[news.software.nntp] What is NNTP? Why would I want to use it?

lance@hermix.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse) (04/14/89)

I keep hearing about NNTP, but I don't know exactly what is it. Can someone
help me? Would I want to use it over readnews or vnews? I have a 386 SCO Xenix
box with TCP/IP and a network of 13 PC's and one MAC IIx and one Sun 3/60.

Lance Ellinghouse

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