NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol)
The Network News Transport Protocol, often abbreviated to NNTP, is the protocol that is used by the Usenet internet service. It is a TCP-IP protocol based upon text strings sent over 7 bit ASCII TCP channels. It is used to transfer articles between servers as well as to read and post articles.
Related RFCs (External Links)
- RFC 977 (http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/977/index.htm): definition of the protocol;
- RFC 1036 (http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/Orig/rfc1036.txt): definition of the message format.
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