added when posting. If the string starts with a / or ~ then it is\nassumed to be the name of a file containing the header and its content to be\ninserted. If the string starts with a ! then what follows is assumed to be the\npath to a program to be executed to generate the header and its content. %G is\nexpanded to the current news.group.name and %P is expanded to the\nnews.group.name with all '.' replaced by '/'.\n\nquickkillscope\nA comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-style) to which groups\nthe filter rule added by QuickFilterKill will be applied. If unset the default\nfrom the tinrc variable defaultfilterkillglobal will be used.\n\nquickkillexpire\nIdentical to the tinrc variable defaultfilterkillexpire\n\nquickkillcase\nIdentical to the tinrc variable defaultfilterkillcase\n\nquickkillheader\nIdentical to the tinrc variable defaultfilterkillheader\n\nquickselectscope\nA comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-style) to which groups\nthe filter rule added by QuickFilterSelect will be applied. If unset the de‐\nfault from the tinrc variable defaultfilterselectglobal will be used.\n\nquickselectexpire\nIdentical to the tinrc variable defaultfilterselectexpire\n\nquickselectcase\nIdentical to the tinrc variable defaultfilterselectcase\n\nquickselectheader\nIdentical to the tinrc variable defaultfilterselectheader\n\nispell Path and options for ispell(1)-like spell-checker, e.g. \"aspell --mode=email\n--dont-backup check\"\n\nmmnetworkcharset\nIdentical to the tinrc variable of the same name\n\nundeclaredcharset\nAssume (broken) articles without MIME charset declaration have this charset —\ndefault is US-ASCII. This attribute works only on systems with working\niconv(3), others might have to compile tin(1) with --dis‐\nable-mime-strict-charset.\n\nExample:\n# include extra headers\n# assume ISO-8859-1 as charset if no charset is declared\nscope=*\nxheaders=~/.tin/headers\nundeclaredcharset=ISO-8859-1\n\n# in *sources* set post process type to shar only\nscope=*sources*\npostprocesstype=1\n\n# in *binaries* turn on full post processing,\n# remove tmp files and set Followup-To: poster\nscope=*binaries*\npostprocesstype=2\ndeletetmpfiles=ON\nfollowupto=poster\n\n# in fido.* newsgroups change quotechars\n# and add X-Comment-To: line\nscope=fido.*\nquotechars=%I>\nxcommentto=ON\n\n# in *.test newsgroups, don't append signature\n# and preset Subject\nscope=*.test\nsigfile=--none\nxheaders=Subject: test - ignore - no reply\n\n# assume ISO-2022-JP-2 as charset\nscope=fj.*,japan.*\nundeclaredcharset=ISO-2022-JP-2\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/filter\n\nThe filter file is used to assign scores to certain articles. Based on the score an\narticle can be filtered out (hidden) or marked hot. Empty lines or lines beginning\nwith a '#' are ignored. Multiple matching-rules in the same scope are all applied in‐\ndividually and not only when they all hit at the same time (logical OR not AND).\n\ncomment\nEvery entry (rule) in the filter file might get a comment. Multiple lines are\nallowed (but only for comments yet). Every line must start with the \"comment=\"\nkeyword. Comments must appear first in the rule. Comment lines placed within a\nrule will be moved to the begin of the next rule. This might be changed in the\nfuture. Don't use '#' to mark comments as those lines are ignored and your com‐\nments will get lost on the next write of the file.\n\ngroup A comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns in wildmat-style to which groups\nthe filter rule will be applied. This line is mandatory!\n\ncase 0=case-sensitive, 1=case-insensitive\n\nscore Score value of the rule; can also be one of the magic words \"kill\" or \"hot\".\n\nsubj Match against ''Subject:''. The matching type used (wildmat or regex) depends\non the setting of the tinrc variable wildcard.\n\nfrom Match against ''From:''. tin(1) converts the contents of the ''From:'' header\nto an old style e-mail address, e.g. ''some@body.example (John Doe)'' instead\nof ''John Doe '', before trying to match the patterns in the\nfilter rule. The matching type used (wildmat or regex) depends on the setting\nof the tinrc variable wildcard.\n\nmsgid Match against ''Message-ID:'' and full ''References:''. The matching type used\n(wildmat or regex) depends on the setting of the tinrc variable wildcard.\n\nmsgidlast\nMatch against ''Message-ID:'' and last ''References:'' entry (direct responses)\nonly. The matching type used (wildmat or regex) depends on the setting of the\ntinrc variable wildcard.\n\nmsgidonly\nMatch against ''Message-ID:''. The matching type used (wildmat or regex) de‐\npends on the setting of the tinrc variable wildcard.\n\nrefsonly\nMatch against ''References:''. The matching type used (wildmat or regex) de‐\npends on the setting of the tinrc variable wildcard.\n\nlines Match against ''Lines:'', num matches more than.\n\ngnksa Match against ''From:'' address parser return codes. num matches more than the returned numeric value. GNKSALOCALDOMAINLITERAL\nor GNKSAINVALIDDOMAIN are only returned if disablegnksadomaincheck is set\nto false. As the built in domain list is outdated this should be considered\ncarefully.\n0 GNKSAOK\n1 GNKSAINTERNALERROR\n100 GNKSALANGLEMISSING\n101 GNKSALPARENMISSING\n102 GNKSARPARENMISSING\n103 GNKSAATSIGNMISSING\n104 GNKSARANGLEMISSING\n200 GNKSASINGLEDOMAIN\n201 GNKSAINVALIDDOMAIN\n202 GNKSAILLEGALDOMAIN\n203 GNKSAUNKNOWNDOMAIN\n204 GNKSAINVALIDFQDNCHAR\n205 GNKSAZEROLENGTHLABEL\n206 GNKSAILLEGALLABELLENGTH\n207 GNKSAILLEGALLABELHYPHEN\n208 GNKSAILLEGALLABELBEGNUM\n209 GNKSABADDOMAINLITERAL\n210 GNKSALOCALDOMAINLITERAL\n211 GNKSARBRACKETMISSING\n300 GNKSALOCALPARTMISSING\n301 GNKSAINVALIDLOCALPART\n302 GNKSAZEROLENGTHLOCALWORD\n400 GNKSAILLEGALUNQUOTEDCHAR\n401 GNKSAILLEGALQUOTEDCHAR\n402 GNKSAILLEGALENCODEDCHAR\n403 GNKSABADENCODESYNTAX\n404 GNKSAILLEGALPARENCHAR\n405 GNKSAINVALIDREALNAME\n406 GNKSAMISSINGREALNAME\n\nxref Match against ''Xref:'' line. Before any matching is done the line is turned\ninto the same format ''Newsgroups:'' has that is it is turned into a comma sep‐\narated newsgroup list with all other information (i.e. the article counter)\nremoved. The matching type used (wildmat or regex) depends on the setting of\nthe tinrc variable wildcard.\n\npath Match against ''Path:'' line. This may not work on some servers. The matching\ntype used (wildmat or regex) depends on the setting of the tinrc variable wild‐\ncard.\n\ntime timet value when rule expires\n\nExample:\ncomment=mark all articles about tin, rtin,\ncomment=tind, ktin or cdtin as hot\ngroup=*\ncase=1\nscore=hot\nsubj=\\b(cd|[rk]?)?tin(d|pre)?[-.0-9]*\\b\n\ncomment=downscore postings in nsr from google based on\ncomment=message-id or path, if both hit they end up with\ncomment=a score of -66 which is enough to mark them killed\ngroup=news.software.readers\ncase=1\nscore=-33\npath=\\.googlegroups\\.com!not-for-mail$\nmsgidonly=@googlegroups\\.com>\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/keymap${${LCALL:-\"${LCMESSAGES:-\"${LCCTYPE:-\"$LANG\"}\"}\"}:+\".${LCALL:-\"${LCMESSAGES:-\"${LCCTYPE:-\"$LANG\"}\"}\"}\"}\n/etc/tin/keymap${${LCALL:-\"${LCMESSAGES:-\"${LCCTYPE:-\"$LANG\"}\"}\"}:+\".${LCALL:-\"${LCMESSAGES:-\"${LCCTYPE:-\"$LANG\"}\"}\"}\"}\n\nKeymap-file, containing \"keyname value [value]\" pairs separated by spaces or tabs. If\nthe keymap-file named with full specified locale(5) is not found, less specific ones\nare looked for. Various parts will be stripped off the name, in the following order\ncodeset, normalized codeset, territory and modifier when looking for the keymap-file.\nBelow is a list of all rebindable keynames and their defaults. If a keyname is bound\nto NULL it is unassigned.\n\nShellEscape !\nSetRange #\nLastPage $\nToggleColor &\nLastViewed -\nSearchRepeat \\\nSearchSubjF /\nSearchSubjB ?\nSearchAuthB A\nSearchBody B\nCatchupNextUnread C\nEditFilter E\nToggleHelpDisplay H\nToggleInverseVideo I\nConnectionInfo J\nLookupMessage L\nOptionMenu M\nPostponed O ^O\nQuitTin Q\nBugReport R\nDisplayPostHist W\nMarkThrUnread Z\nFirstPage ^\nSearchAuthF a\nCatchup c\nHelp h\nToggleInfoLastLine i\nDown j ^N\nUp k ^P\nPrint o\nQuit q\nVersion v\nPost w\nMarkArtUnread z\nQuickFilterSelect [\nQuickFilterKill ]\nPipe |\nScrollUp <\nScrollDown >\nPageUp b ^B ^U\nPageDown ^D ^F SPACE\nRedrawScr ^L\nPostponed ^O\nMenuFilterSelect ^A\nMenuFilterKill ^K\nMarkFeedRead ^X\nMarkFeedUnread ^W\n\nAttachSelect ^J ^M\nAttachPipe p\nAttachSave s\nAttachTag t\nAttachUntag U\nAttachTagPattern =\nAttachToggleTagged @\n\nConfigToggleAttrib TAB\nConfigSelect ^J ^M\nConfigLastPage G\nConfigNoSave Q\nConfigScopeMenu S\nConfigFirstPage g\nConfigResetAttrib r\n\nFeedTag T\nFeedArt a\nFeedHot h\nFeedPat p\nFeedRepost r\nFeedSupersede s\nFeedThd t\n\nFilterEdit e\nFilterSave s\n\nGroupNextUnreadArtOrGrp TAB\nGroupReadBasenote ^J ^M\nGroupSelThd *\nGroupDoAutoSel +\nGroupToggleThdSel .\nGroupSelThdIfUnreadSelected ;\nGroupSelPattern =\nGroupReverseSel @\nGroupCancel D\nGroupToggleGetartLimit G\nGroupMarkThdRead K\nGroupNextUnreadArt N\nGroupPrevUnreadArt P\nGroupAutoSave S\nGroupTagParts T\nGroupUntag U\nGroupMarkUnselArtRead X\nGroupToggleSubjDisplay d\nGroupGoto g\nGroupListThd l\nGroupMail m\nGroupNextGroup n\nGroupPrevGroup p\nGroupToggleReadUnread r\nGroupSave s\nGroupTag t\nGroupToggleThreading u\nGroupRepost x\nGroupUndoSel ~\n\nHelpLastPage G\nHelpFirstPage g\n\nPageReplyQuoteHeaders ^E\nPagePGPCheckArticle ^G\nPageToggleRaw ^H\nPageNextUnread TAB\nPageNextThd ^J ^M\nPageToggleTabs ^T\nPageFollowupQuoteHeaders ^W\nPageToggleTex2iso \"\nPageToggleAllHeaders *\nPageToggleRot %\nPageToggleUue (\nPageReveal )\nPageSkipIncludedText :\nPageTopThd <\nPageBotThd >\nPageCancel D\nPageFollowup F\nPageLastPage G\nPageKillThd K\nPageNextUnreadArt N\nPagePrevUnreadArt P\nPageReply R\nPageAutoSave S\nPageGroupSel T\nPageViewUrl U\nPageViewAttach V\nPageToggleHighlight\nPageEditArticle e\nPageFollowupQuote f\nPageFirstPage g\nPageListThd l\nPageMail m\nPageNextArt n\nPagePrevArt p\nPageReplyQuote r\nPageSave s\nPageTag t\nPageGotoParent u\nPageRepost x\n\nPgpEncSign b\nPgpEncrypt e\nPgpIncludekey i\nPgpSign s\n\nPostAbort a\nPostContinue c\nPostCancel d\nPostEdit e\nPostPGP g\nPostIspell i\nPostIgnore i\nPostMail m\nPostPostpone o\nPostPost p y\nPostSupersede s\nPostSend s y\n\nPostedArticlesSelect ^J ^M\n\nPostponeOverride Y\nPostponeAll A\n\nPromptYes y Y\nPromptNo n N\n\nPProcNone n\nPProcShar s\nPProcYes y\n\nSaveAppendFile a\nSaveOverwriteFile o\n\nSelectEnterNextUnreadGrp TAB n\nSelectReadGrp ^J ^M\nSelectResetNewsrc ^R\nSelectSortActive .\nSelectNextUnreadGrp N\nSelectSubscribePat S\nSelectUnsubscribePat U\nSelectQuitNoWrite X\nSelectSyncWithActive Y\nSelectToggleDescriptions d\nSelectGoto g\nSelectMoveGrp m\nSelectToggleReadDisplay r\nSelectSubscribe s\nSelectUnsubscribe u\nSelectYankActive y\nSelectMarkGrpUnread z Z\n\nScopeSelect ^J ^M\nScopeEditAttributesFile E\nScopeAdd a\nScopeDelete d\nScopeMove m\nScopeRename r\n\nThreadReadNextArtOrThread TAB\nThreadReadArt ^J ^M\nThreadSelArt *\nThreadToggleArtSel .\nThreadReverseSel @\nThreadCancel D\nThreadFollowup F\nThreadMarkArtRead K\nThreadAutoSave S\nThreadUntag U\nThreadToggleSubjDisplay d\nThreadFollowupQuote f\nThreadMail m\nThreadSave s\nThreadTag t\nThreadTagParts T\nThreadUndoSel ~\n\nUrlSelect ^J ^M\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/mailgroups\n\nThis file provides short descriptions of each mailgroup. (requires tin(1) to be built\nwith mh-mail-handling support). Each line consist of two tab-separated fields \"mail‐\ngroupname one-line description\".\n\nmailgroupname\nis the name of the newsgroup\n\ndescription\nis a short single-line description of the group\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/newsrctable\n\n\"nntpserver[:port] newsrc [shortname [...]]\" pairs to use with the ''-g'' command-\nline switch. The matching is case-insensitive and any line that starts with \"#\", \";\"\nor \" \" is treated as a comment.\n\nnntpserver\nfull qualified domain name of the news server. Additionally, a port can be\nspecified by appending :portnumber. The string \"default\" or \"*\" acts as wild‐\ncard to match any name, such a line should be placed last.\n\nnewsrc related newsrc.\n\nshortname\nnickname(s) for the nntpserver.\n\nExample:\n# sample newsrctable file\nnews.tin.org .newsrc-tin.org tinorg\nnews.example.org /tmp/nrc-ex example ex\n* ~/.tin/newsrcs/${NNTPSERVER-localhost}\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/posted\n\nPosting history. The file is written by tin(1) and used by DisplayPostHist ('W') com‐\nmand. It should not be altered manually. Any line that starts with \"#\" is a comment.\nBlank lines are ignored. All other lines shall consist of at least four pipe-separated\nfields, starting with a time stamp \"dd-mm-yy\", a single letter indicating the action\nwhich initiated the message, a group name or a mail address the message was sent to,\nthe subject of the message and optionally the messages ''Message-ID'' if known.\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/Mail/posted\n\nCopy of all posted articles in mbox(5) format. The filename can be changed by setting\npostedarticlesfile.\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/postponed.articles\n\nPool of postponed articles. This file is in mbox(5) format.\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT:+\":$NNTPPORT\"}/newsgroups\n\nThis file a copy of the servers newsgroups file which provides short descriptions of\neach newsgroup. It is automatically updated on startup except when using the ''-X''or\n''-q'' command-line option and an old copy exists. Each line consist of two tab-sepa‐\nrated fields \"group.name one-line description\".\n\ngroup.name\nis the name of the newsgroup\n\none-line description\nis a short single-line description of the group\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT:+\":$NNTPPORT\"}/serverrc\n\nFile to store $NNTPSERVER and $NNTPPORT related data via a list of \"variable=value\"\npairs. Currently there are only two variables, both are not meant to be changed by the\nuser.\n\nversion\nInternal version number.\n\nlastnewnews\nInternal timestamp used by tin(1) to keep track of new newsgroups on the\nserver.\n\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT:+\":$NNTPPORT\"}/msglog\n\nFile to store $NNTPSERVER and $NNTPPORT related info- and error-messages. The file is\noverwritten on startup and meant for debugging.\n\n/etc/tin/tinrc\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/tinrc\n\nAt startup, tin(1) reads in the configuration file. This contains a list of \"vari‐\nable=value\" pairs that can be used to configure the way tin(1) works. If it exists,\nthe global configuration file, ${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/tinrc is read first. After\nthat, the user's own configuration file ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/tinrc is read.\nThe global file is useful for distributing system-wide defaults to new users who have\nno private tinrc yet (see also /etc/tin/tin.defaults).\n\nabbreviategroupname\nIf ON abbreviate long newsgroup names at group selection level and article\nlevel (if necessary) like this: news.software.readers -> n.software.readers ->\nn.s.readers -> n.s.r. Default is OFF.\n\naddpostedtofilter\nIf ON add posted articles which start a new thread to filter for highlighting\nfollow-ups. Default is ON.\n\nadvertising\nTurn ON advertising in header (''User-Agent:''). Default is ON.\n\nalternativehandling\nIf ON strip multipart/alternative messages automatically. Default is ON.\n\nartmarkeddeleted\nThe character used to show that an article was deleted. Default is 'D'.\n\nartmarkedinrange\nThe character used to show that an article is in a range. Default is '#'.\n\nartmarkedreturn\nThe character used to show that an article will return as an unread article\nwhen the group is next entered. Default is '-'.\n\nartmarkedselected\nThe character used to show that an article/thread is auto-selected (hot). De‐\nfault is '*'.\n\nartmarkedrecent\nThe character used to show that an article/thread is recent (not older than X\ndays). See also recenttime. Default is 'o'.\n\nartmarkedunread\nThe character used to show that an article has not been read. Default is '+'.\n\nartmarkedread\nThe character used to show that an article was read. Default is ' '.\n\nartmarkedkilled\nThe character used to show that an article was killed. Default is 'K'.\nkilllevel must be set accordingly.\n\nartmarkedreadselected\nThe character used to show that an article was hot before it was read. Default\nis ':'. killlevel must be set accordingly.\n\nAsk before using MIME viewer (askformetamail)\nIf ON tin(1) will ask before using a MIME viewer (metamailprog) to display\nMIME messages. This only occurs if a MIME viewer is set. Default is OFF.\n\nattachmentformat\nFormat string tin(1) uses for Attachment level representation. Default is\n\"%t%s%e%c%d\".\n\nautoccbcc\nAutomatically put your name in the ''Cc:'' and/or ''Bcc:'' field when mailing\nan article. Default is No.\n\nautolistthread\nIf ON automatically list thread when entering it using right arrow key. De‐\nfault is ON.\n\nautoreconnect\nReconnect to server automatically. Default is OFF.\n\nbatchsave\nIf set ON articles/threads will be saved in batch mode when save ''-S'' or mail\n''-M, -N'' is specified on the command line. Default is ON.\n\nbeginnerlevel\nIf set ON a mini menu of the most useful commands will be displayed at the bot‐\ntom of the screen for each level. Also a short posting etiquette will be dis‐\nplayed after composing an article. Default is ON.\n\ncacheoverviewfiles\nIf ON, create local copies of NNTP overview files. This can be used to consid‐\nerably speed up accessing large groups when using a slow connection. Default\nis OFF.\n\ncancellockalgo\nUse this hash algorithm for cancel-locks. Only available when built with can‐\ncel-lock support. none disables the generation of cancel-locks. Valid values\nare none, sha1, sha256 and sha512. Default is sha1.\n\ncatchupreadgroups\nIf set ON the user is asked when quitting if all groups read during the current\nsession should be marked read. Default is OFF.\n\ncolback\nStandard background color\n\ncolextquote\nColor of quoted text from external sources\n\ncolfrom\nColor of sender (From:)\n\ncolhead\nColor of header-lines\n\ncolhelp\nColor of help pages\n\ncolinversbg\nColor of background for inverse text\n\ncolinversfg\nColor of foreground for inverse text\n\ncolmarkdash\nColor of words emphasized like this. See also wordhdisplaymarks and\nwordhighlight.\n\ncolmarkslash\nColor of words emphasized like /this/. See also wordhdisplaymarks and\nwordhighlight.\n\ncolmarkstar\nColor of words emphasized like *this*. See also wordhdisplaymarks and\nwordhighlight.\n\ncolmarkstroke\nColor of words emphasized like -this-. See also wordhdisplaymarks and\nwordhighlight.\n\ncolmessage\nColor of status messages in last line\n\ncolminihelp\nColor of mini help menu\n\ncolnewsheaders\nColor of actual news header fields\n\ncolnormal\nStandard foreground color\n\ncolquote\nColor of quoted lines\n\ncolquote2\nColor of twice quoted lines\n\ncolquote3\nColor of >=3 times quoted lines\n\ncolresponse\nColor of response counter. This is the text that says \"Response x of y\" in the\narticle viewer.\n\ncolsignature\nColor of signatures\n\ncolscoreneg\nColor of negative score\n\ncolscorepos\nColor of positive score\n\ncolurls\nColor of urls highlight\n\ncolverbatim\nColor of verbatim blocks\n\ncolsubject\nColor of article subject\n\ncoltext\nColor of text-lines\n\ncoltitle\nColor of help/mail sign\n\nconfirmchoice\ntin(1) can ask for manual confirmation to protect the user. Available choices:\ncommands: Ask for confirmation before executing certain dangerous commands\n(e.g., Catchup ('c')). Commands that this affects are marked in this man‐\nual with '[after confirmation]'.\n\nquit: You'll be asked to confirm that you wish to exit tin(1) when you use\nthe Quit ('q') command.\n\nselect: Ask for confirmation before marking all not selected (with Group‐\nMarkUnselArtRead ('X') command) articles as read.\nDefault is commands & quit.\n\ndateformat\nFormat string used for date representation. A description of the different for‐\nmat options can be found at strftime(3). tin(1) uses strftime(3) when avail‐\nable and supports most format options in his fallback code. Default is \"%a, %d\n%b %Y %H:%M:%S\".\n\ndefaultartsearch\n\ndefaultauthorsearch\n\ndefaultconfigsearch\nThe last article/author/config option that was searched for.\n\ndefaultfilterdays\nDefault is 28.\n\ndefaultfilterkillcase\nDefault for quick (1 key) kill filter case. ON = filter case sensitive, OFF =\nignore case. Default is OFF.\n\ndefaultfilterkillexpire\nDefault for quick (1 key) kill filter expire. ON = limit to defaultfil‐\nterdays, OFF = don't ever expire. Default is OFF.\n\ndefaultfilterkillglobal\nDefault for quick (1 key) kill filter global. ON=apply to all groups, OFF=ap‐\nply to current group. Default is ON.\n\ndefaultfilterkillheader\nDefault for quick (1 key) kill filter header.\n0 ''Subject:'' (case sensitive)\n1 ''Subject:'' (ignore case)\n2 ''From:'' (case sensitive)\n3 ''From:'' (ignore case)\n4 ''Message-ID:'' & full ''References:'' line\n5 ''Message-ID:'' & last ''References:'' entry only\n6 ''Message-ID:'' entry only\n7 ''Lines:''\n\ndefaultfilterselectcase\nDefault for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter case. ON=filter case sensitive,\nOFF=ignore case. Default is OFF.\n\ndefaultfilterselectexpire\nDefault for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter expire. ON = limit to de‐\nfaultfilterdays, OFF = don't ever expire. Default is OFF.\n\ndefaultfilterselectglobal\nDefault for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter global. ON=apply to all\ngroups, OFF=apply to current group. Default is ON.\n\ndefaultfilterselectheader\nDefault for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter header.\n0 ''Subject:'' (case sensitive)\n1 ''Subject:'' (ignore case)\n2 ''From:'' (case sensitive)\n3 ''From:'' (ignore case)\n4 ''Message-ID:'' & full ''References:'' line\n5 ''Message-ID:'' & last ''References:'' entry only\n6 ''Message-ID:'' entry only\n7 ''Lines:''\n\ndefaultgotogroup\n\ndefaultgroupsearch\n\ndefaultmailaddress\n\ndefaultmovegroup\n\ndefaultpattern\n\ndefaultpipecommand\n\ndefaultpostnewsgroups\n\ndefaultpostsubject\n\ndefaultrangegroup\n\ndefaultrangeselect\n\ndefaultrangethread\n\ndefaultrepostgroup\n\ndefaultsavefile\n\ndefaultsavemode\n\ndefaultselectpattern\n\ndefaultshellcommand\n\ndefaultsubjectsearch\n\ndrawarrow\nAllows groups/articles to be selected by an arrow '->' if set ON or by a high‐\nlighted bar if set OFF. Default is OFF.\n\neditorformat\nThe format string used to create the editor start command with parameters. De‐\nfault is '%E +%N %F' with %E=Editor, %N=Linenumber and %F=Filename (e.g.,\n/bin/vi +7 .article). See also $VISUAL and $EDITOR under \"ENVIRONMENT\" in\ntin(1)\n\nextquotehandling\nIf ON quotes from external sources will be detected. Default is OFF.\n\nextquoteregex\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nlines are shown in colextquote. If extquoteregex is blank, then tin(1) uses a\nbuilt-in default.\n\nforcescreenredraw\nSpecifies whether a screen redraw should always be done after certain external\ncommands. Default is OFF.\n\ngetartlimit\nIf getartlimit is > 0 not more than the last getartlimit articles/group are\nfetched from the server. If getartlimit is < 0 tin(1) will start fetching ar‐\nticles from your first unread minus absolute value of getartlimit. Default is\n0, which means no limit.\n\ngotonextunread\nWhich keys tin(1) should accept to jump to the next unread article. Possible\nis any combination of PageDown and PageNextUnread. When PageDown is set tin(1)\njumps to the next article at the end of the current one. When PageNextUnread is\nset tin(1) jumps immediately to the next article when PageNextUnread ('')\nis pressed. Default is PageNextUnread.\n\ngroupcatchuponexit\nIf ON catchup group when leaving with the left arrow key. Default is ON.\n\ngroupformat\nThe format string used for the Group level. Default is \"%n %m %R %L %s %F\".\nThe following substitutions are supported:\n%D date\n%F from, name and/or address\n%I initials\n%L line count\n%M message-id\n%R number of responses in thread\n%S score\n%m article marks\n%n current thread number\n%s subject\n%% %\n\nhideuue\nIf set to 'No' then raw uuencoded data is displayed. If set to 'Yes' then sec‐\ntions of uuencoded data will be shown with a single tag line showing the size\nand filename (much the same as a MIME attachment). If set to 'Hide all' then\nany line that looks like uuencoded data will be folded into a tag line. This is\nuseful when uuencoded data is split across more than one article but can also\nlead to false positives. This setting can also be toggled in the article\nviewer. Default is 'No'.\n\ninewsprog\nPath, name and options of external inews(1). If you are reading via NNTP the\ndefault value is \"--internal\" (use built-in NNTP inews), else it is \"inews -h\".\nThe article is passed to inewsprog on STDIN via '< article'.\n\ninfoinlastline\nIf ON, show current group description or article subject in the last line (not\nin the pager and global menu) — ToggleInfoLastLine ('i') toggles setting. This\nfacility is useful as the full width of the screen is available to display long\nsubjects. Default is OFF.\n\ninteractivemailer\nIf greater than 0 your mailreader will be invoked earlier for reply so you can\nuse more of its features (e.g. MIME, pgp, ...). 1 means include headers, 2\nmeans don't include headers (old usemailreaderi=ON option). 0 turns off us‐\nage. This option has to suit mailerformat. Default is 0.\n\ninverseokay\nIf ON use inverse video for page headers and URL highlighting. Default is ON.\n\nkeepdeadarticles\nIf ON keep all failed postings in ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/dead.articles besides\nkeeping the last failed posting in ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/dead.article. De‐\nfault is ON.\n\nkilllevel\nThis option controls the processing and display of articles that are killed.\nThere are 3 options, default is 0 (Kill only unread arts).\n\n0 Kill only unread arts is the 'traditional' behavior of tin(1). Only un‐\nread articles are killed once only by marking them read. As filtering\nonly happens on unread articles with killlevel set to 0,\nartmarkedkilled and artmarkedreadselected are only shown once. When\nyou reenter the group the mark will be gone.\n\n1 Kill all arts & show with K will process all articles in the group and\ntherefore there is a processing overhead when using this option. Killed\narticles are threaded as normal but they will be marked with\nartmarkedkilled.\n\n2 Kill all arts and never show will process all articles in the group and\ntherefore there is a processing overhead when using this option. Killed\narticles simply does not get displayed at all.\n\nmail8bitheader\nAllows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of mail message. Default is OFF.\nTurning it ON is effective only if mailmimeencoding is also set to 8bit.\nLeaving it OFF is safe for most users and compliant to Internet Mail Standard\n(RFC5322 and RFC2047). Default is OFF.\n\nmailaddress\nUser's mail address (and full name), if not username@host. This is used when\ncreating articles, sending mail and when pgp(1) signing.\n\nmailmimeencoding\nMIME encoding of the body in mail message, if necessary (8bit, base64,\nquoted-printable, 7bit). Default is quoted-printable.\n\nmailquoteformat\nFormat of quote line when replying (via mail) to an article (%A=Address,\n%D=Date, %F=Fullname+Address, %G=Groupname, %M=Message-ID, %N=Fullname,\n%C=Firstname, %I=Initials). Default is \"In article %M you wrote:\"\n\nmailboxformat\nSelect one of the following mailbox-formats: MBOXO (default, except on SCO),\nMBOXRD or MMDF (default on SCO). See mbox(5) and RFC4155 for more details on\nMBOXO and MBOXRD and mmdf(5) for more details about MMDF.\n\nmaildir\nThe directory where articles/threads are to be saved in mbox(5) format. This\nfeature is mainly for use with the mutt(1) mail program. It allows the user to\nsave articles/threads/groups simply by giving '=' as the filename to save to.\nDefault is ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/Mail.\n\nmailerformat\nThe format string used to create the mailer command with parameters that is\nused for mailing articles to other people. Default is '%M \"%T\" < %F' (e.g.,\n/bin/mail \"iain\" < ~/.article). The flexible format allows other mailers with\ndifferent command line parameters to be used such as\nsendmail -oem -t < %F\nmutt -s \"%S\" -- \"%T\" < %F\nmutt -H %F\nclaws-mail --compose \"mailto:%T?subject=%S&insert=%F\"\ninteractivemailer must be set adequate. The following substitutions are sup‐\nported:\n%F filename\n%M defaultmailer\n%S subject-field\n%T to-filed\n%U username\n%% %\n\nmarksavedread\nIf ON mark articles that are saved as read. Default is ON.\n\nmarkignoretags\nWhen this is ON, the GroupMarkThdRead ('K'), ThreadMarkArtRead ('K'), MarkTh‐\ndUnread ('Z') at Group level and MarkArtUnread ('z') at Thread level functions\nmark just the current article or thread, ignoring other tagged, (un)read arti‐\ncles. When OFF, the same function presents a menu with choices of the current\nthread or article, all tagged, unread articles, or nothing.\n\nmetamailprog\nPath, name and options of external metamail(1) program used to view non-textual\nparts of articles. To use the built-in viewer, set to --internal. This is the\ndefault value when metamail(1) is not installed. Leave it blank if you don't\nwant any automatic viewing of non-textual attachments. The PageViewAttach ('V')\ncommand can always be used to manually view any attachments. See also\naskformetamail.\n\nmmcharset\nCharset supported locally, which is also used for MIME header (charset parame‐\nter and charset name in header encoding) in mail and news postings. If\nMIMESTRICTCHARSET is defined at compile time, text in charset other than the\nvalue of this parameter is considered not displayable and represented as '?'.\nOtherwise, all character sets are regarded as compatible with the display. If\nit's not set, the value of the environment variable $MMCHARSET is used. US-\nASCII or compile-time default is used in case neither of them is defined. If\nyour system supports iconv(3), this option is disabled and you should use\nmmnetworkcharset instead.\n\nmmnetworkcharset\nCharset used for posting and MIME headers; replaces mmcharset. Conversion be‐\ntween mmnetworkcharset and local charset (determined via nllanginfo(3)) is\ndone via iconv(3), if this function is not available on your system this option\nis disabled and you have to use mmcharset instead. mmnetworkcharset is lim‐\nited to one of the following charsets:\nUS-ASCII, ISO-8859-{1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10,13,14,15,16}, KOI8-{R,U,RU}\nEUC-{CN,JP,KR,TW}, ISO-2022-{CN,CN-EXT,JP,JP-1,JP-2}, Big5, UTF-8\nNot all values might work on your system, see iconvopen(3) for more details.\nIf it's not set, the value of the environment variable $MMCHARSET is used. US-\nASCII or compile-time default is used in case neither of them is defined.\n\nmonomarkdash\nCharacter attribute of words emphasized like this. It depends on your termi‐\nnal which attributes are usable. See also wordhdisplaymarks and wordhigh‐\nlight.\n\nmonomarkslash\nCharacter attribute of words emphasized like /this/. It depends on your termi‐\nnal which attributes are usable. See also wordhdisplaymarks and wordhigh‐\nlight.\n\nmonomarkstar\nCharacter attribute of words emphasized like *this*. It depends on your termi‐\nnal which attributes are usable. See also wordhdisplaymarks and wordhigh‐\nlight.\n\nmonomarkstroke\nCharacter attribute of words emphasized like -this-. It depends on your termi‐\nnal which attributes are usable. See also wordhdisplaymarks and wordhigh‐\nlight.\n\nnewnews\nThese are internal timers used by tin(1) to keep track of new newsgroups. Do\nnot change them unless you understand what they are for.\n\nnewsheaderstodisplay\nWhich news headers you wish to see. If you want to see all the headers, place\nan '*' as this value. This is the only way a wildcard can be used. If you en‐\nter 'X-' as the value, you will see all headers beginning with 'X-' (like\nX-Alan or X-Pape). You can list more than one by delimiting with spaces. Not\ndefining anything turns off this option.\n\nnewsheaderstonotdisplay\nSame as newsheaderstodisplay except it denotes the opposite. An example of\nusing both options might be if you thought 'X-' headers were A Good Thing(tm),\nbut thought Alan and Pape were miscreants... well then you would do something\nlike this: newsheaderstodisplay=X- newsheaderstonotdisplay=X-Alan X-Pape\nNot defining anything turns off this option.\n\nnewsquoteformat\nFormat of quote line when posting/following up an article (%A=Address, %D=Date,\n%F=Fullname+Address, %G=Groupname, %M=Message-ID, %N=Fullname, %C=Firstname,\n%I=Initials). Default is \"%F wrote:\".\n\nnntpreadtimeoutsecs\nTime in seconds to wait for a response from the server. Default is 120.\n\nnormalizationform\nThe normalization form which should be used to normalize unicode input. The\npossible values are:\n\n0 None: no normalization\n\n1 NFKC: Compatibility Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition\n\n2 NFKD: Compatibility Decomposition\n\n3 NFC: Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition\n\n4 NFD: Canonical Decomposition\n\n5 NFKCCF: Compatibility Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition\nand Case Folding\nSome normalization modes are only available if they are supported by the library\ntin(1) uses to do the normalization. NFC should be used if possible.\n\npagemimeformat\nFormat string tin(1) uses for mime header at Page level. Default is \"[--\n%T%S%*n%z%*l%!c%!d%*e --]\".\n\npageuueformat\nFormat string tin(1) uses for uue header at Page level. Default is \"[--\n%T%S%*n%I%!d%*e --]\".\n\nposfirstunread\nIf ON put cursor at first unread article in group otherwise at last article.\nDefault is ON.\n\npost8bitheader\nAllows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of a news article, if set this\nalso disables the generation of MIME-headers when they are usually required.\nDefault is OFF. Only enacted if postmimeencoding is also set to 8bit. In a\nnumber of local hierarchies where 8bit characters are used, using unencoded\n(raw) 8bit characters in header is acceptable and sometimes even recommended so\nthat you need to check the convention adopted in the local hierarchy of your\ninterest to determine what to do with this and postmimeencoding.\n\npostmimeencoding\nMIME encoding of the body in news message, if necessary. (8bit, base64,\nquoted-printable, 7bit). Default is 8bit, which leads to no encoding. base64\nand quoted-printable are usually undesired on usenet.\n\npostprocessview\nIf ON, then tin(1) will start an appropriate viewer program to display any\nfiles that were post processed and uudecoded. The program is determined using\nthe mailcap(5) file. Default is ON.\n\npostprocesstype\nThis specifies whether to perform post processing on saved articles. Because\nthe shell archive may contain commands you may not want to be executed, be\ncareful when extracting shell archives. The following values are allowed:\n\n0 No (default), no post processing is done.\n\n1 Shell archives, unpacking of multi-part shar(1) files only.\n\n2 Yes, binary attachments and data will be decoded and saved.\n\npostedarticlesfile\nKeep posted articles in given file. If the given filename does not contain any\nexpandable strings it will be prefixed with ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/Mail/. If\nno filename is set then postings will not be saved. See the section \"MAILING\nPIPING PRINTING REPOSTING AND SAVING ARTICLES\" for more information about the\nvarious expansion characters. Default is 'posted'.\n\nprintheader\nIf ON, then the full article header is sent to the printer. Otherwise only the\n''Subject:'' and ''From:'' fields are output. Default is OFF.\n\nprinter\nThe printer program with options that is to be used to print articles. The de‐\nfault is lpr(1) for BSD machines and lp(1) for SysV machines. Printing from\ntin(1) may have been disabled by the System Administrator.\n\nprocessonlyunread\nIf ON only save/print/pipe/mail unread articles (tagged articles excepted).\nDefault is OFF.\n\npromptfollowupto\nIf ON show empty ''Followup-To:'' header when editing an article. Default is\nOFF.\n\nquotechars\nThe character used in quoting included text to article followups and mail\nreplies. The '' character represents a blank character and is replaced with '\n' when read, %I is replaced by author's initials. Default is '>'.\n\nquotestyle\nThis bit coded integer value controls how articles are to be quoted when fol‐\nlowing up or replying to them. Any of the following options can be combined by\nadding all relevant values. Default is 5, which means that quote characters are\ncompressed and empty lines are quoted.\n\n1 Compress quotes Compress quote characters together when quoting multiple\ntimes (for example, '> > >' will be turned into '>>>'). This option is on\nby default.\n\n2 Quote Signatures This option is off by default. Signatures are always\nquoted regardless of this option when you are viewing an article in raw\nmode PageToggleRaw ('^H') and followup or reply to it. Signatures are\nnever quoted regardless of this option when showsignatures is off.\n\n4 Quote empty lines This option is on by default.\n\nquoteregex\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nlines are shown in colquote. If quoteregex is blank, then tin(1) uses a\nbuilt-in default.\n\nquoteregex2\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nlines are shown in colquote2. If quoteregex2 is blank, then tin(1) uses a\nbuilt-in default.\n\nquoteregex3\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nlines are shown in colquote3. If quoteregex3 is blank, then tin(1) uses a\nbuilt-in default.\n\nrecenttime\nIf set to 0, this feature is deactivated, otherwise it means the number of\ndays. Default is 2.\n\nrenderbidi\nIf ON tin(1) does the rendering of bi-directional text. If OFF tin(1) leaves\nthe rendering of bi-directional text to the terminal. Default is OFF.\n\nrereadactivefilesecs\nThe news ${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}\"/\"${TINACTIVEFILE:-active} file is reread\nat regular intervals to show if any new news has arrived. Default is 1200. Set‐\nting this to 0 will disable this feature.\n\nsavedir\nDirectory where articles/threads are saved. Default is ${TINHOME‐\nDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/News.\n\nscorelimitkill\nIf the score of an article is below or equal this value the article gets marked\nas killed.\n\nscorelimitselect\nIf the score of an article is above or equal this value the article gets marked\nas hot.\n\nscorekill\nScore of an article which should be killed, this must be <= scorelimitkill.\n\nscoreselect\nScore of an article which should be marked hot, this must be >= scorelimitse‐\nlect.\n\nscrolllines\nThe number of lines that will be scrolled up/down in the article pager when us‐\ning cursor-up/down. The default is 1 (line-by-line). Set to 0 to get tradi‐\ntional tin(1) page-by-page scrolling. Set to -1 to get page-by-page scrolling\nwhere the top/bottom line is carried over onto the next page. This setting su‐\npersedes showlastlineprevpage=ON. Set to -2 to get half-page scrolling.\nThis setting supersedes fullpagescroll=OFF.\n\nselectformat\nThe format string used for the Selection level. Default is \"%f %n %U %G %d\".\nThe following substitutions are supported:\n%G group name\n%U unread count\n%d description\n%f group flag\n%n current group number\n%% %\n\nsortfunction\nFunction used for sorting articles. Default is 0.\n\n0 Use qsort(3) for sorting.\n\n1 Use heapsort(3) for sorting. This might be faster in large groups with long\nthreads (somewhat presorted data).\n\nshowauthor\nWhich information about the author should be shown. Default is 2, authors full\nname.\n\n0 None, only the ''Subject:'' line will be displayed.\n\n1 Address, ''Subject:'' line & the address part of the ''From:'' line are\ndisplayed.\n\n2 Full Name, ''Subject:'' line & the authors full name part of the\n''From:'' line are displayed (default).\n\n3 Address and Name, ''Subject:'' line & all of the ''From:'' line are dis‐\nplayed.\n\nshowartscore\nIf ON show article score in the lower left corner when displaying articles.\nDefault is OFF. See also colscoreneg and colscorepos.\n\nshowdescription\nIf ON show a short group description text after newsgroup name at the group se‐\nlection level. The ''-d'' command-line flag will override the setting and turn\ndescriptions off. The text used is taken from the ${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIB‐\nDIR}/newsgroups file and if supported (requires tin(1) to be built with mh-\nmail-handling support) from ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/mailgroups for mail‐\ngroups. Default is ON.\n\nshowhelpmailsign\nAllows you to select whether tin(1) shows a help indication, a new mail indica‐\ntion, both, or neither in the various level titles. Default is 3.\n\n0 Don't show help or mail sign.\n\n1 Show only help sign.\n\n2 Show only mail sign if new mail, show only the mail sign, and only if new\nmail has arrived.\n\n3 Show mail if new mail else help s., show mail sign if new mail has ar‐\nrived otherwise show help sign.\n\nshowonlyunreadarts\nIf ON show only new/unread articles otherwise show all articles. Default is\nON.\n\nshowonlyunreadgroups\nIf ON show only subscribed groups that contain unread articles. Default is OFF.\n\nshowsignatures\nIf OFF don't show signatures when displaying articles. Default is ON.\n\nsigdashes\nIf ON prepend the signature with sigdashes. Default is ON.\n\nsigfile\nThe path that specifies the signature file to use when posting, following up to\nor replying to an article. If the path is a directory then the signature will\nbe randomly generated from files that are in the specified directory. If the\npath starts with a ! the program the path points to will be executed to gener‐\nate a signature. In order to pass the group name to the program, %G can be\nspecified. This will be replaced by the name of the current newsgroup. --none\nwill suppress any signature. Default is ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.Sig.\n\nsignaturerepost\nIf ON add signature to reposted articles. Default is ON.\n\nslashesregex\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nwords are shown in colmarkslash or monomarkslash. If slashesregex is blank,\nthen tin(1) uses a built-in default.\n\nsortarticletype\nThis specifies how articles should be sorted. Sort by ascending Date (6) is the\ndefault. The following sort types are allowed:\n\n0 Nothing, don't sort articles.\n\n1 Subject: (descending), sort articles by ''Subject:'' field descending.\n\n2 Subject: (ascending), sort articles by ''Subject:'' field ascending.\n\n3 From: (descending), sort articles by ''From:'' field descending.\n\n4 From: (ascending), sort articles by ''From:'' field ascending.\n\n5 Date: (descending), sort articles by ''Date:'' field descending.\n\n6 Date: (ascending), sort articles by ''Date:'' field ascending (default).\n\n7 Score (descending), sort articles by filtering score descending.\n\n8 Score (ascending), sort articles by filtering score ascending.\n\n9 Lines: (descending), sort articles by ''Lines:'' field descending.\n\n10 Lines: (ascending), sort articles by ''Lines:'' field ascending.\n\nsortthreadstype\nThis specifies how threads will be sorted. Sort by descending Score (1) is the\ndefault. The following sort types are allowed:\n\n0 Nothing, don't sort threads.\n\n1 Score (descending), sort threads by filtering score descending (default).\n\n2 Score (ascending), sort threads by filtering score ascending.\n\n3 Last posting date (descending), sort threads by date of last posting de‐\nscending.\n\n4 Last posting date (ascending), sort threads by date of last posting as‐\ncending.\n\nspamtrapwarningaddresses\nSet this option to a list of comma-separated strings to be warned if you are\nreplying to an article by mail where the e-mail address contains one of these\nstrings. The matching is case-insensitive. Example:\n\nspam,delete,remove\n\nstarsregex\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nwords are shown in colmarkstar or monomarkstar. If starsregex is blank, then\ntin(1) uses a built-in default.\n\nstripblanks\nStrips the blanks from the end of each line therefore speeding up the display\nwhen reading on a slow terminal or via modem. Default is ON.\n\nstripbogus\nBogus groups are groups that are present in your ${TINHOME‐\nDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.newsrc file that no longer exist on the news server. There are 3\noptions. 0 means do nothing & always keep bogus groups. 1 means bogus groups\nwill be permanently removed. 2 means that bogus groups will appear on the Group\nSelection Menu, prefixed with a 'D'. This allows you to unsubscribe from them\nas and when you wish. Default is 0 (Always Keep).\n\nstripnewsrc\nIf ON, then unsubscribed groups will be permanently removed from your\n${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.newsrc file. Default is OFF.\n\nstripreregex\nA regular expression to find Subject prefixes like \"Re:\" to remove If\nstripreregex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.\n\nstripwasregex\nA regular expression to find Subject suffixes like \"(was:\" to remove. If\nstripwasregex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.\n\nstrokesregex\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nwords are shown in colmarkstroke or monomarkstroke. If strokesregex is\nblank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.\n\ntex2isoconv\nDecode German style TeX umlaut codes to ISO If ON, show \"a as Umlaut-a, etc.\nDefault is OFF. This behavior can also be toggled in the article viewer via\nPageToggleTex2iso ('\"').\n\nthreadarticles\nDefines which threading method to use. The choices are:\n\n0 Don't thread\n\n1 Thread on Subject only\n\n2 Thread on References only\n\n3 Thread on References then Subject (default)\n\n4 Thread multipart articles on Subject\n\n5 Thread on Percentage Match of the Subjects\nIt's also possible to set the threading type on a per group basis by setting the group\nattribute variable threadarticles to 0 – 5 in the file ${TINHOME‐\nDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/attributes.\n\nthreadformat\nThe format string used for the Thread level. Default is \"%n %m [%L] %T %F\".\nThe following substitutions are supported:\n%D date\n%F from, name and/or address\n%I initials\n%L line count\n%M message-id\n%S score\n%T thread tree\n%m article marks\n%n current article number\n%% %\n\nthreadperc\nDefines how close the subjects must match while threading by Percentage Match\nfor threads to be considered part of a single thread. This value is in the\nrange 0 to 100. The default is 75.\n\nthreadcatchuponexit\nIf ON catchup group/thread when leaving with the left arrow key. Default is ON.\n\nthreadscore\nHow the total score of a thread is computed. Default is 0, the maximum score in\nthis thread.\n\n0 Max, the maximum score in this thread.\n\n1 Sum, the sum of all scores in this thread.\n\n2 Average, the average score in this thread.\n\ntlscacertfile\nThe name of file containing all trusted CA certificates used for NNTPS (RFC‐\n8143) connections. If left empty the system default will be used.\n\ntranslit\nIf ON append //TRANSLIT to the first argument of iconvopen(3) to enable\ntransliteration. This means that when a character cannot be represented in the\ntarget character set, it can be approximated through one or several similarly\nlooking characters. On systems where this extension doesn't exist, this option\nis disabled. Default is OFF.\n\ntrimarticlebody\nAllows you to select how tin(1) treats blank lines in article bodies. Default\nis 0. This option does not affect lines within verbatim blocks.\n\n0 Don't trim article body, do nothing.\n\n1 Skip leading blank lines.\n\n2 Skip trailing blank lines.\n\n3 Skip leading and trailing blank l., skip leading and trailing blank\nlines.\n\n4 Compact multiple between text, replace multiple blank lines between text\nblocks with one blank line.\n\n5 Compact multiple and skip leading, 4 + 1\n\n6 Compact multiple and skip trailing, 4 + 2\n\n7 Compact mltpl., skip lead. & trai., 4 + 3\n\nsuppresssofthyphens\nIf ON remove soft hyphens (U+00AD) from non verbatim blocks when displaying ar‐\nticles. Default is OFF.\n\nunderscoresregex\nA regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching\nwords are shown in colmarkdash or monomarkdash. If underscoresregex is\nblank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.\n\nunlinkarticle\nIf ON remove ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.article after posting. Default is ON.\n\nurlhandler\nThe program that will be run when launching URLs in the article viewer using\nPageViewUrl ('U'). The actual URL will be appended. Default is urlhandler.pl.\n\nurlhighlight\nEnable highlighting URLs in message body. Default is ON.\n\nusecolor\nIf enabled tin(1) uses ANSI-colors. Default is OFF.\n\nusekeypad\nUse scroll keys on keypad. Default is OFF.\n\nusemouse\nAllows the mouse button support in an xterm(1x) to be enabled/disabled. De‐\nfault is OFF.\n\nuseslrnface\nIf enabled slrnface(1) will be used to interpret the ''X-Face:'' header. For\nthis option to have any effect, tin(1) must be running in an xterm(1x) and\nslrnface(1) must be in your $PATH. Default is OFF.\n\nutf8graphics\nIf ON use UTF-8 characters for indicator ('->'), thread/attachment tree and el‐\nlipsis ('...'). Default is OFF.\n\nverbatimbeginregex\nA regular expression that tin(1) will use to find the begin of a verbatim\nblock. Default is #v+\n\nverbatimendregex\nA regular expression that tin(1) will use to find the end of a verbatim block.\nDefault is #v-\n\nverbatimhandling\nIf ON verbatim blocks will be detected. Default is ON.\n\nwildcard\nAllows you to select how tin(1) matches strings. The default is 0 and uses the\nwildmat(3) notation, which is how this has traditionally been handled. Setting\nthis to 1 allows you to use perl(1) compatible regular expressions pcre(3) or\npcre2(3). (see also perlre(1) and pcrepattern(3) or pcre2pattern(3)). You\nwill probably want to update your filter file if you use this regularly. NB:\nNewsgroup names will always be matched using the wildmat(3) notation.\n\nwordhdisplaymarks\nShould the leading and ending stars, slashes, strokes and dashes also be dis‐\nplayed, even when they are highlighting marks?\n\n0 no\n\n1 yes, display mark\n\n2 print a space instead\n\nwordhighlight\nEnable word highlighting. See wordhdisplaymarks for the options available.\nIf usecolor is enabled the colors specified in colmarkdash, colmarkslash,\ncolmarkstar and colmarkstroke are used for word highlighting else the charac‐\nter attributes specified in monomarkdash, monomarkslash, monomarkstar and\nmonomarkstroke are used. Default is ON.\n\nwrapcolumn\nSets the column at which a displayed article body should be wrapped. If this\nvalue is equal to 0, it defaults to the current screen width. If this value is\ngreater than your current screen width the part off-screen is not displayed.\nThus setting this option to a large value can be used to disable wrapping. If\nthis value is negative the wrap margin is the current screen width plus the\ngiven value (as long as the result is still positive, otherwise it will fall\nback to the current screen width). Default is 0, wrapping at the current screen\nwidth.\n\nwraponnextunread\nIf enabled a search for the next unread article will wrap around all articles\nto find also previous unread articles. If disabled the search stops at the end\nof the thread list. Default is ON.\n\nxpostquoteformat\nFormat is the same as for newsquoteformat, this is used when answering to a\ncrossposting to several groups with no ''Followup-To:'' set.\n\n/etc/tin/tin.defaults\n\nYet another global configuration file with \"variable=value\" pairs. This one is for the\nmore general options which usually can't be controlled via ${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIB‐\nDIR}/tinrc and/or ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.tin/tinrc like resetting (to override the\nbuilt-in default) the newslibdir.\n\ndomainname\nSets a global domain name used in From lines\n\norganization\nDefines the name of your organization. $ORGANIZATION overrides any specified\nvalue.\n\nnewslibdir\nDefines the default place for some configuration files, common values are\n/usr/lib/news, /var/lib/news, /usr/local/lib/news or /news/db. $TINLIBDIR\noverrides any specified value.\n\nbugaddress\nDefines the email address to which users can send bug reports using a built-in\nfunction. The default points to a developers mailing list located at tin.org.\nYou might want to change this address to one of your local administration if\nyou want to deal with your lusers problems on your own.\n\ninewsdir\nDefines the directory containing the inews(1) executable.\n\nmmcharset\nDefault charset to be used in MIME's ''Content-Type:'' header. $MMCHARSET\noverrides any specified value.\n\npostmimeencoding\nDefault encoding scheme used in MIME articles. 8bit might be the best value.\n\nmailmimeencoding\nDefault encoding scheme used in MIME letters. quoted-printable is a good choice\nhere.\n\ndisablegnksadomaincheck\nAllow unregistered top level domains. As the list of valid TLDs is no longer\nactively maintained the default was changed to ON starting with tin(1) version\n2.1.5\n\ndisablesender\nDon't generate a ''Sender:'' header. This has an effect only if inewsprog is\nset to --internal.\n\nspooldir\nBase of your newsspool (Bnews, Cnews and INN traditional spool style), common\nvalues are /var/spool/news, /usr/spool/news, /news/spool. $TINSPOOLDIR over‐\nrides any specified value.\n\noverviewdir\nBase of your NOV database newsoverview(5) (tradspool style; might be the same\ndir as spooldir), common values are /var/spool/overview, /usr/spool/overview,\n/news/overview. $TINNOVROOTDIR overrides any specified value.\n\noverviewfile\nName of a single overview file, common values are .overview or over.view.\n$TINNOVFILENAME overrides any specified value.\n\noverviewfmtfile\nFull pathname of your newssystem's overview.fmt file; usually the file resides\nin newslibdir and is named overview.fmt, so you only have to change this set‐\nting if your configuration differs.\n\nactivefile\nFull pathname of your newssystem's active file; usually the file resides in\nnewslibdir and is named active, so you only have to change this setting if your\nconfiguration differs. $TINACTIVEFILE overrides any specified value.\n\nactivetimesfile\nFull pathname of your newssystem's active.times file; usually the file resides\nin newslibdir and is named active.times, so you only have to change this set‐\nting if your configuration differs.\n\nnewsgroupsfile\nFull pathname of your newssystem's newsgroups file; usually the file resides in\nnewslibdir and is named newsgroups, so you only have to change this setting if\nyour configuration differs.\n\nsubscriptionsfile\nFull pathname of your newssystem's subscriptions file; usually the file resides\nin newslibdir and is named subscriptions, so you only have to change this set‐\nting if your configuration differs.\n\n/usr/local/share/locale/$LCMESSAGES/LCMESSAGES/tin.mo\n\ntranslation into language specified in $LCALL, $LCMESSAGES or $LANG\n\n${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}\"/\"${TINACTIVEFILE:-active}\n\nThis file lists the newsgroups that the local site receives. Each newsgroup should be\nlisted only once. Each line specifies one group; within each newsgroup, articles are\nassigned unique names, which are monotonically increasing numbers.\n\nIf an article is posted to newsgroups not mentioned in this file, those newsgroups are\nignored. If no valid newsgroups are specified, the article is rejected.\n\nEach line consists of four space-separated fields \"name highmark lowmark flags\".\n\nname is the name of the newsgroup\n\nhighmark\nis the highest article number that has been used in that newsgroup\n\nlowmark\nis the lowest article number in the group; this number is not guaranteed to be\naccurate, and should only be taken to be a hint. Note that because of article\ncancellations, there may be gaps in the numbering sequence. If the lowest arti‐\ncle number is greater than the highest article number, then there are no arti‐\ncles in the newsgroup.\n\nflags can be one of those\n\ny local postings are allowed\n\nn no local postings are allowed, only remote ones\n\nm the group is moderated and all postings must be approved\n\nj articles in this group are not kept, but only passed on\n\nx articles cannot be posted to this newsgroup\n\n=foo.bar\narticles are locally filed into the ''foo.bar'' group\n\ntin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you\nread news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST (RFC3977) or LIST COUNTS (RFC6048)\ncommand instead.\n\n${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/active.times\n\nThis file provides a chronological record of when newsgroups are created. It is nor‐\nmally updated by the local news server (e.g. innd(8)) whenever a new group is cre‐\nated. Each line consist of three space-separated fields \"name time creator\".\n\nname is the name of the newsgroup\n\ntime is the time when the group was created, expressed as the number of seconds\nsince the Epoch.\n\ncreator\nis the electronic mail address of the person who created the group.\n\ntin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you\nread news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the NEWGROUPS (RFC3977) command instead.\n\n${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/newsgroups\n\nThis file provides short descriptions of each newsgroup. It is normally updated by the\nlocal news server (e.g. innd(8)) whenever a new group is created. Each line consist\nof two tab-separated fields \"group.name one-line description\".\n\ngroup.name\nis the name of the newsgroup\n\none-line description\nis a short single-line description of the group\n\ntin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you\nread news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST NEWSGROUPS (RFC3977) command instead.\n\n${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/organization\n\nThis file might hold a default organization to be used in the ''Organization:''\nheader. $ORGANIZATION has a higher priority if set.\n\n${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/overview.fmt\n\nThis file specifies the organization of the news overview database (see also\nnewsoverview(5)). The order of lines in this file is important; it determines the or‐\nder in which the fields will appear in the database. See also overview.fmt(5). tin(1)\nonly tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you read\nnews via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST OVERVIEW.FMT (RFC3977) command instead.\n\n${TINLIBDIR:-NEWSLIBDIR}/subscriptions\n\nThis file contains a list of newsgroups — one per line — which the client should sub‐\nscribe to when the user has no ${TINHOMEDIR:-\"$HOME\"}/.newsrc for the news server.\ntin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you\nread news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS (RFC6048) command instead.\n\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "inews(1), ispell(1), lp(1), lpr(1), metamail(1), mutt(1), perl(1), perlre(1), pgp(1), rn(1),\nshar(1), slrnface(1), tin(1), xterm(1x), heapsort(3), iconv(3), iconvopen(3),\nnllanginfo(3), pcre(3), pcre2(3), pcrepattern(3), pcre2pattern(3), qsort(3), strftime(3),\nsystem(3), active(5), mailcap(5), mbox(5), mmdf(5), newsoverview(5), overview.fmt(5),\ninnd(8), RFC1524, RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2047, RFC2048, RFC2231, RFC2980, RFC3977, RFC4155,\nRFC4643, RFC5322, RFC5536, RFC5537, RFC6048, RFC8143\n\n2.6.4 December 24th, 2023 tin(5)", "subsections": [] } }, "summary": "tin, rtin - related files", "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [ { "name": "inews", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/inews/1/json" }, { "name": "ispell", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ispell/1/json" }, { "name": "lp", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lp/1/json" }, { "name": "lpr", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lpr/1/json" }, { "name": "metamail", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/metamail/1/json" }, { "name": "mutt", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mutt/1/json" }, { "name": "perl", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/perl/1/json" }, { "name": "perlre", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/perlre/1/json" }, { "name": "pgp", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pgp/1/json" }, { "name": "rn", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/rn/1/json" }, { "name": "shar", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/shar/1/json" }, { "name": "slrnface", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/slrnface/1/json" }, { "name": "xterm", "section": "1x", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/xterm/1x/json" }, { "name": "heapsort", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/heapsort/3/json" }, { "name": "iconv", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iconv/3/json" }, { "name": "iconvopen", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iconvopen/3/json" }, { "name": "nllanginfo", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nllanginfo/3/json" }, { "name": "pcre", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pcre/3/json" }, { "name": "pcre2", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pcre2/3/json" }, { "name": "pcrepattern", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pcrepattern/3/json" }, { "name": "pcre2pattern", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pcre2pattern/3/json" }, { "name": "qsort", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/qsort/3/json" }, { "name": "strftime", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/strftime/3/json" }, { "name": "system", "section": "3", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/system/3/json" }, { "name": "active", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/active/5/json" }, { "name": "mailcap", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mailcap/5/json" }, { "name": "mbox", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mbox/5/json" }, { "name": "mmdf", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mmdf/5/json" }, { "name": "newsoverview", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/newsoverview/5/json" }, { "name": "overview.fmt", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/overview.fmt/5/json" }, { "name": "innd", "section": "8", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/innd/8/json" } ] }