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NNTPd NNTPd
NAME
NNTPd - NNTP Daemon for AmiTCP. Version 1.0.
SYNOPSIS
NNTPd
DESCRIPTION
NNTPd is a program that is used by AmiTCP, and is called whenever a
connection to port 119 is made. It is compliant with RFC 977 (included)
and thus should work well with NNTPxfer and other NNTP news transport
programs.
At this time, NNTPd only can send out news. It cannot receive posted
news articles yet, but I am working on it. This program might be
valuable to you if, for instance, you receive news VIA NNTPxfer or
NNTPget, and then a bunch of other people get it from you. Now they
can use NNTPxfer to get news from your system.
INSTALLATION
Installation of NNTPd is very simple.
1) Copy NNTPd to AmiTCP:serv
2) Edit your AmiTCP:db/inetd.conf and add the following line:
nntp stream tcp nowait root AmiTCP:serv/nntpd
3) Add the following to your user-startup
SetEnv UUNEWS <Where the news is>
SetEnv ACTIVE <the full path and name of your active file>
for example, mine says:
SetEnv UUNEWS UUNEWS:
SetEnv ACTIVE UULIB:news/active
That's it!
DIAGNOSTICS
To test NNTPd for yourself, try: telnet <localhost> 119. If it closes
immediately, check the AmiTCP log for the reason. Usually it is a problem
with configuration. If you already have an active news directory, try
and look at some of the articles.
NOTES
BUGS
None known. Report any bugs or suggestions to:
RLuebbert@luebbert.sc.net.
LEFT TO DO
Add POST, IHAVE, NEWNEWS and NEWGROUPS commands.
Add authentication.