jtrim@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Jeff Trim) (09/09/90)
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has written an interface to NNTP for the
ka9q packet radio package. I currently am running a UUCP system and
an seeking alternatives to UUCPing usenet down from a local university.
I have heard that folks have been attempting to make an IBMPC-ish newsreader
for NNTP but have not seen anything outthere yet. Is there a SLIP or KA9Q
based newsreader avialable? also would like to find a protocol specification
for NNTP if there is one, maybe an RFC? :) Thanx for the help,
- Jeff
jeff@jeffpc.eds.comvtcqa@shamash.cdc.com (Jeff Comstock) (09/20/90)
In article <1990Sep9.151607.1770@mercury.cair.du.edu> jtrim@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Jeff Trim) writes: >Hello, I was wondering if anyone has written an interface to NNTP for the >ka9q packet radio package. I currently am running a UUCP system and >an seeking alternatives to UUCPing usenet down from a local university. > >I have heard that folks have been attempting to make an IBMPC-ish newsreader >for NNTP but have not seen anything outthere yet. Is there a SLIP or KA9Q >based newsreader avialable? also would like to find a protocol specification >for NNTP if there is one, maybe an RFC? :) Thanx for the help, > > - Jeff > jeff@jeffpc.eds.com Hello Jeff, There is a nntp client for KA9Q NOS. It was originally written by Anders Klemets at sics.se . You should be able to find the original code in archive/packet/ka9q/nos . There were a few things to be tweaked in it, so Bernie Roehl made some modifications to it. Look at watserv1.uwaterloo.edu, or else send email to broehl at that address. Since things are nearing completion on this, I might as well tell you this...... I have been working on an NNTP server for KA9Q for quite some time now. The server has been tweaked to my satisfaction, now I am working on the client routine for it. I plan to announce it's release to the tcp-group very soon. The only thing is, the present client reads news from the server and dumps it into a mail file for the NOS MBOX. My server is totally different, it will store news just like nntp does now - each group has it's own directory and the file names correspond to the article number. This means that my software is not going to live well with the present client. If you only want to read news, get the existing client. My server will mainly be usefull for transfering news from point A to B. Right now there is no rn type software for my server, but I am hoping that it will be included some day. The server and transfer routines have been keeping me real busy. However, there is a news poster I have written and will be in my client routine. Jeff Comstock NR0D PS - You want to see RFC977. That is the rfc for NNTP. Note that NNTP2 is in the works. It will include authentication.