The message field of each (Web hosting resellers) line can have
The message field of each line can have one of the following values: checkgroups This message requests that news administrators resynchonrize their active newsgroups database against the list of newsgroups supplied in the control message. newgroup This message requests the creation of a new newsgroup. The body of the control message should contain a short description of the purpose of the newsgroup to be created. rmgroup requests that a newsgroup be removed. sendsys This message requests that the sys file of this news server be transmitted by mail to the originator of the control message. RFC-1036 states that it is a requirement of Usenet membership that this information be publicly available because it is used to keep the map of Usenet up to date. version This message requests that the hostname and version of news server software be returned to the originator of the control message. all This is a special coding that will match any control message. The message field may include the following actions: doit The requested command is performed. In many cases, a mail message will be sent to the administrator to advise them that the action has taken place. doit=file This is the same as the doit action except that a log message will be written to the file log file. If the specified file is mail, the log entry is sent by email. If the specified file is the null string, the log message is written to /dev/null and is equivalent to using the unqualified doit action. If the file name begins with a / character, the name is taken to be an absolute filename for the logfile; otherwise, the specified name is translated to /var/log/news/file.log. doifarg The requested command is performed if the command has an argument. If the command has no argument, the control message is ignored. drop The requested command is ignored. log A log message is sent to the stderr output of the innd process. This is normally directed out to the /var/log/news/errlog file. log=file This is the same as a log action, except the logfile is specified as per the rules given for the doit=file action. mail An email message is sent to the news administrator containing the requested command details. No other action takes place. verify-* If an action begins with the string “verify-”, then the control message is authenticated using PGP (or GPG).139 PGP and GPG are tools designed to authenticate or encrypt messages using public key techniques. GPG is the GNU free version of PGP. GPG may be found at http://www.gnupg.org/, and PGP may be found at http://www.pgp.com/.