Chapter 17. Internet News Service
The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) is designed to transport news articles between collaborating news hosts. NNTP uses TCP and defines an application protocol that is the transport vehicle for Usenet traffic.
This chapter discusses various aspects of Usenet—specifically, the NNTP client and NNTP server.
Overview
Usenet, in a nutshell, is a forum for online discussions. It is a combination of a chat system and an email system. You can connect to a news server, join one or more discussion groups, read new articles, send new articles, and respond to articles.
It is similar to chat in that there are threads of discussion. It is similar to email in that you read articles, send articles, and reply to articles using ...
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