---
name: "get-news"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "suck"
version: "4.3.5-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/get-news"
---

# get-news(8)

Debian Suck front end

## NAME

get-news - Debian Suck front end

## SYNOPSIS

*get-news* \[ sitename \] \[ **-h** \] \[ **-outgoingfile** filename \] \[ **-userid** userid \] \[ **-password** password \] \[ **-noauth** \] \[ **-port** port \] \[ **-server** sitename \] \[ **-q** \] \[ **-getonly** \] \[ **-postonly** \] \[ **-timestamp** \] \[ **-verbose** \]

sitename

The name of the site get-news should connect. If this parameter is specified, it will be used for multiple purposes, setting:

 \- the DNS name of the NNTP host which get-news will connect to download and upload articles

 \- the suffix for some configuration files get-news will use (sucknewsrc, active-ignore, suckkillfile)

 \- the news feed name (name of the file in /var/spool/news/outgoing which contain list of the articles to be send)

For example, running the command get-news news.provider.site causes the script to contact news.provider.site, send messages listed in /var/spool/news/outgoing/news.provider.site (according to the feed of this name defined in /etc/news/newsfeeds) and use /etc/suck/sucknewsrc.news.provider.site as list of newsgroups, /etc/suck/suckkillfile.news.provider.site as killfile and (in case -A or -AL is specified in get-news.conf) suit newsgroup list to /etc/suck/active-ignore.news.provider.site.

When the sitename parameter is missing (like when get-news is run without parameters), get-news uses parameters from get-news.conf (remoteserver to specify the host, outgoingfile to specify the feed) and no-suffix configuration files (sucknewsrc, active-ignore, suckkillfile).

\-outgoingfile filename

This option tells get-news to use an alternate remote server outgoing articles filename, instead of the default, the remote server name.

\-userid userid

\-password password

These two options let you specify a userid and password, if your NNTP server requires them.

\-noauth

This option tells get-news to not send userid and password, even if they are specified in /etc/suck/get-news.conf.

\-port port

This option let you specify a port number, if your NNTP server has a non standard one.

\-server sitename

This option tells get-news to use sitename as your local NNTP server, instead of the default, localhost.

\-q

Be quiet. Do not display the BPS and article count messages during download. Multiple -q's makes get-news shut up

\-getonly

Only get new news, don't post anything outgoing.

\-postonly

Only post outgoing news, don't get anything.

\-timestamp Add timestamps to the get-news.log and verbose output.

\-verbose Give more messages about what get-news is doing.  Specified multiple times, debugging output is enabled.

## GET-NEWS.CONF

Suck looks for a file *get-news.conf* in /etc/suck to initialize some defaults and set some options that are not available on the command line.

## SEE ALSO

[suck(1)](/suck/1.md), [testhost(1)](/testhost/1.md), [rpost(1)](/rpost/1.md), [lpost(1)](/lpost/1.md).