Requesting a reference for a book on NNTP

TuxTrax bogusdrop at myself.com
Wed Jul 24 21:52:51 EDT 2002


Hi all

I am beginning a project in python, that will require a greater
understanding of NNTP protocols (and python!) than I currently
possess. It is a definite learning process and I suspect it will take
me a long time to have a working beta up and running.

I need to learn how clients query nntp servers for specific messages,
what protocols are involved, how those protocols and commands are
used, syntax involved, authentication methods: in short, I need a book
that will teach me everything I would need to know to write a
newsreader (as far as interfacing with the usenet servers are
concerned), although that is not the project I am embarking on.

Since I know that many programmers both amateur and professional, are
active and lurking, I would like to ask for a reference to a good
*beginners* book on the subject of NNTP and usenet that helps the
inexperienced to understand the information.

cheers,

Mathew

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