inn2 2.6.1-4build1 / usr / lib / news / bin / pullnews

#! /usr/bin/perl -w
use lib '/usr/share/perl5'; use INN::Config;
# If running inside INN, uncomment the above and point to INN::Config.
# 
# Author:       James Brister <brister@vix.com> -- berkeley-unix --
# Start Date:   Sat, 10 Oct 1998 21:40:11 +0200
# Project:      INN
# File:         pullnews
# RCSId:        $Id: pullnews.in 9796 2015-03-18 20:46:20Z iulius $
#
# History:
#               Full changelog can be found in the Subversion repository of the
#               INN project.  Major changes are:
#
#               January 2010:  Geraint A. Edwards added header-only feeding (-B);
#               added ability to hashfeed (-a) - uses MD5 - Diablo-compatible;
#               enabled -m to remove headers matching (or not) a given regexp;
#               minor bug fix to rnews when -O; improved rnews reporting.
#
#               December 2008:  Matija Nalis added -O (optimized mode, checking
#               whether the downstream server already has the article to download).
#               Bug fixes too.
#
#               May 2008:  Geraint A. Edwards greatly improved pullnews, adding
#               -b, -C, -d, -G, -H, -k, -l, -m, -M, -n, -P, -Q, -R, -t, -T, -w and
#               improving -s as well as fixing some bugs.
#               He also integrated the backupfeed contrib script by Kai Henningsen,
#               adding -f, -F, -N, -S, -z and -Z to pullnews.
#
# Description:  A simple pull feeder.  Connects to multiple upstream 
#               machines (in the guise of a reader), and pulls over articles 
#               and feeds them to a downstream server (in the guise of a feeder).
#
#               Uses a simple configuration file:  <pathdb>/pullnews.marks when
#               run as the news user, or otherwise ~/pullnews.marks, to define
#               which machines to pull articles from and which groups at each
#               machine to pull over.  There is also support for more specific
#               configurations like cross-posted newsgroups to kill, thanks to
#               the -m flag which allows articles with headers matching regexp
#               to be dropped.
#
#               A configuration file looks like:
#
#                       data.pa.vix.com 
#                               news.software.nntp 0 0
#                               comp.lang.c 0 0
#                       news.uu.net username password
#                               uunet.announce 0 0
#                               uunet.help 0 0
#
#               Hostname lines have no leading space and may have an optional
#               username and password after the hostname; all the
#               subsequent group lines for that host must have leading
#               spaces.  The two integers on the group line will be updated by
#               the program when it runs.  They are the Unix time the group was
#               accessed, and the highest numbered article that was pulled
#               over.
#

# If you have INN and the script is able to successfully include your
# INN::Config module, the value of $INN::Config::pathdb will override it
# if pullnews is run as the news user.
my $pathdb = $ENV{HOME};

require 5.004;

$0 =~ s!.*/!!;

my $rcsID =<<'EOM';
$Id: pullnews.in 9796 2015-03-18 20:46:20Z iulius $
EOM

$SIG{INT} = \&outtaHere;
$SIG{QUIT} = \&bail;

use Net::NNTP 2.18; # With libnet 1.0606 (10-Dec-1998) because older versions
                    # issued MODE READER with Net::NNTP::new().
use Getopt::Std;
use IO::Handle;
use POSIX qw(ceil floor);
use strict;

my $usage = $0;
$pathdb = $INN::Config::pathdb if $INN::Config::pathdb && $INN::Config::runasuser && $INN::Config::runasuser eq getpwuid($<);
my $defaultConfig = "${pathdb}/pullnews.marks";
my $defaultPort = 119;
my $defaultHost = "localhost";
my $defaultCheckPoint = 0;
my $defaultRetries = 0;
my $defaultDebug = 0;
my $defaultRetryTime = 1;
my $defaultProgressWidth = 50;
my $defaultMaxArts;
my $lockfile;

# Check whether pullnews is run inside INN.
my $use_inn_shlock = 0;
eval {
    require INN::Utils::Shlock;
    import INN::Utils::Shlock;
    $use_inn_shlock = 1;
};

# In case pullnews is run outside INN, fall back to call flock(2)
# and its corresponding Perl function instead of shlock (a program
# shipped with INN).
# Note that this Perl function does not work as expected on all
# existing systems (for instance on Solaris).
if (not $use_inn_shlock) {
    use Fcntl;
    use Fcntl qw(:flock);
}

END {
    # In case we bail out, while holding a lock.
    if ($use_inn_shlock) {
        INN::Utils::Shlock::releaselocks();
    } elsif (defined $lockfile) {
        flock (LOCK, LOCK_UN);
        unlink $lockfile;
    }
}

$usage =~ s!.*/!!;
$usage .= " [ -BhnOqRx -a hashfeed -b fraction -c config -C width -d level
        -f fraction -F fakehop -g groups -G newsgroups -H headers
        -k checkpt -l logfile -m header_pats -M num -N num
        -p port -P hop_limit -Q level -r file -s host[:port] -S num
        -t retries -T seconds -w num -z num -Z num ]
        [ upstream_host ... ]

  -a hashfeed   only feed article if the MD5 hash of the Message-ID
                matches hashfeed (where hashfeed is of the form value/mod,
                value/mod:offset, start-end/mod, or start-end/mod:offset).
                The algorithm used is compatible with the one used by Diablo;
                see the pullnews man page for more details.

  -b fraction   backtrack on server numbering reset.  The proportion
                (0.0 to 1.0) of a group's articles to pull when the
                server's article number is less than our high for that
                group.  When fraction is 1.0, pull all the articles on
                the server.  The default is to do nothing.

  -B            feed is header-only (headers plus one blank line).
                Add the Bytes: header field if needed.  Keep body if
                control article.

  -c config     specify the configuration file instead of the default
                file located in ${pathdb}/pullnews.marks when run as the news
                user, or otherwise in ~/pullnews.marks (the running user's home
                directory).

  -C width      use width characters for progress (default is $defaultProgressWidth).

  -d level      set debugging level to this integer (default is $defaultDebug).

  -f fraction   proportion of articles to get in each group (0.0 to 1.0).

  -F fakehop    prepend fakehop as a host to the Path: header.

  -g groups     specify a collection of groups to get.  The value must be 
                a single argument with commas between group names:

                        -g comp.lang.c,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.python

                The groups must be defined in the config file somewhere. 
                Only the hosts that carry those groups will be contacted.

  -G newsgroups add these groups to the configuration (see -g and -w).

  -h            print this message.

  -H headers    remove these named headers (colon-separated list).

  -k checkpt    checkpoint the config file every checkpt articles
                (default is $defaultCheckPoint).  A value of 0 means
                normally (at end).

  -l logfile    log progress/stats to logfile (default is stdout).

  -m 'Hdr1:regexp1 !Hdr2:regexp2 #Hdr3:regexp3 !#Hdr4:regexp4 ...'
                feed article only if:
                  the Hdr1: header matches regexp1;
                  and the Hdr2: header does not match regexp2;
                also, process the message thus:
                  if the Hdr3: header matches regexp3, remove that header;
                  if the Hdr4: header does not match regexp4, remove it.

  -M num        maximum number of articles (per group) to process before
                bailing out.

  -n            do nothing -- just fake it.

  -N num        timeout length when establishing NNTP connection.

  -O            optimized mode (may help for big articles/slow link to
                upstream hosts).  Check whether an article exists
                before downloading it.

  -p port       specify the port to connect to in order to feed articles
                (default is $defaultPort).

  -P hop_limit  count hops ('!') in the Path: header, feed article only if: 
                hop_limit is '+num' and hop_count is more than num;
                or hop_limit is '-num' and hop_count is less than num.

  -q            $0 will normally be verbose about what it is doing.  This 
                option will make it quiet.

  -Q level      set the quietness level (-Q 2 is equivalent to -q).

  -r file       rather than feeding to a server, $0 will instead
                create an rnews-compatible file.

  -R            be a reader (use MODE READER and POST)

  -s host[:port]
                specify the downstream hostname (and optional port)
                (default is $defaultHost).

  -S num        specify the maximum time (in seconds) to run.

  -t retries    number of attempts to connect to a server
                (default is $defaultRetries, see also -T).

  -T secs       time (in seconds) to pause between retries
                (default is $defaultRetryTime, see also -t).

  -w num        set highwater mark to num (if num is negative, use Current+num
                instead); a num of 0 will re-get all articles on the server;
                but a num of -0 will get no old articles, set mark to Current.

  -x            insert an Xref: header in any article that lacks one.

  -z num        time (in seconds) to sleep between articles.

  -Z num        time (in seconds) to sleep between groups.
";


use vars qw($opt_a $opt_b $opt_B $opt_c $opt_C $opt_d $opt_f $opt_F
            $opt_g $opt_G $opt_h $opt_H $opt_k $opt_l $opt_m $opt_M $opt_n
            $opt_N $opt_O $opt_p $opt_P $opt_q $opt_Q $opt_r $opt_R $opt_s
            $opt_S $opt_t $opt_T $opt_w $opt_x $opt_z $opt_Z);
getopts("a:b:Bc:C:d:f:F:g:G:hH:k:l:m:M:nN:Op:P:qQ:r:Rs:S:t:T:w:xz:Z:") || die $usage;

die $usage if $opt_h;

my @groupsToGet         = ();        # Empty list means all groups in config file.
my @groupsToAdd         = ();
my $rnews               = $opt_r;
my $groupFile           = $opt_c || $defaultConfig;
my $localServer         = $opt_s || $defaultHost;
my $localPort           = $opt_p || $defaultPort;
my $quiet               = $opt_q;
my $hashfeed            = $opt_a || '';
my $header_only         = $opt_B;
my $watermark           = $opt_w;
my $retries             = $opt_t || $defaultRetries;
my $retryTime           = $opt_T || $defaultRetryTime;
my $checkPoint          = $opt_k || $defaultCheckPoint;
my $debug               = $opt_d || $defaultDebug;
my $progressWidth       = $opt_C || $defaultProgressWidth;
my $maxArts             = $opt_M || $defaultMaxArts;
my $no_op               = $opt_n || 0;
my $reader              = $opt_R || 0;
my $quietness           = $opt_Q || 0;
my $skip_headers        = lc($opt_H || '');
my $logFile             = '>&STDOUT';
$logFile                = ">>$opt_l" if $opt_l;
my @hdr_to_match        = split(/\s+/, $opt_m) if defined $opt_m;
my $pathSteps           = $opt_P if defined $opt_P;
my $path_limit;

# Find a possible port at the end of the news server name.
# Count the number of ":" to check that it is not an IPv6 address.
if (not defined $opt_p) {
    my @colons = split(/:/, $localServer);
    $localPort = $1 if ((scalar(@colons) == 2) and ($localServer =~ s/:(\d+)$//));
}

die "can\'t have both ``-s'' and ``-r''\n"  if $opt_s && $opt_r;

die "``-b'' value not 0.0-1.0: $opt_b\n"    if defined $opt_b and $opt_b !~ /^([01](\.0*)?|0?\.\d+)$/;
die "``-C'' value not an integer: $opt_C\n" if $progressWidth !~ m!^\d+$!;
die "``-d'' value not an integer: $opt_d\n" if $debug !~ m!^\d+$!;
die "``-f'' value not 0.0-1.0: $opt_f\n"    if defined $opt_f and $opt_f !~ /^([01](\.0*)?|0?\.\d+)$/;
die "``-F'' value not a hostname: $opt_F\n" if defined $opt_F and $opt_F !~ m!^[\w\-\.]+$!;
die "``-k'' value not an integer: $opt_k\n" if $checkPoint !~ m!^\d+$!;
die "``-M'' value not an integer: $opt_M\n" if defined $maxArts and $maxArts !~ m!^\d+$!;
die "``-N'' value not an integer: $opt_N\n" if defined $opt_N and $opt_N !~ /^\d+$/;
die "``-p'' value not an integer: $opt_p\n" if $localPort !~ m!^\d+$!;
if (defined $pathSteps) {
        die "``-P'' value not a signed integer: $opt_P\n" if $pathSteps !~ /^[-+](\d+)$/;
        $path_limit = $1;
}
die "option ``-r -'' needs ``-l'' option\n" if defined $opt_r and $opt_r eq '-' and not $opt_l;
die "``-S'' value not an integer: $opt_S\n" if defined $opt_S and $opt_S !~ /^\d+$/;
die "``-t'' value not an integer: $opt_t\n" if $retries !~ m!^\d+$!;
die "``-w'' value not an integer: $opt_w\n" if defined $watermark and $watermark !~ /^-?\d+$/;
die "``-z'' value not an integer: $opt_z\n" if defined $opt_z and $opt_z !~ /^\d+$/;
die "``-Z'' value not an integer: $opt_Z\n" if defined $opt_Z and $opt_Z !~ /^\d+$/;

if ($hashfeed ne '') {
    my $a_err = "``-a'' value not in format ``start[-end]/mod[:offset]'': $opt_a\n";
    die $a_err if $opt_a !~ m!^(\d+)(?:-(\d+))?/(\d+)(?:[:_](\d+))?$!;
    $hashfeed = {
        'low'       => $1,
        'high'      => $2 || $1,
        'modulus'   => $3,
        'offset'    => $4 || 0,
    };
    die $a_err if $hashfeed->{'low'} > $hashfeed->{'high'}
                  or $hashfeed->{'modulus'} == 0
                  or $hashfeed->{'offset'} > 12;
    if ($hashfeed->{'low'} == 1 and $hashfeed->{'high'} == $hashfeed->{'modulus'}) {
        $hashfeed = '';
    } else {
        require Digest::MD5;
        Digest::MD5->import(qw/md5/);
    }
}

$quiet = 1 if $quietness > 1;
my %NNTP_Args = ();
$NNTP_Args{'Timeout'} = $opt_N if defined $opt_N;

@groupsToGet = map { s!^\s*(\S+)\s*!$1!; $_ } split (",", $opt_g) if $opt_g;
@groupsToAdd = map { s!^\s*(\S+)\s*!$1!; $_ } split (",", $opt_G) if $opt_G;

$| = 1;

my $servers = {};
my $sname = undef;
my %fed = ();
my %refused = ();
my %rejected = ();
my $pulled = {};
my %passwd = ();
my %info        = (
        fed      => 0,
        refused  => 0,
        rejected => 0,
        bytes    => 0,
);

if ($rnews) {
    if ($no_op) {
        print "Would write to rnews file $rnews\n";
    } else {
        open(RNEWS, ">$rnews") ||
            die "can't open rnews-format output: $rnews: $!\n";
    }
    $info{'rnews'}->{bytes} = 0;
    $info{'rnews'}->{fed} = 0;
}
open(LOG, $logFile) || die "can't open logfile ($logFile)!: $!\n";

# Forces a flush after each write or print.
my $oldfh = select;
$| = 1; select LOG; $| = 1; select $oldfh;

$lockfile = $groupFile . '.pid';

# Acquire a lock.
if ($use_inn_shlock) {
    INN::Utils::Shlock::lock($lockfile) or die "cannot create lockfile $lockfile\n";
} else {
    sysopen (LOCK, "$lockfile", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0700)
        or die "cannot create lockfile $lockfile: $!\n";
    $oldfh = select; select LOCK; $| = 1; select $oldfh;

    if (!flock (LOCK, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB)) {
        seek LOCK, 0, 0;
        my $otherpid = <LOCK>;
        chomp $otherpid;
        die "Another pullnews (pid: $otherpid) seems to be running.\n";
    }

    print LOCK "$$\n";
}

print LOG scalar(localtime(time)), " start\n\n" unless $quiet;

if (@groupsToGet && ! $quiet) {
    print LOG "Checking for specific groups:\n";
    map { printf LOG "\t%s\n", $_ } @groupsToGet;
    print LOG "\n";
}

open(FILE, "<$groupFile") || die "can't open group file $groupFile\n";

my $array_order = 0;
while (<FILE>) {
    next if m!^\s*\#! || m!^\s*$!;

    if (m!^(\S+)(\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+))?\s*$!) {
        $sname = $1;
        $servers->{$sname} = {};
        $servers->{$sname}->{_order} = $array_order++;
        $passwd{$sname} = [ $3, $4 ] if defined $3 and $3 ne "";
    } elsif (m!^\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)!) {
        my ($group,$date,$high) = ($1,$2,$3);
        $servers->{$sname}->{$group} = [ $date, $high ];
    } elsif (m!^\s+(\S+)\s*$!) {
        # Assume this is a new group.
        my ($group,$date,$high) = ($1,0,0);
        print LOG "Looking for new group $group on $sname\n" unless $quiet;
        $servers->{$sname}->{$group} = [ $date, $high ]; 
    } else { 
        die "Fatal error in $groupFile: $.: $_\n";
    }
}
close FILE;

my @servers = @ARGV ? @ARGV : sort {$servers->{$a}->{_order} <=> $servers->{$b}->{_order}} keys %$servers;

die "No servers!\n" if ! @servers;

my $localcxn;
my $art_total_count = 0;    # The number of articles transferred during the session.

if ( not $rnews ) {
    print LOG "Connecting to downstream host: $localServer " .
        "port: $localPort ..."
        unless $quiet;

    my %localopts = ("Port" => "$localPort", "Reader" => $reader, %NNTP_Args);
    $localcxn = Net::NNTP->new($localServer, %localopts) ||
        die "Can't connect to server $localServer\n";

    if (exists $passwd{$localServer} && !$localcxn->authinfo(@{$passwd{$localServer}})) {
        warn sprintf ("failed to authorize: %s %s\n",
                      $localcxn->code(), $localcxn->message());
    }
}

if ( not $quiet and not $quietness ) {
    print LOG "done.\n\n";
    print LOG "Legend: ``.'' is an article the downstream server refused\n";
    print LOG "        ``*'' is an article the downstream server rejected\n";
    print LOG "        ``+'' is an article the downstream server accepted\n";
    print LOG "        ``x'' is an article the upstream server couldn't ";
    print LOG "give out\n";
    print LOG "        ``m'' is an article skipped due to headers (-a, -m or -P)\n";
    print LOG "\n";
    print LOG "Writing to rnews-format output: $rnews\n\n" if $rnews;
}

foreach my $server (@servers) {
    my ($username, $passwd);

    foreach my $addGroup (@groupsToAdd) {
        next if defined $servers->{$server}->{$addGroup};
        $servers->{$server}->{$addGroup} = [ 0, 0 ];
    }

    if (@groupsToGet > 0) {
        my $ok;
        foreach my $sgroup (keys %{$servers->{$server}}) {
            $ok = 1 if grep($_ eq $sgroup, @groupsToGet);
        }

        if (! $ok) {
            # User gave -g and the server doesn't have those groups.
            warn "Skipping server $server.  Doesn't have specified groups.\n";
            next;
        }
    }

    if (exists $passwd{$server}) {
        ($username, $passwd) = @{$passwd{$server}};
    }

    if (!exists($servers->{$server})) {
        warn "No such upstream host $server configured.\n";
        next;
    }

    my $shash = $servers->{$server};

    # No need to connect to the upstream server when there is no newsgroup
    # to fetch.  (The value 1 is for the "_order" key in the hash.)
    next if keys(%{$shash}) == 1;

    my $connectionAttempts = 0;
    my $upstream;
    {{
        print LOG "connecting to upstream server $server..." unless $quiet;
        $upstream = Net::NNTP->new($server, %NNTP_Args);
        $connectionAttempts++;
        if (!$upstream && $connectionAttempts <= $retries) {
            sleep $retryTime;
            next;
        }
    }}

    if (!$upstream) {
        print LOG " failed.\n" unless $quiet;
        warn "can't connect to upstream server $server: $!\n";
        next;
    } else {
        print LOG " done.\n" unless $quiet;
    }

    if ($username && !$upstream->authinfo($username, $passwd)) {
        warn sprintf ("failed to authorize: %s %s\n",
                      $upstream->code(), $upstream->message());
        next;
    }

    $info{server}->{$server}->{bytes} = 0;
    $info{server}->{$server}->{fed} = 0;
    $info{server}->{$server}->{refused} = 0;
    $info{server}->{$server}->{rejected} = 0;

    foreach my $group (sort keys %{$servers->{$server}}) {
        next if $group eq '_order';
        next if (@groupsToGet && !grep ($_ eq $group, @groupsToGet));

        # crossFeedGroup returns 1 when the newsgroup is successfully
        # pulled.  No need to check the return value because we do not
        # want to abort on the first error.
        crossFeedGroup ($upstream, $localcxn, $server, $group, $shash);
        last if defined $opt_S and time >= $^T+$opt_S;
        sleep $opt_Z if defined $opt_Z;
    }

    $upstream->quit();
    last if defined $opt_S and time >= $^T+$opt_S;
}

saveConfig ();
stats() unless $quiet;

if ($rnews) {
    if (not $no_op and not close RNEWS) {
        print LOG "\nRNEWS close failure: $!";
    }
    unlink $rnews if -f $rnews and not -s $rnews;
}

print LOG "\nDone ", scalar(localtime(time)), "\n" unless $quiet;

cleanLock();
exit (0);

###############################################################################

sub stats {
    my $ltotal = 0;
    my $reftotal = 0;
    my $rejtotal = 0;
    my $sum;

    map { $reftotal += $refused{$_} } keys %refused;
    map { $rejtotal += $rejected{$_} } keys %rejected;
    map { $ltotal += $fed{$_} } keys %fed;

    $sum = $reftotal + $rejtotal + $ltotal;

    if ($quiet) {
        printf LOG localtime() . " [$$] %d article%s to $localServer\n",
            $sum, ($sum != 1 ? "s" : "");
    } elsif ($rnews) {
        printf LOG "\n%d article%s written to $rnews\n",
            $sum, ($sum != 1 ? "s were" : " was");
    } else {
        printf LOG "\n%d article%s offered to server on $localServer\n",
            $sum, ($sum != 1 ? "s were" : " was");
    }

    return if ($sum == 0);

    if ($quiet) {
        print LOG localtime() . " [$$] $ltotal ok, $reftotal ref, $rejtotal rej\n";
    } elsif (not $rnews) {
        printf LOG "%d article%s accepted\n",
            $ltotal, ($ltotal != 1 ? "s were" : " was") 
                if ($ltotal != 0);
        printf LOG "%d article%s refused\n",
            $reftotal, ($reftotal != 1 ? "s were" : " was") 
                if ($reftotal != 0);
        printf LOG "%d article%s rejected\n",
            $rejtotal, ($rejtotal != 1 ? "s were" : " was") 
                if ($rejtotal != 0);
    }

    map { 
        print LOG "\nUpstream server $_:\n" if not $quiet; 
        my $server = $_;
        my $width = 0;

        map {
            $width = length if length > $width;
        } sort keys %{$pulled->{$server}} if not $quiet;

        map { 
            if ($quiet) {
                printf LOG "%s [$$] from $server $_ %s\n", localtime(), $pulled->{$server}->{$_};
            } else {
                printf LOG "\t%${width}s %d\n", $_, $pulled->{$server}->{$_};
            }
        } sort keys %{$pulled->{$server}};
    } sort keys %{$pulled};
}

sub saveConfig {
    return if $no_op;

    $SIG{INT} = $SIG{QUIT} = 'IGNORE';

    open(FILE,">$groupFile") || die "can't open $groupFile: $!\n";
    my $server;
    my $group;

    print LOG "\nSaving config\n" unless $quiet;
    print FILE "# Format: (date is epoch seconds)\n";
    print FILE "# hostname [username password]\n";
    print FILE "#         group date high\n";
    foreach $server (sort {$servers->{$a}->{_order} <=> $servers->{$b}->{_order}} keys %$servers) {
        print FILE "$server";
        if (defined $passwd{$server}) {
            printf FILE " %s %s", $passwd{$server}->[0], $passwd{$server}->[1];
        }
        print FILE "\n";
        foreach $group (sort keys %{$servers->{$server}}) {
            next if $group eq '_order';
            my ($date,$high) = @{$servers->{$server}->{$group}};
            printf FILE "\t%s %d %d\n",$group,$date,$high;
        }
    }
    close FILE;
}


sub outtaHere {
    saveConfig();
    cleanLock();
    exit (0);
}

sub cleanLock {
    # Unlock.
    if ($use_inn_shlock) {
        INN::Utils::Shlock::unlock($lockfile) if defined $lockfile;
    } else {
        flock (LOCK, LOCK_UN);
        unlink $lockfile if defined $lockfile;
    }
}

sub bail {
    warn "received QUIT signal.  Not saving config.\n";
    cleanLock();
    exit (0);
}

sub crossFeedGroup {
    my ($fromServer,$toServer,$server,$group,$shash) = @_;
    my ($date,$high) = @{$shash->{$group}};
    my ($prevDate,$prevHigh) = @{$shash->{$group}};
    my ($narticles,$first,$last,$name) = $fromServer->group($group);
    my $count = 0;
    my $len = 0;                 # Received article length (bytes) (for stats).
    my $code;
    my $startTime = time;
    my ($prevRefused, $prevRejected) = ($info{refused}, $info{rejected});

    if (!defined($narticles)) { # Group command failed.
        warn sprintf ("Group command failed for $group: %s %s\n",
                      $fromServer->code() || 'NO_CODE', $fromServer->message());
        return undef;
    }

    if (not $quiet) {
        printf LOG "\n%s:\n", $name;
        printf LOG "\tLast checked: %s\n",
            $prevDate ? scalar(localtime($prevDate)) : "never";
        printf LOG "\t%d article%s available (first %d, last %d)\n",
               $narticles, $narticles != 1 ? "s" : "", $first, $last;
    }
    if (defined $watermark) {
        printf LOG "\tOur previous highest: %d\n", $prevHigh if not $quiet;
        $high = $watermark;
        $high = $last+$watermark if substr($watermark, 0, 1) eq '-';
        $high = 0 if $high < 0;
        $shash->{$group} = [ time, $high ];
    }
    printf LOG "\tOur current highest: %d", $high if not $quiet;

    return 0 if ! $name;
    if ($narticles == 0) {
        print LOG " (nothing to get)\n" unless $quiet;
        # Just update the time; keep the last known high watermark.
        $shash->{$group} = [ time, $high ];
        return 1;
    }

    my $toget = (($last - $high) < $narticles ?
                     $last - $high : $narticles);
    $toget = ceil($toget * $opt_f) if defined $opt_f;
    if ($last < $high and $opt_b) {
        $high = $first+floor(($last-$first+1)*(1-$opt_b));
        $toget = $last - $high;
        print LOG " (reset highwater mark to $high)" unless $quiet;
    } elsif ($prevHigh == -1 || $last <= $prevHigh) {
        # We connected OK but there's nothing there, or we just want
        # to reset our highwater mark.
        $shash->{$group} = [ time, $high ];
        print LOG " (nothing to get)\n" unless $quiet;
        return 1;
    }
    print LOG " ($toget to get)\n" unless $quiet;

    my $i;
    my @warns;
    my $skip_article;
    for ($i = ($first > $high ? $first : $high + 1) ; $i <= $last ; $i++) {
        $skip_article = 0;
        last if defined $maxArts and $count >= $maxArts;
        last if defined $opt_f and $count >= $toget;
        $count++;
        $art_total_count++;
        sleep $opt_z if defined $opt_z and $count > 1;
        # "Optimized mode" -- check if the article is wanted *before* downloading it.
        if (defined $opt_O) {
            #   223 n <a> article retrieved -- request text separately (after STAT)
            #   423 no such article number in this group
            #   430 no such article found
            my $org_msgid = $fromServer->nntpstat($i);
            my $org_code = $fromServer->code();

            # Continue if the article exists on the upstream server.
            if ($org_code == 223 and not $rnews) {
                my $new_msgid = $toServer->nntpstat($org_msgid);
                my $new_code = $toServer->code();
                print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\t$org_msgid ($org_code) => $new_code\n" if $debug >= 3;
                # Skip the article if it already exists on the downstream server.
                if ($new_code == 223) {
                    print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\t-- not downloading already existing message $org_msgid code=$new_code\n" if $debug >= 2;
                    $skip_article = 1;
                }
            }
        }

        my $add_bytes_header = 0;
        my $is_control_art = 0;
        my $article;
        if (not $skip_article and $header_only) {
            $article = $fromServer->head($i);
            if ($fromServer->code() == 221) {
                my $has_bytes_header = 0;
                for my $hdr (@$article) {
                    if (lc(substr($hdr, 0, 6)) eq 'bytes:') {
                        $has_bytes_header = 1;
                    } elsif (lc(substr($hdr, 0, 8)) eq 'control:') {
                        $is_control_art = 1;
                        last;
                    }
                }
                $add_bytes_header = 1 if not $has_bytes_header;
                push @{$article}, "\n" if not $is_control_art;
            }
        }
        if (not $skip_article and (not $header_only or $is_control_art or $add_bytes_header)) {
            $article = $fromServer->article($i);
        }

        if ($article) {
            my $msgid;
            my $xref = 0;
            my $headers = 1;
            my $line_len = 0;
            my $idx_blank_pre_body;      # Index of the blank line between headers/body.
            my $tx_len = 0;              # Transmitted article length (bytes) (for rnews, Bytes:).
            my @header_nums_to_go = ();
            my $match_all_hdrs = 1;      # Assume no headers to match.
            my $skip_due_to_hdrs = 0;    # Set to 1 if triggered by -P, 2 if by -m, 3 if by -a.
            my %m_found_hdrs = ();
            my $curr_hdr = '';

            for (my $idx = 0 ; $idx < @{$article} ; $idx++) {
                $line_len = length($article->[$idx]);
                $len += $line_len;
                $tx_len += $line_len;
                $info{server}->{$server}->{bytes} += $line_len;
                $info{bytes} += $line_len;

                next if not $headers;
                $idx_blank_pre_body = $idx;

                $curr_hdr = lc($1) if $article->[$idx] =~ /^([^:[:blank:]]+):/;
                if ($article->[$idx] eq "\n") {
                    $headers = 0;
                    next;
                }

                if ($match_all_hdrs and @hdr_to_match and $article->[$idx] =~ /^[^[:blank:]]/) {
                    # Check header matches -m flag if new header.

                    # Unfold this header (with following lines).
                    my $unfolded_art_hdr = $article->[$idx];
                    for (my $idx_step = $idx+1;  $idx_step < @$article and $article->[$idx_step] =~ /^[[:space:]](.+)/;  $idx_step++) {
                        # While next line is continuation...
                        my $more_line = $1;
                        chomp $unfolded_art_hdr;
                        $unfolded_art_hdr .= $more_line;
                    }

                    my ($hdr_un, $val_un) = split(':', $unfolded_art_hdr, 2);
                    $val_un = '' if not defined $val_un;
                    $val_un =~ s/^\s*//;
                    my $remove_hdr = 0;
                    for my $tuple_match (@hdr_to_match) {
                        my ($hdr_m, $val_m) = split(':', $tuple_match, 2);
                        my $negate_h = ($hdr_m =~ s/^!//);
                        my $remove_h = ($hdr_m =~ s/^#//);
                        next if lc($hdr_un) ne lc($hdr_m);
                        $m_found_hdrs{lc($hdr_m)} = 1 if not $remove_h;
                        if ($negate_h) {
                            if ($val_un =~ /$val_m/i) {
                                print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\t-- $hdr_un [$val_un]\n" if $debug >= 2;
                                if (not $remove_h) {
                                    $match_all_hdrs = 0;
                                }
                            } elsif ($remove_h) {
                                $remove_hdr = 1;
                            }
                        } elsif (not $val_un =~ /$val_m/i) {
                            print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\t++ $hdr_un [$val_un]\n" if $debug >= 2;
                            if (not $remove_h) {
                                $match_all_hdrs = 0;
                            }
                        } elsif ($remove_h) {
                            $remove_hdr = 1;
                        }
                        last if not $match_all_hdrs;
                    }
                    push @header_nums_to_go, $idx if $remove_hdr;
                }

                if (grep { $curr_hdr eq $_ } split(':', $skip_headers)) {
                    print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tskip_hdr $idx\t$curr_hdr\n" if $debug >= 2;
                    push @header_nums_to_go, $idx;
                }
                if ($article->[$idx] =~ m!^message-id:\s*(\S+)!i) {
                    $msgid = $1;
                }
                if ($article->[$idx] =~ m!^Path:\s*!i) {
                    if (defined $pathSteps) {
                        my $path_count = $article->[$idx];
                        $path_count = ($path_count =~ s@!@@g) || 0;
                        if (substr($pathSteps, 0, 1) eq '-') {
                            $skip_due_to_hdrs = 1 if $path_count >= $path_limit;
                        } elsif (substr($pathSteps, 0, 1) eq '+') {
                            $skip_due_to_hdrs = 1 if $path_count <= $path_limit;
                        }
                    }
                    if ($skip_due_to_hdrs) {
                        print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tNpath_skip_art $i\n" if $debug >= 2;
                    } else {
                        if (defined $opt_F) {
                            $tx_len += length($opt_F)+1;
                            $article->[$idx] =~ s/^Path:\s*/$&$opt_F!/i;
                        }
                    }
                }

                if ($opt_x && $article->[$idx] =~ m!^xref:!i) {
                    $xref = 1;
                }
            }
            if (@hdr_to_match and (not $match_all_hdrs
                or scalar(grep { ! /^!?#/ } @hdr_to_match) != keys %m_found_hdrs)) {
                $skip_due_to_hdrs = 2;
            }
            while (@header_nums_to_go) {
                my $idx = pop @header_nums_to_go;  # Start from last, so numbers are not affected.
                my $cut = join("\n\t", splice(@{$article}, $idx, 1));
                $tx_len -= length($cut);
                $idx_blank_pre_body--;
                print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tcut1 $cut" if $debug >= 2;
                while ($article->[$idx] =~ /^[[:space:]](.+)/) {
                    # Folded lines.
                    my $cut = join("\n\t", splice(@{$article}, $idx, 1));
                    $tx_len -= length($cut);
                    $idx_blank_pre_body--;
                    print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tcut_ $cut" if $debug >= 2;
                }
            }

            if (!$msgid) {
                warn "No Message-ID: header found in article\n";
                next;
            } else {
                print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tMessage-ID: $msgid\n" if $debug >= 2;
            }

            # Some old servers lack Xref:, which bothers a downstream INN if
            # it has xrefslave set, so add one just before the blank line.
            if ($opt_x && !$xref) {
                warn "No Xref: header found in article, adding\n";
                my $xref_h = "Xref: $server $group: $i\n";
                splice(@{$article}, $idx_blank_pre_body, 0, $xref_h);
                $tx_len += length($xref_h);
                $idx_blank_pre_body++;
            }

            if ($add_bytes_header) {
                # Compute the number of bytes the same way the :bytes
                # metadata item would do.  The additional Bytes: header
                # field is not counted, as well as headers removed by
                # pullnews.
                my $bytes_real_count = $tx_len + scalar(@{$article});
                my $bytes_h = "Bytes: $bytes_real_count\n";
                splice(@{$article}, $idx_blank_pre_body, 0, $bytes_h);
                $tx_len += length($bytes_h);
                $idx_blank_pre_body++;
            }

            if ($header_only and not $is_control_art and @{$article} > $idx_blank_pre_body+1) {
                splice(@{$article}, $idx_blank_pre_body+1);
                $tx_len = 0;
                for my $line (@{$article}) {
                    $tx_len += length($line);
                }
            }

            if (not $skip_due_to_hdrs and ref $hashfeed) {
                my $hash_val = unpack('N', substr(md5($msgid), 12-$hashfeed->{'offset'}, 4)) % $hashfeed->{'modulus'} + 1;
                $skip_due_to_hdrs = 3 if $hash_val < $hashfeed->{'low'} or $hash_val > $hashfeed->{'high'};
            }

            $pulled->{$server}->{$group}++;

            if ($skip_due_to_hdrs) {
                if ($debug >= 2) { 
                    print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tskip_art: " .
                              ($skip_due_to_hdrs == 1 ? 'hopsPath'
                                  : ($skip_due_to_hdrs == 2 ? 'hdr'
                                      : ($skip_due_to_hdrs == 3 ? 'hashfeed'
                                          : 'unknown'))) .
                              "\n";
                }
                print LOG "m" unless $quiet;
            } elsif ($rnews) {
                printf RNEWS "#! rnews %d\n", $tx_len;
                map { print RNEWS $_ } @{$article};
                print LOG "+" unless $quiet;
                $fed{$group}++;
                $info{'rnews'}->{fed}++;
                $info{fed}++;
            } else {
                if ($no_op) {
                    print "Would offer $msgid\n";
                } elsif ($reader and not $toServer->post($article)) {
                    #   240 article posted ok
                    #   340 send article to be posted.  End with <CR-LF>.<CR-LF>
                    #   440 posting not allowed
                    #   441 posting failed
                    my $code = $toServer->code();
                    my $msg = $toServer->message();
                    print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tPost $code: Msg: <" . join('//', split(/\r?\n/, $msg)) . ">\n" if $debug >= 2;
                    $msg =~ s/^340 .*?\n(?=.)//o;
                    if ($msg =~ /^240 /) {
                        print LOG "+" unless $quiet;
                        push @warns, "Post $i ok ($code): $msg";
                        $fed{$group}++;
                        $info{server}->{$server}->{fed}++;
                        $info{fed}++;
                    } elsif ($msg =~ /^435 / or $msg =~ /duplicate message-id/io) {
                        print LOG "." unless $quiet;
                        push @warns, "Post $i to server declined ($code): $msg"
                                            if $msg !~ /^435 $msgid$/
                                            and $msg !~ /duplicate message-id/io;
                        $refused{$group}++;
                        $info{server}->{$server}->{refused}++;
                        $info{refused}++;
                    } else {
                        warn "Post $i to server failed ($code): $msg\n";
                        $toServer->quit();
                    }

                } elsif (not $reader and not $toServer->ihave($msgid,$article)) {
                    #   235 article transferred ok
                    #   335 send article to be transferred.  End with <CR-LF>.<CR-LF>
                    #   435 article not wanted -- do not send it
                    #   436 transfer failed -- try again later
                    #   437 article rejected -- do not try again
                    my $code = $toServer->code();
                    my $msg = $toServer->message();
                    print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tPost $code: Msg: <" . join('//', split(/\r?\n/, $msg)) . ">\n" if $debug >= 2;
                    if ($code == 435) {
                        print LOG "." unless $quiet;
                        $refused{$group}++;
                        $info{server}->{$server}->{refused}++;
                        $info{refused}++;
                    } elsif ($code == 437) {
                        print LOG "*" unless $quiet;
                        $rejected{$group}++;
                        $info{server}->{$server}->{rejected}++;
                        $info{rejected}++;
                    } else {
                        warn "Transfer to server failed ($code): $msg\n";
                        $toServer->quit();
                        saveConfig();
                        exit (1);
                    }

                } else {
                    my $code = $toServer->code();
                    my $msg = $toServer->message();
                    print LOG "\tDEBUGGING $i\tPost $code: Msg: <" . join('//', split(/\r?\n/, $msg)) . ">\n" if $debug >= 2;
                    print LOG "+" unless $quiet;
                    $fed{$group}++;
                    $info{server}->{$server}->{fed}++;
                    $info{fed}++;
                }
            }
            $shash->{$group} = [ time, $high = $i ];

        # Optimized mode (-O) decided to skip this article...
        } elsif ($skip_article) {
            print LOG "." unless $quiet;
            $refused{$group}++;
            $info{server}->{$server}->{refused}++;
            $info{refused}++;
            $shash->{$group} = [ time, $high = $i ];
        } else {
            $shash->{$group} = [ time, $high = $i ] if $fromServer->code() == 430     # No such article, do not retry.
                                                    or $fromServer->code() == 423;
            print LOG "x" unless $quiet;
            printf LOG ("\nDEBUGGING $i %s %s\n", $fromServer->code(),
                        $fromServer->message()) if $debug >= 2;
        }
        saveConfig() if $checkPoint and ($art_total_count % $checkPoint) == 0;
        print LOG "\n" if (!$quiet && (($count % $progressWidth) == 0));
        last if defined $opt_S and time >= $^T+$opt_S;
    }
    print LOG "\n" unless $quiet;
    print LOG join("\n\t", '', @warns) . "\n\n" if @warns;
    my $elapsed_time = time - $startTime + 1;
    if ($quiet) {
        my $rejectedDiff = $info{rejected}-$prevRejected;
        my $refusedDiff = $info{refused}-$prevRefused;
        my $destServer = ($localServer ne $defaultHost ? " to $localServer" : '');
        print LOG localtime() . "[$$] $server$destServer $name $narticles $first-$last : $count $prevHigh-" .
                                ($high == $last ? '' : $high) . " $refusedDiff $rejectedDiff\n"
                        unless $prevHigh == $high and $count == 0;
    } else {
        printf LOG "%s article%s retrieved in %d seconds (%d bytes, %d cps)\n",
                $count, ($count == 1 ? "" : "s"), $elapsed_time,
                $len, int($len*100/$elapsed_time)/100;
    }
    return 1;
}