[TriLUG] How to automate nntp posts?

bp bp at itchy.kicks-ass.org
Fri Jun 18 11:55:12 EDT 2004


As far as I can tell;  UNIX mail doesn't support NNTP address.  My syntax 
example below works just fine for email.  Trying to do the same for a 
newsgroup post.

thanks.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Justin Skinner wrote:

> Did you try,
> 
> mail -s "FS: item #1" triangle.forsale < item1.txt
> 
> 
> Justin Skinner
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> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, bp wrote:
> 
> > I have a few items to sell on triangle.forsale that i'd like to post once
> > a week.  I was hoping that I could script this process..  No luck with
> > mail or tin so far.
> >
> > Hoping for something in the ballpark of:
> >  	cat item1.txt|mail -s "FS: item #1" triangle.forsale
> >
> >
> > And no, i'm not looking to spam.
> > thanks.  Barry
> >
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