$Error .= "E: The Posting-frequency for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid.\n"
}
unless(!$$Config[$i]{'expires'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
- warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
+ warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
+ $$Config[$i]{'expires'} = '3m'; # set default (3 month) if expires is unset or invalid
}
- unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'mid-format'}) && $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} =~ /^<\S+\@\S{2,}\.\S{2,}>$/) {
- warn "$0: W: The Message-ID format for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be undefined or invalid - set to default.\n";
+ unless(!$$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} || $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} =~ /^<\S+\@\S{2,}\.\S{2,}>$/) {
+ warn "$0: W: The Message-ID format for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be invalid - set to default.\n";
+ $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>'; # set default if mid-format is invalid
}
}
$Error .= "-" x 25 . 'program terminated' . "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error;
$$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD;
$MID = $$MIDF;
- $MID = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>' if !defined($MID);
+ $MID = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>' if !defined($MID); # set to default if unset
$MID =~ s/\%n/$$ActName/g;
$MID =~ s/\%d/$$TDD/g;
$MID =~ s/\%m/$$TDM/g;
This value must be set.
-=item B<Expires> = I<time period>
+=item B<Expires> = I<time period> (optional)
The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
-This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
+This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
=item B<From> = I<author>
This value must be set.
-=item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster>
+=item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster> (optional)
A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
This setting is optional.
-=item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern>
+=item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern> (optional)
A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
the Message-ID header of the message.
C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month and
C<%y> for the year, respectively.
-This value must be set.
+This setting is optional; the default is '<%n-%d.%m.%y@I<YOURHOST>>'
+where I<YOURHOST> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the
+host B<yapfaq> is running on. Obviously that will only work if you
+have defined a reasonable hostname that the hostfqdn() function of
+Net::Domain can return.
-=item B<Supersede> = I<yes>
+=item B<Supersede> = I<yes> (optional)
Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
of the last posting.
This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out.
-=item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers>
+=item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers> (optional)
The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
your message so you can add custom headers like Approved.
# time period after which the posting should expire
# use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
- Expires = '3m'
+ # Expires = '3m'
# header "From:"
From = 'test@domain.invalid'
NGs = 'de.test'
# header "Followup-To:"
- Fup2 = 'poster'
+ # Fup2 = 'poster'
# Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
- MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
+ # MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
# Supersede last posting?
Supersede = yes