ossp-pkg/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.pod 1.3 -> 1.4
--- lmtp2nntp.pod 2001/08/02 14:58:39 1.3
+++ lmtp2nntp.pod 2001/08/07 09:05:55 1.4
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
[B<-p> I<protocol>]
[B<-l> I<logtarget>]
[B<-h> I<host>[I<:port>]]
-[B<-d> I<deliverymode>]
[B<-g> I<groupmode>]
[B<-t>]
[B<-v>]
@@ -66,23 +65,16 @@
=item B<-h> I<host>[:<port>]
-Hostname or address and optional TCP port of a NNTP service. Unless a port
-is specified, getserbyname(nntp) is queried with fallback to 119/tcp. If C<-h>
-option is ommited, the environment
-variable C<NNTPSERVER> is read, if this is undefined or empty C<news> is
-used and if this doesn't resolve, C<localhost> is assumed. This
-option can be specified more than once. The program connects to the
-services in given order.
-
-=item B<-d> I<deliverymode>
-
-Possible values for I<deliverymode> are C<many> (default), C<once> and
-C<full>. This option is only useful when multiple NNTP servers are given. In
-C<many> mode, the program posts to as many servers as it can. Sucessfully
-posting the message one or more times returns success. In I<once> mode it
-stops processing immediately after the first successful delivery and returns
-success. In I<full> mode successful posting to all newservers is required to
-return successful.
+Hostname or address and optional TCP port of a NNTP service. Unless a port is
+specified, getserbyname(nntp) is queried with fallback to 119/tcp. If C<-h>
+option is ommited, the environment variable C<NNTPSERVER> is read, if this is
+undefined or empty C<news> is used and if this doesn't resolve, C<localhost>
+is assumed.
+
+This option can be specified more than once. It is assumed that multiple
+servers are used to increase the reliability of the news system and to speed
+up distribution by posting the same article to more than one server. In regard
+to this program they must provide the same groups and talk to each other.
=item B<-g> I<groupmode>
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