27 Jul
2010
27 Jul
'10
6:04 a.m.
Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
Usenet *is* NNTP.
In the same way the web is HTTP... (Usenet is a set of global, distributed forums using a message format similar enough to email (RFC822 + extensions) that many mail reader software supports news, and vice versa. NNTP is the protocol used for user access and distribution. IIRC - anybody interested in more accuracy will have to look it up :-) -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants