tin(5)

NAME
tin, rtin - related files

DESCRIPTION
This manpage describes the various (config) files and their formats used by the tin(1) newsreader.

FILES

$MAILCAPS
${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.mailcap
/etc/mailcap
/usr/etc/mailcap
/usr/local/etc/mailcap
/etc/mail/mailcap

    mailcap(4) files as defined in RFC1524. The Mailcap files are read by tin(1) to determine how to display non-text messages at the local site. Any line that starts with "#" is a comment. Blank lines are ignored. Otherwise, each line defines a single mailcap entry for a single content type. Long lines may be continued by ending them with a backslash character, "\".

    Each individual mailcap entry consists of a content-type specification, a command to execute, and (possibly) a set of optional "flag" values.

    The "type" field is simply any legal content type name. It is the string that will be matched against the "Content-Type" header to decide if this is the mailcap entry that matches the current message. Additionally, the type field may specify a subtype or a wildcard to match all subtypes.

    The "command" field is any UNIX command and is used to specify the interpreter for the given type of message. It will be passed to the shell via the system(3) facility.

    Semicolons and backslashes within the command or any flag field must be quoted with backslashes. If the field contains "%s", those two characters will be replaced by the name of a file that contains the body of the message. If it contains "%t", those two characters will be replaced by the content-type field, including the subtype, if any. If it contains "%{" followed by a parameter name and a closing "}", then all those characters will be replaced by the value of the named parameter, if any, from the Content-Type header. Finally, if the field contains "\%", those two characters will be replaced by a single "%" character.

    Besides the type and command field the following "flags" are defined:

    compose
        The "compose" field may be used to specify a program that can be used to compose a new body or body part in the given format. Its intended use is to support mail composing agents that support the composition of multiple types of mail using external composing agents. As with the view-command, the semantics of program execution are operating system dependent. The result of the composing program may be data that is not yet suitable for mail transport - that is, a Content-Transfer-Encoding may need to be applied to the data.

    composetyped
        The "composetyped" field is similar to the "compose" field, but is to be used when the composing program needs to specify the Content-Type header field to be applied to the composed data. The "compose" field is simpler, and is preferred for use with existing (non-mail-oriented) programs for composing data in a given format. The "composetyped" field is necessary when the Content-Type information must include auxiliary parameters, and the composition program must then know enough about mail formats to produce output that includes the mail type information.

    edit
        The "edit" field may be used to specify a program that can be used to edit a body or body part in the given format. In many cases, it may be identical in content to the "compose" field, and shares the operating-system dependent semantics for program execution.

    print
        The "print" field may be used to specify a program that can be used to print a message or body part in the given format. As with the view-command, the semantics of program execution are operating system dependent.

    test
        The "test" field may be used to test some external condition (e.g., the machine architecture, or the window system in use) to determine whether or not the mailcap line applies. It specifies a program to be run to test some condition. The semantics of execution and of the value returned by the test program are operating system dependent. If the test fails, a subsequent mailcap entry should be sought. Multiple test fields are not permitted - since a test can call a program, it can already be arbitrarily complex.

    needsterminal
        The "needsterminal" field indicates that the view-command must be run on an interactive terminal. This is needed to inform window- oriented user agents that an interactive terminal is needed. (The decision is not left exclusively to the view-command because in some circumstances it may not be possible for such programs to tell whether or not they are on interactive terminals.) The needsterminal command should be assumed to apply to the compose and edit commands, too, if they exist. Note that this is NOT a test - it is a requirement for the environment in which the program will be executed, and should typically cause the creation of a terminal window when not executed on either a real terminal or a terminal window.

    copiousoutput
        The "copiousoutput" field indicates that the output from the view-command will be an extended stream of output, and is to be interpreted as advice to the UA (User Agent mail-reading program) that the output should be either paged or made scroll-able. Note that it is probably a mistake if needsterminal and copiousoutput are both specified.

    description
        The "description" field simply provides a textual description, optionally quoted, that describes the type of data, to be used optionally by mail readers that wish to describe the data before offering to display it.

    textualnewlines
        The "textualnewlines" field, if set to any non-zero value, indicates that this type of data is line-oriented and that, if encoded in base64, all newlines should be converted to canonical form (CRLF) before encoding, and will be in that form after decoding. In general, this field is needed only if there is line-oriented data of some type other than text/* or non-line- oriented data that is a subtype of text.

    x11-bitmap
        The "x11-bitmap" field names a file, in X11 bitmap (xbm) format, which points to an appropriate icon to be used to visually denote the presence of this kind of data.

    nametemplate
        The "nametemplate" field gives a file name format, in which %s will be replaced by a short unique string to give the name of the temporary file to be passed to the viewing command. This is only expected to be relevant in environments where filename extensions are meaningful, e.g., one could specify that a GIF file being passed to a gif viewer should have a name ending in ".gif" by using "nametemplate=%s.gif"

    tin(1) currently only respects the "test", "description", "nametemplate" and partly the "needsterminal" flags, all other flags are internally ignored. It also can't handle the "%F" and "%n" expansions yet.

    Example:
        # mailcap file example
        image/*;\
        xv -8 -geometry +0 '%s';\
        description=%{name} %t-Image;\
        test=test "$DISPLAY" \
        nametemplate=%s.IMAGE

        message/rfc822;\
        if test -x /usr/bin/less \;\
        then less '%s' \;\
        else more '%s' \; fi;\
        edit=${EDITOR-vi} '%s';\
        compose=${EDITOR-vi} '%s';\
        print=a2ps %s;\
        needsterminal

/etc/nntpserver

    default NNTP-server to read news from if not reading from the local spool. '-g server', $NNTPSERVER and a given default at compile time have higher priority (in that order) and override any server specified /etc/nntpserver.

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.cancelsecret

    secret to be used for canlocks

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.mime.types
/etc/mime.types
/etc/tin/mime.types

    mime type / filename extension pairs

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.newsauth

    "nntpserver password [user]" pairs for NNTP servers that require authorization. Any line that starts with "#" is a comment. Blank lines are ignored. This file should be readable only for the user as it contains the users uncrypted password for reading news!

    nntpserver
        full qualified domain name of the newsserver.

    password
        users uncrypted password for reading news.

    user
        username on the newsserver if it differs from the local login. this field is optional.

    Example:
        # sample .newsauth file
        news.example.org example
        news.example.net news guest

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.newsrc

    "newsgroupflag [article[,article | -article]...]" lines.

    newsgroup
        the name of the newsgroup.

    flag
        a flag indicating if the group is subscribed ':' or not '!'.

    article
        range of already read articles from that group; numbers separated by commas with sequential numbers collapsed with hyphens.

    Example:
        # sample .newsrc file
        news.software.b! 1-666,669
        news.software.nntp: 1-13245,13247,13249
        news.software.readers: 1-19567,19571-19597

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT+":$NNTPPORT"}/.oldnewsrc

    backup of ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.newsrc

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.signature
${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.Sig

    signature

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.sigfixed

    fixed part of a randomly generated signature

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/.inputhistory

    history of last used strings

${TIN_INDEX_MAILDIR-"${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin"}/.mail/

    mailgroups index files

${TIN_INDEX_NEWSDIR-"${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin"}/.news/

    newsgroups index files

${TIN_INDEX_SAVEDIR-"${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin"}/.save/

    saved newsgroups index files

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/active.mail

    active file ("mail_group_name maxnum minnum mailspool"-pairs) of user's mailgroups (requires tin(1) to be build with mh-mail-handling support).

    mail_group_name
        must be the pathname of the mailbox relative to field #4 with / changed to .

    maxnum
        just put a large number here, something higher than the highest message in the mailbox

    minnum
        put 0 here

    mailspool
        path of mail spool directory. This must be the full pathname to the root of the mail folder area.

    Example:
        Mail.inbox 12345 00000 /home/foo
        Mail.outbox 23456 00000 /home/foo

    This allows access to the 'inbox' and 'outbox' folders of user foo. They are accessed via /home/foo/Mail/inbox and /home/foo/Mail/outbox

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/active.save

    active file of user's saved newsgroups, used by tin -R.

/etc/tin/attributes
${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/attributes

    The group attributes files may be used to override some global settings from ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc on a per group basis. Order is important as last match counts; this allows to refine attributes for narrowed scopes. Note that the scope=<grouplist> line has to be specified before the attributes are specified for that list. All attributes are set to a reasonable default so you only have to specify the attribute that you want to change. All toggle attributes are set by specifying ON/OFF. Otherwise, they function exactly as their global equivalents. The following group attributes are available:

    scope
        This changes the list of groups to which the attributes that follow will be applied. See the section NEWSGROUP LISTS & WILDCARDS in tin(1) for the types of pattern that can be used here.

    auto_save
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    auto_select
        Automatically perform the GroupMarkUnselArtRead ('X') command after entering the group.

    batch_save
        Can be used to override the global setting in tinrc on a per group basis. For more information read section AUTOMATIC MAILING AND SAVING NEW NEWS in tin(1).

    delete_tmp_files
        If this is set to ON, then saved article files that have been post-processed will be automatically deleted, otherwise the user will be asked whether to delete the post-processed files. Automatic processing of marked articles using GroupAutoSave ('S') will suppress prompting.

    followup_to
        Set ''Followup-To:''-header to the specified group(s).

    from
        Identical to the tinrc variable mail_address

    maildir
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_maildir

    mailing_list
        Used when a group is a mailing list. All responses to the group will be directed to this email address instead

    mime_types_to_save
        A comma separated list of MIME major/minor Content-Types that will be saved when using the view/save and save/autosave features. A single * can be used to wildcard the major and/or minor type and a ! as the first character in an entry will negate it, eg: image/*,!image/bmp,!text/html. Default is */*

    news_quote_format
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    organization
        This can be used to set the article header field ''Organization:''. It overrides the setting (if any) of organization in /etc/tin/tin.defaults and $ORGANIZATION (or $NEWSORG on Apollo DomainOS). Note that some newsserver might still overwrite the ''Organization:''-header.

    post_proc_type
        Identical to the tinrc variable post_process_type

    quote_chars
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    savedir
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_savedir

    savefile

    show_author
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    show_only_unread
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    sigfile
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_sigfile

    sort_art_type
        Identical to the tinrc variable sort_article_type

    sort_threads_type
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    tex2iso_conv
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    thread_arts
        Identical to the tinrc variable thread_articles

    x_body
        A piece of text that will be added at the start of a message body. If this string starts with a / or ~ then it is assumed to be the name of a file containing the text to insert.

    x_comment_to
        Insert ''X-Comment-To:''-header, this is only useful in FIDO groups.

    x_headers
        A string including header-name and the contents of the header that will be automatically added when posting. If the string starts with a / or ~ then it is assumed to be the name of a file containing the header and it's content to be inserted.

    quick_kill_scope
        A comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-style) to which groups the filter rule added by GroupQuickKill will be applied. If unset the default from the tinrc variable default_filter_kill_global will be used.

    quick_kill_expire
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_filter_kill_expire

    quick_kill_case
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_filter_kill_case

    quick_kill_header
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_filter_kill_header

    quick_select_scope
        A comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-style) to which groups the filter rule added by GroupQuickAutoSel will be applied. If unset the default from the tinrc variable default_filter_select_global will be used.

    quick_select_expire
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_filter_select_expire

    quick_select_case
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_filter_select_case

    quick_select_header
        Identical to the tinrc variable default_filter_select_header

    ispell
        Path and options for ispell(1)-like spell-checker, e.g. "aspell --mode=email --dont-backup check"

    mm_network_charset
        Identical to the tinrc variable of the same name

    undeclared_charset
        Assume (broken) articles without MIME charset declaration have this charset - default is US-ASCII. This attribute works only on systems with working iconv(3), others might have to compile tin(1) with --disable-mime-strict-charset.

    Example:
        # include extra headers
        # assume ISO-8859-1 as charset if no charset is declared
        scope=*
        x_headers=~/.tin/headers
        undeclared_charset=ISO-8859-1
        # in *sources* set post process type to shar only
        scope=*sources*
        post_proc_type=1
        # in *binaries* turn on full post processing,
        # remove tmp files and set Followup-To: poster
        scope=*binaries*
        post_proc_type=2
        delete_tmp_files=ON
        followup_to=poster
        # in fido.* newsgroups change quote_chars
        # and add X-Comment-To: line
        scope=fido.*
        quote_chars=%s>_
        x_comment_to=ON
        # in *.test newsgroups, don't append signature
        # and preset Subject
        scope=*.test
        sigfile=--none
        x_headers=Subject: test - ignore - no reply
        # assume ISO-2022-JP-2 as charset
        scope=fj.*,japan.*
        undeclared_charset=ISO-2022-JP-2

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/filter

    The filter file is used to assign scores to certain articles. Based on the score an article can be filtered out (hidden) or marked hot. Empty lines or lines beginning with a '#' are ignored.

    comment
        Every entry (rule) in the filter file might get a comment. Multiple lines are allowed (but only for comments yet). Every line must start with the "comment="-keyword. Comments must appear first in the rule. Comment lines placed within a rule will be moved to the begin of the next rule. This might be changed in the future. Don't use '#' to mark comments as those lines are ignored and your comments will get lost on the next write of the file.

    group
        A comma-separated list of newsgroup patterns (wildmat-style) to which groups the filter rule will be applied. This line is mandatory!

    case
        0=case-sensitive, 1=case-insensitive

    score
        Score value of the rule; can also be one of the magic words "kill" or "hot".

    subj
        Match against ''Subject:''

    from
        Match against ''From:''. tin(1) converts the contents of the ''From:''-header to an old style e-mail address, i.e. ''some@body.example (John Doe)'' instead of ''John Doe <some@body.example>'', before trying to match the patterns in the filter rule.

    msgid
        Match against ''Message-ID:'' and full ''References:''

    msgid_last
        Match against ''Message-ID:'' and last ''References:'' entry only

    msgid_only
        Match against ''Message-ID:''

    refs_only
        Match against ''References:''

    lines
        Match against ''Lines:'', <num matches less than, >num matches more than.

    gnksa
        Match against ''From:''-address parser return codes.

    xref
        Match against ''Xref:''-line. Before any matching is done the line is turned into the same format ''Newsgroups:'' has that is it is turned into a comma separated newsgoup list with all other informations (i.e the article counter) removed.

    time
        time_t value when rule expires

    Example:
        comment=mark all articles about tin, rtin,
        comment=tind, ktin or cdtin as hot
        group=*
        type=1
        case=1
        score=hot
        subj=\b(cd|[rk]?)?tin(d|pre)?[-.0-9]*\b

/etc/tin/keymap${${LC_ALL-"${LC_CTYPE-"${LC_MESSAGES-"$LANG"}"}"}:+".${LC_ALL-"${LC_CTYPE-"${LC_MESSAGES-"$LANG"}"}"}"}
${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/keymap${${LC_ALL-"${LC_CTYPE-"${LC_MESSAGES-"$LANG"}"}"}:+".${LC_ALL-"${LC_CTYPE-"${LC_MESSAGES-"$LANG"}"}"}"}

    Keymap-file, containing "keyname value" pairs. Below is a list of all keynames and their default bindings.

    PageDown3	SPACE
    ShellEscape	!
    SetRange	#
    LastPage	$
    ToggleColor	&
    LastViewed	-
    SearchSubjF	/
    SearchSubjB	?
    SearchAuthB	A
    SearchBody	B
    SearchRepeat	\
    ToggleHelpDisplay	H
    ToggleInverseVideo	I
    LookupMessage	L
    OptionMenu	M
    Postponed2	O
    QuitTin	Q
    DisplayPostHist	W
    FirstPage	^
    SearchAuthF	a
    PageUp3	b
    Help	h
    ToggleInfoLastLine	i
    Down2	j
    Up2	k
    Print	o
    Quit	q
    Version	v
    Post	w
    Pipe	|
    PageUp	^B
    PageDown	^D
    PageDown2	^F
    RedrawScr	^L
    Down	^N
    Postponed	^O
    Up	^P
    PageUp2	^U

    ConfigSelect	^J
    ConfigSelect2	^M
    ConfigLastPage2	G
    ConfigNoSave	Q
    ConfigFirstPage2	g

    FeedTag	T
    FeedArt	a
    FeedHot	h
    FeedPat	p
    FeedRepost	r
    FeedSupersede	s
    FeedThd	t

    FilterEdit	e
    FilterSave	s

    GroupAutoSel	^A
    GroupNextUnreadArtOrGrp	TAB
    GroupReadBasenote	^J
    GroupKill	^K
    GroupReadBasenote2	^M
    GroupSelThd	*
    GroupDoAutoSel	+
    GroupToggleThdSel	.
    GroupSelThdIfUnreadSelected	;
    GroupSelPattern	=
    GroupReverseSel	@
    GroupCatchupNextUnread	C
    GroupEditFilter	E
    GroupToggleGetartLimit	G
    GroupMarkThdRead	K
    GroupNextUnreadArt	N
    GroupPrevUnreadArt	P
    GroupBugReport	R
    GroupAutoSave	S
    GroupTagParts	T
    GroupUntag	U
    GroupMarkUnselArtRead	X
    GroupMarkThdUnread	Z
    GroupQuickAutoSel	[
    GroupQuickKill	]
    GroupCatchup	c
    GroupToggleSubjDisplay	d
    GroupGoto	g
    GroupListThd	l
    GroupMail	m
    GroupNextGroup	n
    GroupPrevGroup	p
    GroupToggleReadUnread	r
    GroupSave	s
    GroupTag	t
    GroupToggleThreading	u
    GroupRepost	x
    GroupMarkArtUnread	z
    GroupUndoSel	~

    HelpLastPage2	G
    HelpFirstPage2	g

    NrctblCreate	c
    NrctblDefault	d
    NrctblAlternative	a
    NrctblQuit	q

    PageAutoSel	^A
    PageReplyQuoteHeaders	^E
    PagePGPCheckArticle	^G
    PageToggleHeaders	^H
    PageNextUnread	TAB
    PageNextThd	^J
    PageAutoKill	^K
    PageNextThd2	^M
    PageToggleTabs	^T
    PageFollowupQuoteHeaders	^W
    PageToggleTex2iso	"
    PageToggleRot	%
    PageToggleUue	(
    PageReveal	)
    PageSkipIncludedText	:
    PageTopThd	<
    PageBotThd	>
    PageCatchupNextUnread	C
    PageCancel	D
    PageEditFilter	E
    PageFollowup	F
    PageLastPage	G
    PageKillThd	K
    PageNextUnreadArt	N
    PagePrevUnreadArt	P
    PageReply	R
    PageAutoSave	S
    PageGroupSel	T
    PageViewUrl	U
    PageViewAttach	V
    PageMarkThdUnread	Z
    PageQuickAutoSel	[
    PageQuickKill	]
    PageToggleHighlight	_
    PageCatchup	c
    PageEditArticle	e
    PageFollowupQuote	f
    PageFirstPage	g
    PageListThd	l
    PageMail	m
    PageNextArt	n
    PagePrevArt	p
    PageReplyQuote	r
    PageSave	s
    PageTag	t
    PageGotoParent	u
    PageRepost	x
    PageMarkArtUnread	z

    PgpEncSign	b
    PgpEncrypt	e
    PgpIncludekey	i
    PgpSign	s

    PostAbort	a
    PostContinue	c
    PostCancel	d
    PostEdit	e
    PostPGP	g
    PostIspell	i
    PostIgnore	i
    PostMail	m
    PostPostpone	o
    PostPost3	p
    PostSupersede	s
    PostSend	s
    PostSend2	y
    PostPost2	y

    PostponeOverride	Y
    PostponeAll	A

    PromptYes	y
    PromptNo	n

    SaveAppendFile	a
    SaveOverwriteFile	o

    PProcExtractZip	E
    PProcListZip	L
    PProcExtractZoo	e
    PProcListZoo	l
    PProcShar	s
    PProcUUDecode	u
    PProcNone	n

    SelectEnterNextUnreadGrp	TAB
    SelectReadGrp	^J
    SelectReadGrp2	^M
    SelectResetNewsrc	^R
    SelectSortActive	.
    SelectCatchupNextUnread	C
    SelectNextUnreadGrp	N
    SelectBugReport	R
    SelectSubscribePat	S
    SelectUnsubscribePat	U
    SelectQuitNoWrite	X
    SelectSyncWithActive	Y
    SelectMarkGrpUnread2	Z
    SelectCatchup	c
    SelectToggleDescriptions	d
    SelectGoto	g
    SelectMoveGrp	m
    SelectEnterNextUnreadGrp2	n
    SelectToggleReadDisplay	r
    SelectSubscribe	s
    SelectUnsubscribe	u
    SelectYankActive	y
    SelectMarkGrpUnread	z

    ThreadReadNextArtOrThread	TAB
    ThreadReadArt	^J
    ThreadReadArt2	^M
    ThreadSelArt	*
    ThreadToggleArtSel	.
    ThreadReverseSel	@
    ThreadCatchupNextUnread	C
    ThreadMarkArtRead	K
    ThreadBugReport	R
    ThreadAutoSave	S
    ThreadUntag	U
    ThreadMarkThdUnread	Z
    ThreadCatchup	c
    ThreadToggleSubjDisplay	d
    ThreadMail	m
    ThreadSave	s
    ThreadTag	t
    ThreadMarkArtUnread	z
    ThreadUndoSel	~

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/mailgroups

    This file provides short descriptions of each mailgroup. (requires tin(1) to be build with mh-mail-handling support). Each line consist of two tab-separated fields "mailgroupname one-line description".

    mailgroupname
        is the name of the newsgroup

    description
        is a short single-line description of the group

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/newsrctable

    "nntpserver newsrc [shortname [...]]" pairs to use with the ''-g'' command-line switch.

    nntpserver
        full qualified domain name of the newsserver.

    newsrc
        related newsrc.

    shortname
        nickname(s) for the nntpserver.

    Example:
        # sample newsrctable file
        news.tin.org .newsrc-tin.org tinorg
        news.ka.nu /tmp/nrc-nu kanu nu

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/posted

    posting history

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/Mail/posted

    Copy of all posted articles in mbox(5) format. The filename can be changed by setting posted_articles_file.

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/postponed.articles

    Pool of postponed articles. This file is in mbox(5) format.

${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT+":$NNTPPORT"}/serverrc

    File to store $NNTPSERVER and $NNTPPORT related data via a list of "variable=value" pairs. Currently there are only two variables, both are not meant to be changed by the user.

    version
        Internal version number.

    last_newnews
        Internal timestamp used by tin(1) to keep track of new newsgroups on the server.

/etc/tin/tinrc
${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc

    At startup, tin(1) reads in the configuration file. This contains a list of "variable=value" pairs that can be used to configure the way tin(1) works. If it exists, the global configuration file, ${TIN_LIBDIR}-NEWSLIBDIR}/tinrc is read first. After that, the users own configuration file ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc is read. The global file is useful for distributing system-wide defaults to new users who have no private tinrc yet (see also /etc/tin/tin.defaults).

    add_posted_to_filter
        If ON add posted articles which start a new thread to filter for highlighting follow-ups. Default is ON.

    advertising
        Turn ON advertising in header (''User-Agent:''). Default is ON.

    alternative_handling
        If ON strip multipart/alternative messages automatically. Default is ON.

    art_marked_deleted
        The character used to show that an article was deleted. Default is 'D'.

    art_marked_inrange
        The character used to show that an article is in a range. Default is '#'.

    art_marked_return
        The character used to show that an article will return as an unread article when the group is next entered. Default is '-'.

    art_marked_selected
        The character used to show that an article/thread is auto-selected (hot). Default is '*'.

    art_marked_recent
        The character used to show that an article/thread is recent (not older than X days). See also recent_time. Default is 'o'.

    art_marked_unread
        The character used to show that an article has not been read. Default is '+'.

    art_marked_read
        The character used to show that an article was read. Default is ' '.

    art_marked_killed
        The character used to show that an article was killed. Default is 'K'. kill_level must be set accordingly.

    art_marked_read_selected
        The character used to show that an article was hot before it was read. Default is ':'. kill_level must be set accordingly.

    Ask before using metamail_prog (ask_for_metamail)
        If ON tin(1) will ask before using metamail_prog to display MIME messages. This only occurs if metamail_prog is set. Default is OFF.

    auto_bcc
        If ON automatically put your name in the ''Bcc:'' field when mailing an article. Default is OFF.

    auto_cc
        If ON automatically put your name in the ''Cc:'' field when mailing an article. Default is OFF.

    auto_list_thread
        If ON automatically list thread when entering it using right arrow key. Default is ON.

    auto_reconnect
        Reconnect to server automatically. Default is OFF.

    auto_save
        If ON articles/threads with ''Archive-name:'' in header will be automatically saved with the Archive-name & part/patch no and post processed if post_process_type is set to something other than 'No'. Default is OFF.

    batch_save
        If set ON articles/threads will be saved in batch mode when save ''-S'' or mail ''-M, -N'' is specified on the command line. Default is ON.

    beginner_level
        If set ON a mini menu of the most useful commands will be displayed at the bottom of the screen for each level. Also a short posting etiquette will be displayed after composing an article. Default is ON.

    cache_overview_files
        If ON, create local copies of NNTP overview files. This can be used to considerably speed up accessing large groups when using a slow connection. Default is OFF.

    catchup_read_groups
        If set ON the user is asked when quitting if all groups read during the current session should be marked read. Default is OFF.

    col_back
        Standard background color

    col_from
        Color of sender (From:)

    col_head
        Color of header-lines

    col_help
        Color of help pages

    col_invers_bg
        Color of background for inverse text

    col_invers_fg
        Color of foreground for inverse text

    col_markdash
        Color of words emphasized like _this_. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    col_markslash
        Color of words emphasized like /this/. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    col_markstar
        Color of words emphasized like *this*. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    col_markstroke
        Color of words emphasized like -this-. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    col_minihelp
        Color of mini help menu

    col_newsheaders
        Color of actual news header fields

    col_normal
        Standard foreground color

    col_quote
        Color of quoted lines

    col_quote2
        Color of twice quoted lines

    col_quote3
        Color of >=3 times quoted lines

    col_response
        Color of response counter. This is the text that says 'Response x of y' in the article viewer.

    col_signature
        Color of signatures

    col_subject
        Color of article subject

    col_text
        Color of text-lines

    col_title
        Color of help/main sign

    confirm_choice
        tin(1) can ask for manual confirmation to protect the user. Available choices:
        commands: Ask for confirmation before executing certain dangerous commands (e.g., SelectCatchup ('c')). Commands that this affects are marked in this manual with '[after confirmation]'.

        quit: You'll be asked to confirm that you wish to exit tin(1) when you use the Quit ('q') command.

        select: Ask for confirmation before marking all not selected (with GroupMarkUnselArtRead ('X') command) articles as read.
        Default is commands & quit.

    mark_ignore_tags
        When this is ON, the iKeyGroupMarkThdRead, iKeyThreadMarkArtRead functions ('K') mark just the current article or thread, ignoring other tagged, unread articles. When OFF, the same function presents a menu with choices of the current thread or article, all tagged, unread articles, or nothing.

    default_art_search

    default_author_search

    default_config_search
        The last article/author/config option that was searched for.

    default_editor_format
        The format string used to create the editor start command with parameters. Default is '%E +%N %F' (e.g., /bin/vi +7 .article).

    default_filter_days
        Default is 28.

    default_filter_kill_case
        Default for quick (1 key) kill filter case. ON = filter case sensitive, OFF = ignore case. Default is OFF.

    default_filter_kill_expire
        Default for quick (1 key) kill filter expire. ON = limit to 'default_filter_days', OFF = don't ever expire. Default is OFF.

    default_filter_kill_global
        Default for quick (1 key) kill filter global. ON=apply to all groups, OFF=apply to current group. Default is ON.

    default_filter_kill_header
        Default for quick (1 key) kill filter header.

        0,1
             ''Subject:''

        2,3
             ''From:''

        4
             ''Message-ID:'' & full ''References:'' line

        5
             ''Message-ID:'' & last ''References:'' entry only

        6
             ''Message-ID:'' entry only

        7
             ''Lines:''

    default_filter_select_case
        Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter case. ON=filter case sensitive, OFF=ignore case. Default is OFF.

    default_filter_select_expire
        Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter expire. ON = limit to 'default_filter_days', OFF = don't ever expire. Default is OFF.

    default_filter_select_global
        Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter global. ON=apply to all groups, OFF=apply to current group. Default is ON.

    default_filter_select_header
        Default for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter header.

        0,1
             ''Subject:''

        2,3
             ''From:''

        4
             ''Message-ID:'' & full ''References:'' line

        5
             ''Message-ID:'' & last ''References:'' entry only

        6
             ''Message-ID:'' entry only

        7
             ''Lines:''

    default_goto_group

    default_group_search

    default_mail_address

    default_maildir
        The directory where articles/threads are to be saved in mbox(5) format. This feature is mainly for use with the elm(1) mail program. It allows the user to save articles/threads/groups simply by giving '=' as the filename to save to. Default is ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/Mail.

    default_mailer_format
        The format string used to create the mailer command with parameters that is used for mailing articles to other people. Default is '%M "%T" < %F' (i.e., /bin/mail "iain" < .article). The flexible format allows other mailers with different command line parameters to be used such as 'elm -s "%S" "%T" < "%F"' (i.e., elm -s "subject" "iain" < .article) or 'sendmail -oem -t < %F' (i.e. sendmail -oem -t < .article).

    default_move_group

    default_pattern

    default_pipe_command

    default_post_newsgroups

    default_post_subject

    default_printer
        The printer program with options that is to be used to print articles. The default is lpr(1) for BSD machines and lp(1) for SysV machines. Printing from tin(1) may have been disabled by the System Administrator.

    default_range_group

    default_range_select

    default_range_thread

    default_repost_group

    default_save_file

    default_save_mode

    default_savedir
        Directory where articles/threads are saved. Default is ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/News.

    default_select_pattern

    default_shell_command

    default_sigfile
        The path that specifies the signature file to use when posting, following up to or replying to an article. If the path is a directory then the signature will be randomly generated from files that are in the specified directory. If the path starts with a ! the program the path points to will be executed to generate a signature. tin(1) will pass the name of the current newsgroup as argument to the program. --none will suppress any signature. Default is ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.Sig.

    default_subject_search

    draw_arrow
        Allows groups/articles to be selected by an arrow '->' if set ON or by an highlighted bar if set OFF.

    force_screen_redraw
        Specifies whether a screen redraw should always be done after certain external commands. Default is OFF.

    getart_limit
        If getart_limit is > 0 not more than getart_limit articles/group are fetched from the server. If getart_limit is < 0 tin(1) will start fetching articles from your first unread minus absolute value of getart_limit. Default is 0, which means no limit.

    group_catchup_on_exit
        If ON catchup group when leaving with the left arrow key. Default is ON.

    groupname_max_length
        Maximum length of the names of newsgroups to be displayed so that more of the newsgroup description can be displayed. Default is 32.

    hide_uue
        If set to 'No' then raw uuencoded data is displayed. If set to 'Yes' then sections of uuencoded data will be shown with a single tag line showing the size and filename (much the same as a MIME attachment). If set to 'Hide all' then any line that looks like uuencoded data will be folded into a tag line. This is useful when uuencoded data is split across more than one article but can also lead to false positives. This setting can also be toggled in the article viewer. Default is 'No'.

    inews_prog
        Path, name and options of external inews(1). If you are reading via NNTP the default value is "--internal" (use built-in NNTP inews), else it is "inews -h". The article is passed to inews_prog on STDIN via '< article'.

    info_in_last_line
        If ON, show current group description or article subject in the last line (not in the pager and global menu) - ToggleInfoLastLine ('i' toggles setting). This facility is useful as the full width of the screen is available to display long subjects. Default is OFF.

    inverse_okay
        If ON use inverse video for page headers and URL highlighting. Default is ON.

    keep_dead_articles
        If ON keep all failed postings in ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/dead.articles besides keeping the last failed posting in ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/dead.article. Default is ON.

    kill_level
        This option controls the processing and display of articles that are killed. There are 3 options:

        0   Kill only unread arts is the 'traditional' behavior of tin(1). Only unread articles are killed once only by marking them read. As filtering only happens on unread articles with kill_level set to 0, art_marked_killed and art_marked_read_selected are only shown once. When you reenter the group the mark will be gone.

        1   Kill all arts & show with K will process all articles in the group and therefore there is a processing overhead when using this option. Killed articles are threaded as normal but they will be marked with art_marked_killed.

        2   Kill all arts and never show will process all articles in the group and therefore there is a processing overhead when using this option. Killed articles simply does not get displayed at all.
    Default is 0 (Kill only unread arts).

    mail_8bit_header
        Allows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of mail message. Default is OFF. Turning it ON is effective only if mail_mime_encoding is also set to 8bit. Leaving it OFF is safe for most users and compliant to Internet Mail Standard (RFC2822 and RFC2047). Default is OFF.

    mail_address
        User's mail address (and full name), if not username@host. This is used when creating articles, sending mail and when pgp(1) signing.

    mail_mime_encoding
        MIME encoding of the body in mail message, if necessary (8bit, base64, quoted-printable, 7bit). Default is 8bit and no encoding (or charset conversion) is performed (i.e., local charset is used as it is).

    mail_quote_format
        Format of quote line when replying (via mail) to an article (%A=Address, %D=Date, %F=Fullname+Address, %G=Groupname, %M=Message-ID, %N=Fullname, %C=Firstname, %I=Initials). Default is "In article %M you wrote:"

    Format of the mailbox (mailbox_format)
        Select one of the following mailbox-formats: MBOXO (default, except on SCO), MBOXRD or MMDF (default on SCO). See mbox(5) for more details on MBOXO and MBOXRD and mmdf(5) for more details about MMDF.

    mark_saved_read
        If ON mark articles that are saved as read. Default is ON.

    Viewer program for MIME articles (metamail_prog)
        Path, name and options of external metamail(1) program used to view non-textual parts of articles. To use the built-in viewer, set to --internal. This is the default value when metamail(1) is not installed. Leave it blank if you don't want any automatic viewing of non-textual attachments. The 'V' command can always be used to manually view any attachments. See also ask_for_metamail.

    mm_charset
        Charset supported locally, which is also used for MIME header (charset parameter and charset name in header encoding) in mail and news postings. If MIME_STRICT_CHARSET is defined at the compile time, text in charset other than the value of this parameter is considered not displayable and represented as '?'. Otherwise, all character sets are regarded as compatible with the display. If it's not set, the value of the environment variable $MM_CHARSET is used. US-ASCII or compile-time default is used in case neither of them is defined. If your system supports iconv(3), this option is disabled and you should use mm_network_charset instead.

    mm_network_charset
        Charset used for posting and MIME headers; replaces mm_charset. Conversion between mm_network_charset and local charset (determined via nl_langinfo(3)) is done via iconv(3), if this function is not available on your system this option is disabled and you have to use mm_charset instead. mm_network_charset is limited to one of the following charsets:
        US-ASCII, ISO-8859-{1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10,13,14,15,16}, KOI8-{R,U,RU} EUC-{CN,JP,KR,TW}, ISO-2022-{CN,CN-EXT,JP,JP-1,JP-2}, Big5, UTF-8
        Not all values might work on your system, see iconv_open(3) for more details. If it's not set, the value of the environment variable $MM_CHARSET is used. US-ASCII or compile-time default is used in case neither of them is defined.

    mono_markdash
        Character attribute of words emphasized like _this_. It is depending on your terminal which attributes are usable. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    mono_markslash
        Character attribute of words emphasized like /this/. It is depending on your terminal which attributes are usable. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    mono_markstar
        Character attribute of words emphasized like *this*. It is depending on your terminal which attributes are usable. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    mono_markstroke
        Character attribute of words emphasized like -this-. It is depending on your terminal which attributes are usable. See also word_h_display_marks and word_highlight.

    newnews
        These are internal timers used by tin(1) to keep track of new newsgroups. Do not change them unless you understand what they are for.

    news_headers_to_display
        Which news headers you wish to see. If you want to see _all_ the headers, place an '*' as this value. This is the only way a wildcard can be used. If you enter 'X-' as the value, you will see all headers beginning with 'X-' (like X-Alan or X-Pape). You can list more than one by delimiting with spaces. Not defining anything turns off this option.

    news_headers_to_not_display
        Same as news_headers_to_display except it denotes the opposite. An example of using both options might be if you thought X- headers were A Good Thing(tm), but thought Alan and Pape were miscreants... well then you would do something like this: news_headers_to_display=X- news_headers_to_not_display=X-Alan X-Pape Not defining anything turns off this option.

    news_quote_format
        Format of quote line when posting/following up an article (%A=Address, %D=Date, %F=Fullname+Address, %G=Groupname, %M=Message-ID, %N=Fullname, %C=Firstname, %I=Initials). Default is "%F wrote:".

    pgdn_goto_next
        If ON the Page Down keys will go to the next unread article when pressed at the end of a message. Default is ON.

    pos_first_unread
        If ON put cursor at first unread article in group otherwise at last article. Default is ON.

    post_8bit_header
        Allows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of a news article. Default is OFF. Only enacted if post_mime_encoding is also set to 8bit. In a number of local hierarchies where 8bit characters are used, using unencoded (raw) 8bit characters in header is acceptable and sometimes even recommended so that you need to check the convention adopted in the local hierarchy of your interest to determine what to do with this and post_mime_encoding.

    post_mime_encoding
        MIME encoding of the body in news message, if necessary. (8bit, base64, quoted-printable, 7bit) Default is 8bit, which leads to no encoding. base64 and quoted-printable are usually undesired on usenet.

    post_process_view
        If ON, then tin(1) will start an appropriate viewer program to display any files that were post processed and uudecoded. The program is determined using the mailcap file. Default is ON.

    post_process_type
        This specifies whether to perform post processing on saved articles. Because the shell archive may contain commands you may not want to be executed, be careful when extracting shell archives. The following values are allowed:

        0   No (default), no post processing is done.

        1   Shell archives, unpacking of multi-part shar(1) files only. Because the shell archive may contain commands you may not want to be executed, be careful with this option.

        2   Yes, binary attachments and data will be decoded and saved.

    posted_articles_file
        Keep posted articles in ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/Mail/posted_articles_file. If no filename is set then postings will not be saved. Default is 'posted'.

    print_header
        If ON, then the full article header is sent to the printer. Otherwise only the ''Subject:'' and ''From:'' fields are output. Default is OFF.

    process_only_unread
        If ON only save/print/pipe/mail unread articles (tagged articles excepted). Default is OFF.

    prompt_followupto
        If ON show empty ''Followup-To:'' header when editing an article. Default is OFF.

    quote_chars
        The character used in quoting included text to article followups and mail replies. The '_' character represents a blank character and is replaced with ' ' when read. Default is '>_'.

    quote_style
        This bit coded integer value controls how articles are to be quoted when following up or replying to them. Any of the following options can be combined by adding all relevant values. Default is 5, which means that quote characters are compressed and empty lines are quoted.

        1   Compress quotes Compress quote characters together when quoting multiple times (for example, '> > >' will be turned into '>>>'). This option is on by default.

        2   Quote Signatures This option is off by default. Signatures are always quoted regardless of this option when you are viewing an article in raw mode PageToggleHeaders ('^H') and followup or reply to it.

        4   Quote empty lines This option is on by default.

    quote_regex
        A regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching lines are shown in col_quote. If quote_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.

    quote_regex2
        A regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching lines are shown in col_quote2. If quote_regex2 is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.

    quote_regex3
        A regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching lines are shown in col_quote3. If quote_regex3 is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.

    recent_time
        If set to 0, this feature is deactivated, otherwise it means the number of days. Default is 2.

    reread_active_file_secs
        The news ${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}"/"${TIN_ACTIVEFILE-active} file is reread at regular intervals to show if any new news has arrived. Default is 1200. Setting this to 0 will disable this feature.

    score_limit_kill
        If the score of an article is below or equal this value the article gets marked as killed.

    score_limit_select
        If the score of an article is above or equal this value the article gets marked as hot.

    score_kill
        Score of an article which should be killed, this must be <= score_limit_kill.

    score_select
        Score of an article which should be marked hot, this must be >= score_limit_select.

    scroll_lines
        The number of lines that will be scrolled up/down in the article pager when using cursor-up/down. The default is 1 (line-by-line). Set to 0 to get traditional page-by-page scrolling. Set to -1 to get page-by-page scrolling where the top/bottom line is carried over onto the next page. This setting supersedes show_last_line_prev_page=ON. Set to -2 to get half-page scrolling. This setting supersedes full_page_scroll=OFF.

    show_author
        Which information about the author should be shown. Default is 2, authors full name.

        0   None, only the ''Subject:'' line will be displayed.

        1   Address, ''Subject:'' line & the address part of the ''From:'' line are displayed.

        2   Full Name, ''Subject:'' line & the authors full name part of the ''From:'' line are displayed (default).

        3   Address and Name, ''Subject:'' line & all of the ''From:'' line are displayed.

    show_description
        If ON show a short group description text after newsgroup name at the group selection level. The ''-d'' command-line flag will override the setting and turn descriptions off. The text used is taken from the ${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}/newsgroups file and if supported (requires tin(1) to be build with mh-mail-handling support) from ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/mailgroups for mailgroups. Default is ON.

    show_info
        Which information about the thread or article should be shown. Default is 1, show only the line count.

        0   None, no information will be displayed.

        1   Lines, in article listing the line count of an article will be displayed and in thread listing the line count of first (unread) article will be displayed.

        2   Score, in article listing the score of an article will be displayed and in thread listing the score of the thread will be displayed - see also thread_score.

        3   Lines & Score, display line count and score.

    show_only_unread_arts
        If ON show only new/unread articles otherwise show all articles. Default is ON.

    show_only_unread_groups
        If ON show only subscribed groups that contain unread articles. Default is OFF.

    show_signatures
        If OFF don't show signatures when displaying articles. Default is ON.

    sigdashes
        If ON prepend the signature with sigdashes. Default is ON.

    signature_repost
        If ON add signature to reposted articles. Default is ON.

    slashes_regex
        A regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching words are shown in col_markslash or mono_markslash. If slashes_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.

    sort_article_type
        This specifies how articles should be sorted.Sort by ascending Date (6) is the default. The following sort types are allowed:

        0   Nothing, don't sort articles.

        1   Subject: (descending), sort articles by ''Subject:'' field descending.

        2   Subject: (ascending), sort articles by ''Subject:'' field ascending.

        3   From: (descending), sort articles by ''From:'' field descending.

        4   From: (ascending), sort articles by ''From:'' field ascending.

        5   Date: (descending), sort articles by ''Date:'' field descending.

        6   Date: (ascending), sort articles by ''Date:'' field ascending (default).

        7   Score (descending), sort articles by filtering score descending.

        8   Score (ascending), sort articles by filtering score ascending.

        9   Lines: (descending), sort articles by ''Lines:'' field descending.

        10  Lines: (ascending), sort articles by ''Lines:'' field ascending.

    sort_threads_type
        This specifies how threads will be sorted. Sort by descending Score (1) is the default. The following sort types are allowed:

        0   Nothing, don't sort threads.

        1   Score (descending), sort threads by filtering score descending (default).

        2   Score (ascending), sort threads by filtering score ascending.

    space_goto_next_unread
        SPACE normally acts as a Page Down key and has no effect at the end of an article. If this option is turned ON the SPACE command will go to the next unread article when the end of the article is reached (rn (1)-style pager).

    spamtrap_warning_addresses
        Set this option to a list of comma-separated strings to be warned if you are replying to an article by mail where the e-mail address contains one of these strings. The matching is case-insensitive.

    stars_regex
        A regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching words are shown in col_markstar or mono_markstar. If stars_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.

    start_editor_offset
        Set ON if the editor used for posting, follow-ups and bug reports has the capability of starting and positioning the cursor at a specified line within a file. Default is ON.

    strip_blanks
        Strips the blanks from the end of each line therefore speeding up the display when reading on a slow terminal or via modem. Default is ON.

    strip_bogus
        Bogus groups are groups that are present in your ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.newsrc file that no longer exist on the news server. There are 3 options. 0 means do nothing & always keep bogus groups. 1 means bogus groups will be permanently removed. 2 means that bogus groups will appear on the Group Selection Menu, prefixed with a 'D'. This allows you to unsubscribe from them as and when you wish. Default is 0 (Always Keep).

    strip_newsrc
        If ON, then unsubscribed groups will be permanently removed from your ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.newsrc file. Default is OFF.

    strokes_regex
        A regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching words are shown in col_markstroke or mono_markstroke. If strokes_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.

    tab_goto_next_unread
        If enabled pressing PageNextUnread ('<TAB>') at the article viewer level will go to the next unread article immediately instead of first paging through the current one. Default is ON.

    tex2iso_conv
        Decode German style TeX umlaut codes to ISO If ON, show "a as Umlaut-a, etc. Default is OFF. This behavior can also be toggled in the article viewer via PageToggleTex2iso ('"').

    thread_articles
        Defines which threading method to use. The choices are: 0) Don't thread, 1) Thread on Subject only 2) Thread on References only, 3) Thread on References then Subject (default) 4) Thread multipart articles on Subject. It's also possible to set the threading type on a per group basis by setting the group attribute variable thread_arts to 0 - 4 in the file ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/attributes.

    thread_catchup_on_exit
        If ON catchup group/thread when leaving with the left arrow key. Default is ON.

    thread_score
        How the total score of a thread is computed. Default is 0, the maximum score in this thread.

        0   Max, the maximum score in this thread.

        1   Sum, the sum of all scores in this thread.

        2   Average, the average score in this thread.

    translit
        If ON append //TRANSLIT to the first argument of iconv_open(3) to enable transliteration. This means that when a character cannot be represented in the target character set, it can be approximated through one or several similarly looking characters. On systems where this extension doesn't exist, this option is disabled. Default is OFF.

    underscores_regex
        A regular expression that will be applied when reading articles. All matching words are shown in col_markdash or mono_markdash. If undescores_regex is blank, then tin(1) uses a built-in default.

    unlink_article
        If ON remove ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.article after posting. Default is ON.

    url_handler
        The program that will be run when launching URLs in the article viewer using PageViewUrl ('U'). The actual URL will be appended to this. Default is url_handler.sh %s.

    use_color
        If enabled tin(1) uses ANSI-colors. Default is OFF.

    use_keypad
        Use scroll keys on keypad. Default is OFF.

    use_mailreader_i
        Interactive mailreader: if ON mailreader will be invoked earlier for reply so you can use more of its features (e.g. MIME, pgp, ...) this option has to suit default_mailer_format.

    use_mouse
        Allows the mouse key support in a xterm(1x) to be enabled/disabled. Default is OFF.

    use_slrnface
        If enabled slrnface(1) will be used to interpret the ''X-Face:'' header. For this option to have any effect, tin(1) must be running in an xterm(1x) and slrnface(1) must be in your $PATH. Default is OFF.

    wildcard
        Allows you to select how tin(1) matches strings. The default is 0 and uses the wildmat notation, which is how this has traditionally been handled. Setting this to 1 allows you to use perl(1) compatible regular expressions pcre(3). You will probably want to update your filter file if you use this regularly. NB: Newsgroup names will always be matched using the wildmat notation.

    word_h_display_marks
        Should the leading and ending stars, slashes, strokes and dashes also be displayed, even when they are highlighting marks?

        0   no

        1   yes, display mark

        2   print a space instead

    word_highlight
        Enable word highlighting. See word_h_display_marks for the options available. If use_color is enabled the colors specified in col_markdash, col_markslash, col_markstar and col_markstroke are used for word highlighting else the character attributes specified in mono_markdash, mono_markslash, mono_markstar and mono_markstroke are used.

    wrap_column
        Sets the column at which a displayed article body should be wrapped. If this value is equal to 0, it defaults to the current screen width. If this value is greater than your current screen width the part off-screen is not displayed. Thus setting this option to a large value can be used to disable wrapping. If this value is negative the wrap margin is the current screen width plus the given value (as long as the result is still positive, otherwise it will fall back to the current screen width). Default is 0, wrapping at the current screen width.

    wrap_on_next_unread
        If enabled a search for the next unread article will wrap around all articles to find also previous unread articles. If disabled the search stops at the end of the thread list. Default is ON.

    xpost_quote_format
        Format is the same as for news_quote_format, this is used when answering to a crossposting to several groups with no ''Followup-To:'' set.

/etc/tin/tin.defaults

    Yet another global configuration file with "variable=value" pairs. This one is for the more general options which usually can't be controlled via ${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}/tinrc and/or ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/tinrc like resetting (to override the built-in default) the newslibdir.

    domainname
        Sets a global domain name used in From lines

    organization
        Defines the name of your organization. $ORGANIZATION overrides any specified value.

    newslibdir
        Defines the default place for some configuration files, common values are /usr/lib/news, /var/lib/news, /usr/local/lib/news or /news/db. $TIN_LIBDIR overrides any specified value.

    bugaddress
        Defines the email address to which users can send bug reports using a built-in function. The default points to a developers mailing list located at tin.org. You might want to change this address to one of your local administration if you want to deal with your lusers problems on your own.

    inewsdir
        Defines the directory containing of the inews(1) executable

    mm_charset
        Default charset to be used in MIME's Content-Type header. $MM_CHARSET overrides any specified value.

    post_mime_encoding
        Default encoding scheme use in MIME articles. 8bit might be the best value.

    mail_mime_encoding
        Default encoding scheme use in MIME letters. quoted-printable is a good choice here.

    disable_gnksa_domain_check
        Allow unregistered top level domains

    disable_sender
        Don't generate a ''Sender:''-header. This has no effect if inews_prog is not set to --internal.

    spooldir
        Base of your newsspool (Bnews, Cnews and INN traditional spool style), common values are /var/spool/news, /usr/spool/news, /news/spool. $TIN_SPOOLDIR overrides any specified value.

    overviewdir
        Base of your NOV database newsoverview(5) (tradspool style; might be the same dir as spooldir), common values are /var/spool/overview, /usr/spool/overview, /news/overview. $TIN_NOVROOTDIR overrides any specified value.

    overviewfile
        Name of a single overview file, common values are .overview, over.view.

    activefile
        Full pathname of your newssystem's active file; usually the active file resides in newslibdir and is named active, so you only have to change this setting if your configuration differs. $TIN_ACTIVEFILE overrides any specified value.

    activetimesfile
        Full pathname of your newssystem's active.times file; usually the active.times file is newslibdir, so you only have to change this setting if your configuration differs.

    newsgroupsfile
        Full pathname of your newssystem's newsgroups file; usually the newsgroups file is in newslibdir, so you only have to change this setting if your configuration differs.

    subscriptionsfile
        Full pathname of your newssystem's subscriptions file; usually the subscriptions file is in newslibdir, so you only have to change this setting if your configuration differs.

/usr/local/share/locale/${LC_MESSAGES}/LC_MESSAGES/tin.mo

    translation into language specified in $LC_ALL, $LC_MESSAGES or $LANG

${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}"/"${TIN_ACTIVEFILE-active}

    This file lists the newsgroups that the local site receives. Each newsgroup should be listed only once. Each line specifies one group; within each newsgroup, articles are assigned unique names, which are monotonically increasing numbers.

    If an article is posted to newsgroups not mentioned in this file, those newsgroups are ignored. If no valid newsgroups are specified, the article is rejected.

    Each line consists of four space-separated fields "name highmark lowmark flags".

    name
        is the name of the newsgroup

    highmark
        is the highest article number that has been used in that newsgroup

    lowmark
        is the lowest article number in the group; this number is not guaranteed to be accurate, and should only be taken to be a hint. Note that because of article cancellations, there may be gaps in the numbering sequence. If the lowest article number is greater then the highest article number, then there are no articles in the newsgroup.

    flags
        can be one of those

        y   local postings are allowed

        n   no local postings are allowed, only remote ones

        m   the group is moderated and all postings must be approved

        j   articles in this group are not kept, but only passed on

        x   articles cannot be posted to this newsgroup

        =foo.bar
            articles are locally filed into the ''foo.bar'' group

    tin(1)
        only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST (RFC977) command instead.

${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}/active.times

    This file provides a chronological record of when newsgroups are created. It is normally updated by the local newsserver (i.e innd(8)) whenever a new group is created. Each line consist of three space-separated fields "name time creator".

    name
        is the name of the newsgroup

    time
        is the time when the group was created, expressed as the number of seconds since the epoch.

    creator
        is the electronic mail address of the person who created the group.

    tin(1)
        only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the NEWGROUPS (RFC977) command instead.

${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}/newsgroups

    This file provides short descriptions of each newsgroup. It is normally updated by the local newsserver (i.e innd(8)) whenever a new group is created. Each line consist of two tab-separated
    fields "group.name    one-line description".

    group.name
        is the name of the newsgroup

    one-line description
        is a short single-line description of the group

    tin(1)
        only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST NEWSGROUPS (RFC2980) command instead.

${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}/organization

    This file specifies might hold a default organization to be used in the ''Organization:'' header. $ORGANIZATION has a higher priority if set.

${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}/overview.fmt

    This file specifies the organization of the news overview database (see also newsoverview(5)). The order of lines in this file is important; it determines the order in which the fields will appear in the database. tin(1) currently only understands the order specified in RFC2980. See also overview.fmt(5). tin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST OVERVIEW.FMT (RFC2980) command instead.

${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}/subscriptions

    This file contains a list of newsgroups - one per line - which the client should subscribe to when the user has no ${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.newsrc for the newsserver. tin(1) only tries to read the file if you read directly from the local spool, if you read news via NNTP, tin(1) uses the LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS (RFC2980) command instead.

SEE ALSO
elm(1), inews(1), ispell(1), lp(1), lpr(1), metamail(1) perl(1), pgp(1), rn(1), shar(1), slrnface(1), tin(1), xterm(1x), iconv(3), iconv_open(3), nl_langinfo(3), pcre(3), system(3), mailcap(4), active(5), mbox(5), mmdf(5), newsoverview(5), overview.fmt(5), innd(8), RFC977, RFC1036, RFC1524, RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2047, RFC2048, RFC2822, RFC2980