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  public-inbox-nntpd [OPTIONS]

public-inbox-nntpd provides a read-only NNTP daemon for public-inbox.  It uses options and environment variables common to all public-inbox-daemon(8) implementations.

The default configuration will never require write access to the directory where the public-inbox is stored, so it may be run as a different user than the user running public-inbox-watch(1), public-inbox-mda(1), or git-fetch(1).

See common options in "OPTIONS" in public-inbox-daemon(8). Additionally, NNTP-specific behavior for certain options are supported and documented below.

-l PROTOCOL://ADDRESS/?cert=/path/to/cert,key=/path/to/key

--listen PROTOCOL://ADDRESS/?cert=/path/to/cert,key=/path/to/key

In addition to the normal -l/--listen switch described in public-inbox-daemon(8), the protocol prefix (e.g. nntp:// or nntps://) may be specified to force a given protocol.

For STARTTLS and NNTPS support, the cert and key may be specified on a per-listener basis after a ? character and separated by ,. These directives are per-directive, and it's possible to use a different cert for every listener.

--cert /path/to/cert

The default TLS certificate for optional STARTTLS and NNTPS support if the cert option is not given with --listen.

If using systemd-compatible socket activation and a TCP listener on port 563 is inherited, it is automatically NNTPS when this option is given. When a listener on port 119 is inherited and this option is given, it automatically gets STARTTLS support.

--key /path/to/key

The default private TLS certificate key for optional STARTTLS and NNTPS support if the key option is not given with --listen.  The private key may be concatenated into the path used by --cert, in which case this option is not needed.

These configuration knobs should be used in the public-inbox-config(5)

publicinbox.<name>.newsgroup

publicinbox.nntpserver

See public-inbox-config(5) for documentation on them.

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git(1), git-config(1), public-inbox-daemon(8), public-inbox-config(5)

public-inbox-config(5), public-inbox-daemon(8), public-inbox-glossary(7), public-inbox-imapd(1), public-inbox-overview(7), public-inbox-pop3d(1), public-inbox-tuning(7), public-inbox-v1-format(5).