---
name: "snnewgroup"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "sn"
version: "0.3.8-12"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/snnewgroup"
---

# snnewgroup(8)

create a new sn newsgroup

## NAME

snnewgroup - create a new sn newsgroup

## SYNOPSIS

**snnewgroup** *newsgroup* \[*server*\] \[*port*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

**snnewgroup** creates *newsgroup* assigning it an upstream NNTP server of *server*:*port*. If *port* is not specified, defaults to 119.  If *server* is also not specified, *newsgroup* is created as a local group which is fed only by articles POSTed to it.

You will need to be root or own /var/spool/sn in order to add new groups.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- **SNROOT**

  If this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of **/var/spool/sn**, the default news spool directory.

## FILES CREATED

- /var/spool/sn/*newsgroup*

  Directory where articles will be stored.

- /var/spool/sn/*newsgroup*/*.created*

  Empty file for the newsgroup creation time.

- /var/spool/sn/*newsgroup*/*.serial*

  Where **snget** gets its idea of the new starting serial number for *newsgroup* on server *server*:*port*. The value is initialized to 0.

- /var/spool/sn/*newsgroup*/*.outgoing*

  If *server* is specified, is a symlink to /var/spool/sn/.outgoing/*server*:*port*, which is a directory, created if it does not already exist. If *server* is not specified, no file /var/spool/sn/*newsgroup*/.outgoing will be created.  See also **snsend**.

## SEE ALSO

sndelgroup, snsend