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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]] [[communications protocol|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. |
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]] [[communications protocol|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. |
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* [http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/977/index.htm RFC 977]: definition of the protocol; |
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* [http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/Orig/rfc1036.txt RFC 1036]: definition of the message format. |
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Revision as of 06:09, 26 September 2003
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.