Home > Configuration Parameters > Newsgroup Counters and Flags
| Scalar | Description |
| sortgrps | A comma seperated list of Newsgroups within the distribution, sorted in alphanumeric order. |
| grpcnt | A count of the number of Newsgroups within the distribution. |
| fupcnt | A count of the number of groups specified within the Followup-To header. |
| grpfupcnt | A count of the unique groups specified within both the Newsgroups and Followup-To headers. |
| Array | Description |
| groups | A list of all the groups contained within the Newsgroups header. |
| followups | A list of all the groups contained within the Followup-To header. If no Followup-To header is specified, this list will have identical content to groups |
| grpfup | A list of all the unique groups contained within both Newsgroups and Followup-To headers. This is useful in instances where Followup-To groups are considered a part of the distribution. |
The gr (short for group) hash identifies various characteristics about the distribution of the posting. In the following table, Type can be Flag or Counter. A Flag is either True or False whilst a Counter holds a positive integer. Due to Perl's True/False handling, a Counter can also be used as a Flag as any non-zero value will equate to True.
The Source column indicates which of the Arrays is used to populate the Flag or Counter.
| Key | Type | Source | Description |
| binary | Flag | @groups | True if all the groups in the distribution match config{bin_allowed}. If this flag returns False and a message contains binary content, it will be rejected. |
| image | Flag | @groups | True if all the groups in the distribution match config{bin_allowed} or config{image_allowed}. The distinction between this flag and binary is that binary groups allow any type of binary whilst image groups only allow images, such as jpeg, png and gif files. |
| bad_bin | Counter | @groups | A count of groups that match the config{bad_bin} regular expression. Although a Counter, this is usually treated as a Flag to indicate if any of the groups in the distribution that match config{bin_allowed} are in fact non-binary groups. |
| html | Flag | @groups | True if all groups in the distribution allow HTML content. These groups are identified in config{html_allowed}. In general terms, html content is unwelcome on Usenet, the exception being the microsoft hierarchy. |
| mime_html | Flag | @groups | True if all groups in the distribution allow HTML content. These groups are identified in config{mime_html_allowed}. By default Cleanfeed doesn't allow MIME HTML in any groups. |
| poison | Counter | @groups | Count the number of poison groups in the distribution. In general any count above zero is cause to reject the message. Poison groups are defined in config{poison_groups}. |
| reports | Flag | @groups | Returns True if all the groups in the distribution match config{spam_report_groups}. |
| no_cancel | Counter | @groups | Count the number of groups in the distribution where cancels are not permitted. These groups are defined in config{no_cancel_groups}. |
| test | Counter | @groups | Count the number of test groups in the distribution. Test groups are defined in config{test_groups}. |
| alltest | Flag | @groups | Return True if all the groups in the distribution match config{test_groups}. This is closely related to the test counter. |
| adult | Counter | @groups | Count the number of groups in the distribution that are considered suitable for adult material. These groups are extracted from the config{adult_groups} and config{not_adult_groups} regular expressions. |
| alladult | Flag | @groups | Return True if all the groups in the distribution are suitable for adult material. This is closely related to the adult counter. |
| faq | Counter | @groups | FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) groups are given special consideration as they often contain frequently reposted material. Matching groups are specified in config{faq_groups}. |
| localhier | Counter | @grpfup | The local hierarchy is used for matters relating to a specific news service (or server). It is usually not propagated beyond that service. This parameter maintains a count of all the local.* groups within a distribution. |
| mod | Counter | @groups | In this context, mod is an abreviation of moderated. Moderated Newsgroups are granted special treatment as a human (or a bot) is required to authorize each submitted message prior to its being posted. |
| allmod | Flag | @groups | Return True if all the groups in the distribution are moderatd. This is closely related to the mod counter. |
| alllocal | Flag | @grpfup | Return True if all the groups in the distribution are in the local hierarchy. This is closely related to the localhier counter. |