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

# sinntp(1)

tiny non-interactive NNTP client

## NAME

sinntp - tiny non-interactive NNTP client

## SYNOPSIS

**sinntp** *command* \[*options*...\] \[*args*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sinntp** is a tiny NNTP client originally designed to work in non-interactive mode. Following operations are supported:

• sending articles to the server,

• fetching new articles to the mbox file,

• downloading individual messages in RFC822 format,

• listing available newsgroups.

## COMMANDS

**sinntp** provides following commands:

• get,

• list,

• pull,

• push.

Above commands may also be invoked via convenience wrappers named in **nntp-***command* scheme (e.g. **nntp-get**). See wrappers' manual pages for command synopsis and description.

## GLOBAL OPTIONS

- **--version**

  Show program's version number and exit.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show short help message end exit.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Be more verbose (use multiple times to increase verbosity).

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Be less verbose (use multiple times to decrease verbosity).

- **-p**, **--plugin=***plugin*

  Load and use *plugin*.

- **-S**, **--server=***host*, **--server=***host***:***port*

  Connect to the specified *host* and *port*. If omitted **sinntp** will use address stored in /etc/nntp/server file or in *NNTPSERVER* variable (the latter takes precedence over the former).

- **-U**, **--username=***username*

  Use specified *username* for authentication.

- **-P**, **--password=***password*

  Use specified *password* for authentication.

  Use with caution! The password may be visible to other users of the system.

- **--no-netrc**

  Do not attempt to read authentication credentials (username, password) from the ~/.netrc file.

- **-t**, **--timeout=***timeout*

  Wait maximum *timeout* seconds during communication with the server.

Also, a particular command can support additional options.

## PLUGINS

Pulled and pushed messages can be altered by the plugin mechanism. Currently **sinntp** package includes following plugins:

• **mimify** - add default charset to the message when it is not present,

• **strip\_headers** - strip specified headers from message.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

NNTPSERVER

Address of the default NNTP server. It can be overridden by **--server** option.

XDG\_DATA\_HOME

Location of sinntp data directory. See **XDG Base Directory Specification**\[1\] for details.

## FILES

/etc/news/server

A file with NNTP server address. Can be overridden by *NNTPSERVER* environment variable or **--server** option.

*$XDG\_DATA\_HOME*/sinntp/

Location of sinntp data files.

## SEE ALSO

[**nntp-get**(1)](/nntp-get/1.md), [**nntp-list**(1)](/nntp-list/1.md), [**nntp-push**(1)](/nntp-push/1.md), [**nntp-pull**(1)](/nntp-pull/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Piotr Lewandowski, Jakub Wilk\

## NOTES

- 1\.

  XDG Base Directory Specification

  https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/