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RFC 977
RFC 977
Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 977
Brian Kantor (U.C. San Diego)
Phil Lapsley (U.C. Berkeley)
February 1986
Network News Transfer Protocol
A Proposed Standard for the Stream-Based
Transmission of News
Status of This Memo
NNTP specifies a protocol for the distribution, inquiry, retrieval, and posting of news articles using a reliable stream-based transmission of news among the ARPA-Internet community. NNTP is designed so that news articles are stored in a central database allowing a subscriber to select only those items he wishes to read. Indexing, cross-referencing, and expiration of aged messages are also provided. This RFC suggests a proposed protocol for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The NNTP Specification
- 3. Command and Response Details
- 3.1. The ARTICLE, BODY, HEAD, and STAT commands
- 3.2. The GROUP command
- 3.3. The HELP command
- 3.4. The IHAVE command
- 3.5. The LAST command
- 3.6. The LIST command
- 3.7. The NEWGROUPS command
- 3.8. The NEWNEWS command
- 3.9. The NEXT command
- 3.10. The POST command
- 3.11. The QUIT command
- 3.12. The SLAVE command
- 4. Sample Conversations
- 4.1. Example 1 - relative access with NEXT
- 4.2. Example 2 - absolute article access with ARTICLE
- 4.3. Example 3 - NEWGROUPS command
- 4.4. Example 4 - posting a news article
- 4.5. Example 5 - interruption due to operator request
- 4.6. Example 6 - Using the news server to distribute news between systems
- 4.7. Summary of commands and responses.
- 4.8. A Brief Word about the USENET News System
- 5. References
- 6. Acknowledgements
- 7. Notes
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