Network News Transfer Protocol
(NNTP) A protocol defined in RFC 977 for the distribution, inquiry, retrieval
and posting of Usenet news articles over the Internet. It is designed to be used
between a news reader client such as nn or GNUS and a news server. It is
normally used on a connection to TCP port 119 on the news server. NNTP is a
simple ASCII text protocol so even if you don't have a news reader program, you
can just connect to the server using telnet:
telnet news 119
where news is the name of your server (e.g. news.doc.ic.ac.uk). Typing
HELP will give a list of other commands.
Nearby terms:
network layer reachability information « network
management « network meltdown « Network News
Transfer Protocol » network node » Network Node
Interface » network number
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