**mknewsgroups**
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Synopsis
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   **mknewsgroups**


Description
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mknewsgroups [-h] [-n] [-C <config-file>] [-f <active-file>] [-u
<user>] [-w <wildmats>] [-p <part>] [-a <acls>] <server>


Options
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-h

   Display help.

-n

   Print the IMAP commands, but don’t execute them.

-C  <config file>

   Use the config in <config-file> instead of /etc/imapd.conf

-f <active-file>

   Use the newsgroups in <active-file> instead of ./active (get
   current file from ftp://ftp.isc.org/usenet/CONFIG/active)

-u  <user>

   Authenticate as <user> instead of the current shell user

-w <wildmats>

   Only create the newsgroups specified by <wildmats>.  <wildmats> is
   a comma-separated list of wildmat pattern (eg, “*,!alt.*”)

-p  <part>

   Create the newsgroup mailboxes on partition <part>

-a <acls>

   Set <acls> on the newsgroup.  <acls> is a whitespace-separated list
   of cyradm-style userid/rights pairs (eg, “anyone +p  news write”)
