MKNEWSGROUPS(8)

NAME
mknewsgroups - Cyrus IMAP documentation

SYNOPSIS

    mknewsgroups

DESCRIPTION

mknewsgroups [-h] [-n] [-C <config-file>] [-f <active-file>] [-u <user>] [-w <wildmats>] [-p <part>] [-a <acls>] <server>

OPTIONS

-h  Display help.

-n  Print the IMAP commands, but don't execute them.

-C <config file>
    Use the config in <config-file> instead of /etc/imapd.conf

-f <active-file>
    Use the newsgroups in <active-file> instead of ./active (get current file from ftp://ftp.isc.org/usenet/CONFIG/active)

-u <user>
    Authenticate as <user> instead of the current shell user

-w <wildmats>
    Only create the newsgroups specified by <wildmats>. <wildmats> is a comma-separated list of wildmat pattern (eg, ",!alt.")

-p <part>
    Create the newsgroup mailboxes on partition <part>

-a <acls>
    Set <acls> on the newsgroup. <acls> is a whitespace-separated list of cyradm-style userid/rights pairs (eg, "anyone +p news write")

AUTHOR
The Cyrus Team

COPYRIGHT
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