motd.news (5) - Linux Manuals
motd.news: Message of the day information for feeders or readers
NAME
motd.news - Message of the day information for feeders or readers
DESCRIPTION
Two files, found in pathetc, contain local information for news feeders or news readers in a free-form format. The entire files are returned verbatim to any client that issues the LIST MOTD command. This might be used for new information, notification of upcoming downtime, or similar purposes.These files are named motd.innd (for news feeders) and motd.nnrpd (for news readers); they are used by innd and nnrpd, respectively.
Make sure that these files are encoded in UTF-8. They should also be ``dot-stuffed'', that is to say that a line beginning with a dot should have that dot doubled.
Be aware that use of the LIST MOTD command is not widespread (though
documented in RFC
If one or both of these files are missing, it is not an error. The server
will just send the client the appropriate response for an unmaintained
motd.innd or motd.nnrpd file.
On a fresh INN install, samples for these files are installed
in pathec; you will therefore find in motd.innd.sample and
motd.nnrpd.sample a few examples of messages that can be communicated
to news clients.
$Id: motd.news.pod 9768 2014-12-07 21:22:57Z iulius $
HISTORY
Rewritten in POD by Russ Allbery <eagle [at] eyrie.org> for InterNetNews.