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NNTP Service
Synchronet Service for the Network News Transfer Protocol (RFC977 and RFC3977), the protocol of USENET.
Example configurations
In ctrl/services.ini:
[NNTP] Port = 119 MaxClients = 10 Options = 0 Command = nntpservice.js -f
[NNTPS] Port = 563 Options = TLS Command = nntpservice.js -f
Or in SBBSCTRL->Services->Configure:
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 |
Available Command-line options
| 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 user's email in “mail” newsgroup to non-Guest users |
-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 |
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)
