ASP NNTP Viewer

25 Aug 2006 8:41 PM

Collywobbles

I would like to add usenet to a forum I have.
Is there any tutorials that will show me how to download the NG data,
etc. or even if possible a (free*) application to run it.

Thanks
Killian

* as I have zero budget for this!

26 Aug 2006 4:02 PM

Michael D. Kersey

Collywobbles wrote:

> I would like to add usenet to a forum I have.
> Is there any tutorials that will show me how to download the NG data,
> etc. or even if possible a (free*) application to run it.
>
> Thanks
> Killian
>
>
> * as I have zero budget for this!

Below is a URL to Perl code to do that.

In Perl this task is straightforward because most of the code's already
written as CPAN modules. But even if you don't use it you may find the
explanation useful in understanding the NNTP protocol:
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col62.html

26 Aug 2006 4:57 PM

Collywobbles

Michael D. Kersey wrote:

> Below is a URL to Perl code to do that.
>
> In Perl this task is straightforward because most of the code's already
> written as CPAN modules. But even if you don't use it you may find the
> explanation useful in understanding the NNTP protocol:
> http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col62.html

Thanks Michael.
I found a PHP app this morning called myNewsGroups which does the job.
My problem now is trying to find a quick NG server! The one I am using
with the app (213.155.197.138) is incredibly slow!