+/*---------- configuration option variables ----------*/
+/* when changing defaults, remember to update the manpage */
+
+const char *sitename, *remote_host;
+const char *feedfile, *path_run, *path_cli, *path_cli_dir;
+int quiet_multiple=0;
+int interactive=0, try_filemon=1;
+int try_stream=1;
+int port=119;
+const char *inndconffile;
+
+int max_connections=10;
+int max_queue_per_conn=200;
+int target_max_feedfile_size=100000;
+int period_seconds=30;
+int filepoll_seconds=5;
+int max_queue_per_ipf=-1;
+
+int connection_setup_timeout=200;
+int inndcomm_flush_timeout=100;
+
+double nocheck_thresh= 95.0; /* converted from percentage by main */
+double nocheck_decay= 100; /* conv'd from articles to lambda by main */
+
+/* all these are initialised to seconds, and converted to periods in main */
+int reconnect_delay_periods=1000;
+int flushfail_retry_periods=1000;
+int backlog_retry_minperiods=100;
+int backlog_spontrescan_periods=300;
+int spontaneous_flush_periods=100000;
+int max_separated_periods=2000;
+int need_activity_periods=1000;
+int lowvol_thresh=3;
+int lowvol_periods=1000;
+
+double max_bad_data_ratio= 1; /* conv'd from percentage by main */
+int max_bad_data_initial= 30;
+ /* in one corrupt 4096-byte block the number of newlines has
+ * mean 16 and standard deviation 3.99. 30 corresponds to z=+3.5 */
+