Synchronet v3.21e-Win32 (install) has been released (Mar-2026).

You can donate to the Synchronet project using PayPal.

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
service:nntp [2017/12/24 10:59] – [NNTP Service] Poorly formatted port of the comments from the top of nntpservice.js ecbbsservice:nntp [2025/04/25 17:31] (current) – [Available Command-line options] update -mail description (includes sent mail too) digital man
Line 1: Line 1:
 ====== NNTP Service ====== ====== NNTP Service ======
  
-Synchronet Service for the Network News Transfer Protocol (RFC 977)+Synchronet Service for the Network News Transfer Protocol (RFC977 and RFC3977), the protocol of [[network:USENET]].
  
-== Example configuration ==+===== Example configurations =====
  
-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 ==+<file> 
 +[NNTPS] 
 +Port = 563 
 +Options = TLS 
 +Command = nntpservice.js -f 
 +</file>
  
--d        debug output 
  
--f        filter bogus client IP addresses+Or in [[monitor:SBBSCTRL]]->Services->Configure:
  
--na       no anonymous logins (requires user authentication)+{{:service:sbbsctrlservices.config.png?300|}}
  
--mail     expose entire mail database as newsgroup to Sysops+{{:service:sbbsctrl.nntps_service.png?300|}}
  
--auto     automatic login based on IP address (no password necessary)+==== 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                |
  
--nolimit  unlimited message lengths+==== Available Command-line options ====
  
--notag    do not append tear/tagline to local messages for Q-rest accounts+^ 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 non-Guest user's sent/received email in "mail" newsgroup                  |  
 +| ''-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                   |    
 +| ''-utf8''     | convert ex-ASCII characters to UTF-8 equivalents during export                   |   
  
--ascii    convert ex-ASCII to ASCII+===== Tested clients =====
  
-== Tested clients == +  * Microsoft Outlook Express 6 
- +  * Netscape Communicator 4.77 
-Microsoft Outlook Express 6 +  * Xnews 5.04.25 
- +  * Mozilla 1.1 (Requires -auto, and a prior login via other method)
-Netscape Communicator 4.77 +
- +
-Xnews 5.04.25 +
- +
-Mozilla 1.1 (Requires -auto, and a prior login via other method)+
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====

Trace: