implements NNTP peer-to-peer news transmission including the streaming
extensions, for sending news articles to a remote site.
-One instance of innduct is run for each peer site. innduct manages
-its interaction with innd so that articles are transmitted quickly,
-and manages the retransmission its own backlog. innduct includes the
+You need to run one instance of innduct for each peer site. innduct
+manages its interaction with innd, including flushing the feed as
+appropriate, etc., so that articles are transmitted quickly, and
+manages the retransmission of its own backlog. innduct includes the
locking necessary to avoid multiple simutaneous invocations.
-By default, innduct reads the default feed file name corresponding to
+By default, innduct reads the default feedfile corresponding to
the site
.I site
-(as specified in
-.IR newsfeeds (5))
-and feeds it vian NNTP, streaming if possible, to the host
+(is
+.IR pathoutgoing / site )
+and feeds it via NNTP, streaming if possible, to the host
.IR fqdn .
If
.IR site .
Logging is sent to syslog.
-.SH OPTIONS
+.SH GENERAL OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \-h fqdn
-Specifies the domain name of the host to connect to via NNTP. The
-default is the site name. The domain name may be specified with
-.B \-h
-or as a 2nd non-option argument, but not both.
+.BI \-f feedfile
+Specifies
+.IR feedfile .
+If the specified value ends in a
+.B /
+it is taken as a directory to use as if it were
+.I pathoutgoing
+and the actual feed file used is
+.IR specified_feedfile / site .
+.TP
+.BR \-q | \-\-quiet-multiple
+Makes innduct silently exit if another innduct holds the lock for the
+site. Without \fB-q\fR, this causes a fatal error to be logged.
+.SH TUNING OPTIONS
+You should not normally need to adjust these.
+.TP
+.BI \-\-max-connections= max
+Restricts the maximum number of simultaneous NNTP connections used by
+for each site to
+.IR max .
+The default is 10. There is no global limit on the number of
+connections.
+.TP
+.BI \-\-max-queue-per-conn= max
+Restricts the maximum number of outstanding articles queued on any
+particular connection
+.IR max .
+The default is 200. (Non-streaming connections can only handle one
+article at a time.)
+.TP
+.BI \-\-max-queue-per-conn= max
+Restricts the maximum number of outstanding articles queued on any
+particular connection
+.IR max .
+The default is 200.
.SH FILES
.IX Header "FILES"
.IP \fIpathoutgoing\fR/\fIsite\fR