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Re: lynx-dev Anyone ever look at nntps ?


From: Philip Webb
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Anyone ever look at nntps ?
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:07:58 -0500
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Larry Virden reported that sf.net recently announced: 
> Today we are launching an early beta release of a new feature
> on SourceForge.net, which makes it possible to view and post data to forums
> using a simple newsreader (exactly like using USENET newsgroups).
> 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.

'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 ?

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