;;; nntp.el --- nntp access for Gnus
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-;; 1997, 1998, 2000
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+
+;; Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993,
+;; 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002,
+;; 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: news
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;;; Commentary:
(require 'nnheader)
(require 'nnoo)
(require 'gnus-util)
+(require 'gnus)
(nnoo-declare nntp)
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
+(defgroup nntp nil
+ "NNTP access for Gnus."
+ :group 'gnus)
+
(defvoo nntp-address nil
"Address of the physical nntp server.")
(defvoo nntp-open-connection-function 'nntp-open-network-stream
"*Function used for connecting to a remote system.
-It will be called with the buffer to output in.
+It will be called with the buffer to output in as argument.
-Two pre-made functions are `nntp-open-network-stream', which is the
-default, and simply connects to some port or other on the remote
-system (see nntp-port-number). The other are `nntp-open-rlogin',
-which does an rlogin on the remote system, and then does a telnet to
-the NNTP server available there (see nntp-rlogin-parameters) and
-`nntp-open-telnet' which telnets to a remote system, logs in and does
-the same.")
+Currently, five such functions are provided (please refer to their
+respective doc string for more information), three of them establishing
+direct connections to the nntp server, and two of them using an indirect
+host.
-(defvoo nntp-rlogin-program "rsh"
- "*Program used to log in on remote machines.
-The default is \"rsh\", but \"ssh\" is a popular alternative.")
+Direct connections:
+- `nntp-open-network-stream' (the default),
+- `nntp-open-ssl-stream',
+- `nntp-open-tls-stream',
+- `nntp-open-telnet-stream'.
-(defvoo nntp-rlogin-parameters '("telnet" "-8" "${NNTPSERVER:=news}" "nntp")
- "*Parameters to `nntp-open-rlogin'.
-That function may be used as `nntp-open-connection-function'. In that
-case, this list will be used as the parameter list given to rsh.")
+Indirect connections:
+- `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-telnet',
+- `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat',
+- `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet'.")
-(defvoo nntp-rlogin-user-name nil
- "*User name on remote system when using the rlogin connect method.")
+(defvoo nntp-pre-command nil
+ "*Pre-command to use with the various nntp-open-via-* methods.
+This is where you would put \"runsocks\" or stuff like that.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-parameters
- '("exec" "telnet" "-8" "${NNTPSERVER:=news}" "nntp")
- "*Parameters to `nntp-open-telnet'.
-That function may be used as `nntp-open-connection-function'. In that
-case, this list will be executed as a command after logging in
-via telnet.")
+(defvoo nntp-telnet-command "telnet"
+ "*Telnet command used to connect to the nntp server.
+This command is used by the methods `nntp-open-telnet-stream',
+`nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-telnet' and `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet'.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-user-name nil
- "User name to log in via telnet with.")
+(defvoo nntp-telnet-switches '("-8")
+ "*Switches given to the telnet command `nntp-telnet-command'.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-passwd nil
- "Password to use to log in via telnet with.")
+(defvoo nntp-end-of-line "\r\n"
+ "*String to use on the end of lines when talking to the NNTP server.
+This is \"\\r\\n\" by default, but should be \"\\n\" when using and
+indirect telnet connection method (nntp-open-via-*-and-telnet).")
-(defvoo nntp-open-telnet-envuser nil
- "*If non-nil, telnet session (client and server both) will support the ENVIRON option and not prompt for login name.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-rlogin-command "rsh"
+ "*Rlogin command used to connect to an intermediate host.
+This command is used by the methods `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-telnet'
+and `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat'. The default is \"rsh\", but \"ssh\"
+is a popular alternative.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-shell-prompt "bash\\|\$ *\r?$\\|> *\r?"
- "*Regular expression to match the shell prompt on the remote machine.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches nil
+ "*Switches given to the rlogin command `nntp-via-rlogin-command'.
+If you use \"ssh\" for `nntp-via-rlogin-command', you may set this to
+\(\"-C\") in order to compress all data connections, otherwise set this
+to \(\"-t\" \"-e\" \"none\") or (\"-C\" \"-t\" \"-e\" \"none\") if the telnet
+command requires a pseudo-tty allocation on an intermediate host.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-command "telnet"
- "Command used to start telnet.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-telnet-command "telnet"
+ "*Telnet command used to connect to an intermediate host.
+This command is used by the `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet' method.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-switches '("-8")
- "Switches given to the telnet command.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-telnet-switches '("-8")
+ "*Switches given to the telnet command `nntp-via-telnet-command'.")
-(defvoo nntp-end-of-line "\r\n"
- "String to use on the end of lines when talking to the NNTP server.
-This is \"\\r\\n\" by default, but should be \"\\n\" when
-using rlogin or telnet to communicate with the server.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-netcat-command "nc"
+ "*Netcat command used to connect to the nntp server.
+This command is used by the `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat' method.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-netcat-switches nil
+ "*Switches given to the netcat command `nntp-via-netcat-command'.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-user-name nil
+ "*User name to log in on an intermediate host with.
+This variable is used by the various nntp-open-via-* methods.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-user-password nil
+ "*Password to use to log in on an intermediate host with.
+This variable is used by the `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet' method.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-address nil
+ "*Address of an intermediate host to connect to.
+This variable is used by the various nntp-open-via-* methods.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-envuser nil
+ "*Whether both telnet client and server support the ENVIRON option.
+If non-nil, there will be no prompt for a login name.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-shell-prompt "bash\\|\$ *\r?$\\|> *\r?"
+ "*Regular expression to match the shell prompt on an intermediate host.
+This variable is used by the `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet' method.")
(defvoo nntp-large-newsgroup 50
- "*The number of the articles which indicates a large newsgroup.
-If the number of the articles is greater than the value, verbose
+ "*The number of articles which indicates a large newsgroup.
+If the number of articles is greater than the value, verbose
messages will be shown to indicate the current status.")
(defvoo nntp-maximum-request 400
server there that you can connect to. See also
`nntp-open-connection-function'")
-(defvoo nntp-warn-about-losing-connection t
- "*If non-nil, beep when a server closes connection.")
-
(defvoo nntp-coding-system-for-read 'binary
"*Coding system to read from NNTP.")
(defvoo nntp-coding-system-for-write 'binary
"*Coding system to write to NNTP.")
+;; Marks
+(defvoo nntp-marks-is-evil nil
+ "*If non-nil, Gnus will never generate and use marks file for nntp groups.
+See `nnml-marks-is-evil' for more information.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-marks-file-name ".marks")
+(defvoo nntp-marks nil)
+(defvar nntp-marks-modtime (gnus-make-hashtable))
+
+(defcustom nntp-marks-directory
+ (nnheader-concat gnus-directory "marks/")
+ "*The directory where marks for nntp groups will be stored."
+ :group 'gnus
+ :type 'directory)
+
(defcustom nntp-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo"
".netrc-like file that holds nntp authinfo passwords."
+ :group 'nntp
:type
'(choice file
(repeat :tag "Entries"
(defvoo nntp-connection-timeout nil
"*Number of seconds to wait before an nntp connection times out.
-If this variable is nil, which is the default, no timers are set.")
+If this variable is nil, which is the default, no timers are set.
+NOTE: This variable is never seen to work in Emacs 20 and XEmacs 21.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-prepare-post-hook nil
+ "*Hook run just before posting an article. It is supposed to be used
+to insert Cancel-Lock headers.")
;;; Internal variables.
(defvar nntp-async-timer nil)
(defvar nntp-async-process-list nil)
-(eval-and-compile
- (autoload 'mail-source-read-passwd "mail-source")
- (autoload 'open-ssl-stream "ssl"))
+(defvar nntp-ssl-program
+ "openssl s_client -quiet -ssl3 -connect %s:%p"
+"A string containing commands for SSL connections.
+Within a string, %s is replaced with the server address and %p with
+port number on server. The program should accept IMAP commands on
+stdin and return responses to stdout.")
\f
nntp-last-command string)
(when nntp-record-commands
(nntp-record-command string))
- (process-send-string process (concat string nntp-end-of-line)))
+ (process-send-string process (concat string nntp-end-of-line))
+ (or (memq (process-status process) '(open run))
+ (nntp-report "Server closed connection")))
(defun nntp-record-comman
projects / gnus / blobdiff