When nnsoup unpacks a SOUP packet, it does it in this directory. (`/tmp/' by default.)

nnsoup then moves each message and index file to this directory. The default is `~/SOUP/'.

All replies will be stored in this directory before being packed into a reply packet. The default is `~/SOUP/replies/"'.

The SOUP format of the replies packets. The default is `?n' (rnews), and I don't think you should touch that variable. I probably shouldn't even have documented it. Drats! Too late!

The index type of the replies packet. The default is `?n', which means ``none''. Don't fiddle with this one either!

Where nnsoup stores lots of information. This is not an ``active file'' in the nntp sense; it's an Emacs Lisp file. If you lose this file or mess it up in any way, you're dead. The default is `~/SOUP/active'.

Format string command for packing a reply SOUP packet. The default is `tar cf - %s | gzip > $HOME/Soupin%d.tgz'.

Format string command for unpacking incoming SOUP packets. The default is `gunzip -c %s | tar xvf -'.

Where nnsoup will look for incoming packets. The default is `~/'.

Regular expression matching incoming SOUP packets. The default is `Soupout'.

If non-nil, save the replies buffer after each posted message.