mcntp - Freely available implementation of Usenet news via multicast.
RFC 0977 - The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). B. Kantor, P. Lapsley. February 1986. Obsoleted by RFC 3977.
RFC 1036 - Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages. M.R. Horton, R. Adams. December 1987.
RFC 2980 - Common NNTP Extensions. S. Barber. October 2000. Updated by RFC 3977, 4643 and 4644.
RFC 3501 - Specifies the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), which can allow a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server and which can also be used for reading newsgroups.
RFC 3977 - Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). C. Feather. October 2006. Obsoletes RFC 977, updates 2980.
RFC 4642 - Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). K. Murchison, J. Vinocur, C. Newman. October 2006.
RFC 4643 - Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Extension for Authentication. J. Vinocur, K. Murchison. October 2006. Updates RFC 2980.
RFC 4644 - Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Extension for Streaming Feeds. J. Vinocur, K. Murchison. October 2006. Updates RFC 2980.
RFC 4707 - Netnews Administration System (NAS). P. Grau, V. Heinau, H. Schlichting, R. Schuettler. October 2006.
Tin.org: News Related RFCs and Drafts - A list of RFCs and drafts related to Usenet and e-mail, maintained by the programmers of tin, a newsreader for Unix.
Usefor Status Pages - Current drafts and past works of the Usenet Article Format Group. These drafts, if approved, are intended to replace current RFCs.
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