---
name: "nntp-pull"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sinntp"
version: "1.6-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nntp-pull"
---

# nntp-pull(1)

fetch articles from the server to the mbox

## NAME

nntp-pull - fetch articles from the server to the mbox

## SYNOPSIS

**nntp-pull** \[*options*...\] *groupname* \[*groupname*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

Fetch messages from the server and save them into the mailbox (mbox format). Every argument is supposed to be a name of group, optionally followed by a '\>' character and mbox filename. If the mbox filename is omitted, it defaults to the name of the group.

Besides global options (described in [**sinntp**(1)](/sinntp/1.md)), **nntp-pull** command takes following options:

- **--limit=***N*

  Pull at most *N* messages.

- **--reget**

  Start from the first available message.

## EXAMPLES

**nntp-pull --server=news.example.org --limit=50 'comp.os.linux\>os-linux'** Fetches at most the 50 newest articles from the newsgroup comp.os.linux located on news.example.org server and appends them to the os-linux mailbox file.

**nntp-pull --server=news.example.net --reget --limit=3 comp.os.windows** Fetches at most the 3 oldest articles from the newsgroup comp.os.windows located on news.example.net server and appends them to the comp.os.windows mailbox file.

## SEE ALSO

[**sinntp**(1)](/sinntp/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 Piotr Lewandowski, Jakub Wilk\