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Re: lynx-dev Anyone ever look at nntps ?
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Chuck Martin |
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Re: lynx-dev Anyone ever look at nntps ? |
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Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:27:53 -0500 |
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On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 03:07:58PM -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
> 'ntp' is the 'network time protocol',
> which synchronises your PC clock with master time servers out there;
> there are 2 RPMs in Mandrake Linux 9.0rc1 & i have it running.
> have these people chosen an ambiguous name or is this some scam ?
Neither. NNTP stands for Network News Transfer Protocol, and has
been around since 1986 (see RFC977). It's what carries Usenet News
around the world, for the most part.
Chuck
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