---
name: "cyrus-fetchnews"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cyrus-nntpd"
version: "3.10.2-1+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cyrus-fetchnews"
---

# cyrus-fetchnews(8)

Cyrus IMAP documentation Retrieve new articles from peer and feed to Cyrus

## NAME

fetchnews - Cyrus IMAP documentation

Retrieve new articles from peer and feed to Cyrus

## SYNOPSIS

```
fetchnews [ -C config-file ] [ -s servername[:port]]
    [ -n ] [ -y ] [ -w wildmat ] [ -f tstampfile ]
    [ -a authname [ -p password ]] peername
```

## DESCRIPTION

**fetchnews** *retrieves news articles from a peer news server and* *feeds them to a Cyrus server.* **fetchnews** *connects to the peer* *specified by peername, requests new articles since the time stored in* *tstampfile and feeds them to servername.*

**fetchnews** *reads its configuration options out of the [imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md) file unless specified otherwise by* **-C***.*

## OPTIONS

- **-C config-file**

  *Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default [imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md).*

- **-s servername, --server=servername**

  *Hostname of the Cyrus server (with optional port) to which articles* *should be fed.  Defaults to "localhost:nntp".*

- **-n, --no-newnews**

  *Don't use the NEWNEWS command.* **fetchnews** *will keep track of the* *high and low water marks for each group and use them to fetch new* *articles.*

- **-y, --yyyy**

  *Use 4 instead of 2 digits for year. 2-digits are RFC 977 - but not* *y2k-compliant.*

- **-w wildmat, --groups=wildmat**

  *Wildmat pattern specifying which newsgroups to search for new* *articles.  Defaults to "\*".*

- **-f tstampfile, --newsstamp-file=tstampfile**

  *File in which to read/write the timestamp of when articles were* *last retrieved.  Defaults to* **\<configdirectory\>/newsstamp** *as* *specified by the configuration options.*

- **-a authname, --auth-id=authname**

  *Userid to use for authentication.*

- **-p password, --password=password**

  *Password to use for authentication.*

## FILES

*/etc/imapd.conf*

## SEE ALSO

*manpage:[imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md)*

## AUTHOR

*The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight)*

## COPYRIGHT

*1993–2025, The Cyrus Team*