Common NNTP Extensions

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 27
Abstract: In this document, a number of popular extensions to the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) protocol defined in RFC 977 are documented and discussed. While this document is not intended to serve as a standard of any kind, it will hopefully serve as a reference document for future implementers of the NNTP protocol. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC2980
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2980
Author(s): Stan O. Barber
Keyword(s): Networks, News, Transfer, Protocol

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Bibliographic Reference(s)

Lea, Iain, "FAQ about the TIN newsreader", http://www.cs.unca.edu/~davidson/handouts/tinfaq.html EXTERNAL
Kappesser, Peter, "[news.software.readers] trn newsreader FAQ", 2 parts, ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/news/ software/readers/%5Bnews.software.readers%5D_trn_newsreader _FAQ%2C_part_1%3A_Basics and ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by -hierarchy/news/software/readers/%5Bnews.software.readers %5D_trn_news-reader_FAQ%2C_part_2%3A_Advanced, February, 1995. EXTERNAL
Salz, Rich, Manual Page for wildmat(3) from the INN 1.4 distribution, UUNET Technologies, Revision 1.10, April, 1992. EXTERNAL
Robertson, Rob, "FAQ: Overview database / NOV General Information", ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/nntp/inn/faq- nov.Z , January, 1995. EXTERNAL
Limoncelli, Tom, "Read This Before You Write a Newsreader", http://mars.superlink.net/tal/news-software-authors.html , June, 1996. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 977 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1036 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1305 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1731 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 3977 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4086 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4643 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4644 [Active*]