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 Synchronet Service for the Network News Transfer Protocol (RFC 977) Synchronet Service for the Network News Transfer Protocol (RFC 977)
  
-== Example configuration ==+===== Example configuration =====
  
-In ctrl/services.ini:+In ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:services.ini]]'':
  
-    [NNTP] +<file> 
-    Port = 119 +[NNTP] 
-    MaxClients = 10 +Port = 119 
-    Options = 0 +MaxClients = 10 
-    Command = nntpservice.js -f+Options = 0 
 +Command = nntpservice.js -f 
 +</file>
  
-== Available Command-line options ==+Or in [[monitor:SBBSCTRL]]->Services->Configure:
  
--d        debug output+{{:service:sbbsctrlservices.config.png?300|}}
  
--f        filter bogus client IP addresses+==== Available Option Flags ==== 
 +^ Option             ^ Description                                                                 ^ 
 +| ''NO_HOST_LOOKUP'' | Do not resolve hostnames (via DNS) for connected clients                    | 
 +| ''TLS''            | Use Transaction Layer Security (TLS) encryption for connected clients       | 
 +| ''FULL_ACCEPT''    | Accept and immediately close connections when server is full                |
  
--na       no anonymous logins (requires user authentication)+==== Available Command-line options ====
  
--mail     expose entire mail database as newsgroup to Sysops+^ Option        ^ Description                                                                      ^ 
 +| ''-d''        | debug log output enable                                                          |  
 +| ''-f''        | filter bogus client IP addresses (after 10 bad commands received)                |   
 +| ''-na''       | no anonymous logins (requires valid user authentication)                         |  
 +| ''-mail''     | expose entire mail database as a newsgroup to Sysops                             |  
 +| ''-auto''     | automatic login based on IP address (no password necessary)                      |  
 +| ''-nolimit''  | unlimited message lengths (allow posted messages to exceed user limits)          |   
 +| ''-notag''    | do not append tear/tagline to exported local messages for Q-restricted accounts  |  
 +| ''-ascii''    | convert ex-ASCII characters to ASCII equivalents during export                   |   
  
--auto     automatic login based on IP address (no password necessary)+===== Tested clients =====
  
--nolimit  unlimited message lengths +  * Microsoft Outlook Express 6 
- +  * Netscape Communicator 4.77 
--notag    do not append tear/tagline to local messages for Q-rest accounts +  * Xnews 5.04.25 
- +  * Mozilla 1.1 (Requires -auto, and a prior login via other method)
--ascii    convert ex-ASCII to ASCII +
- +
-== Tested clients == +
- +
-Microsoft Outlook Express 6 +
- +
-Netscape Communicator 4.77 +
- +
-Xnews 5.04.25 +
- +
-Mozilla 1.1 (Requires -auto, and a prior login via other method)+
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====

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