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lynx-dev Anyone ever look at nntps ?
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Larry W. Virden |
Subject: |
lynx-dev Anyone ever look at nntps ? |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:55:34 -0500 (EST) |
sf.net recently announced:
> Today we are launching an early beta release of a new feature on
> SourceForge.net. This feature makes it possible to view and post data
> to forums using a simple newsreader (exactly like using USENET
> newsgroups). Here's the information to login and try it out.
>
> The hostname of the NNTP server is 'nntp.sourceforge.net' and the port
> NNTP is listening on is 563. (nntps, SSL-protected NNTP)
>
> We allow only SSL connections.
>
> You need to use your SourceForge user name and password to login.
>
> The currently supported clients are Mozilla and Outlook, however we've
> followed the NNTP RFC; any client that does NNTP over SSL /should/
> work. Please let us know if you have problems with a specific client.
> (Please see below)
>
> Please keep in mind that the server is beta and will more than likely
> crash. Please don't send 1000 emails to list saying the server is
> offline; we'll fix it as soon as we get a chance. Please send any bug
> reports, odd behavior, or problems to this list. Thank you.
> Issue reports regarding this new beta feature should not be submitted
> as Support Requests; please direct all inquiries to the list.
I was wondering if anyone had modified lynx to handle ssl based nntp.
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