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

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 ====== 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 ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:services.ini]]'': In ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:services.ini]]'':
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 Command = nntpservice.js -f Command = nntpservice.js -f
 </file> </file>
 +
 +<file>
 +[NNTPS]
 +Port = 563
 +Options = TLS
 +Command = nntpservice.js -f
 +</file>
 +
  
 Or in [[monitor:SBBSCTRL]]->Services->Configure: Or in [[monitor:SBBSCTRL]]->Services->Configure:
  
 {{:service:sbbsctrlservices.config.png?300|}} {{:service:sbbsctrlservices.config.png?300|}}
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 +{{:service:sbbsctrl.nntps_service.png?300|}}
  
 ==== Available Option Flags ==== ==== Available Option Flags ====
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 | ''-f''        | filter bogus client IP addresses (after 10 bad commands received)                |   | ''-f''        | filter bogus client IP addresses (after 10 bad commands received)                |  
 | ''-na''       | no anonymous logins (requires valid user authentication)                         |  | ''-na''       | no anonymous logins (requires valid user authentication)                         | 
-| ''-mail''     | expose entire mail database as a newsgroup to Sysops                             | +| ''-mail''     | expose non-Guest user's sent/received email in "mail" newsgroup                  | 
 | ''-auto''     | automatic login based on IP address (no password necessary)                      |  | ''-auto''     | automatic login based on IP address (no password necessary)                      | 
 | ''-nolimit''  | unlimited message lengths (allow posted messages to exceed user limits)          |   | ''-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  |  | ''-notag''    | do not append tear/tagline to exported local messages for Q-restricted accounts  | 
 | ''-ascii''    | convert ex-ASCII characters to ASCII equivalents during export                   |    | ''-ascii''    | convert ex-ASCII characters to ASCII equivalents during export                   |   
 +| ''-utf8''     | convert ex-ASCII characters to UTF-8 equivalents during export                   |   
  
 ===== Tested clients ===== ===== Tested clients =====

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