NNTP, or Network News Transfer Protocol, is the protocol which communicates
Usenet messages between Usenet Servers and Usenet News readers, and is
defined in RFC 977. Just like other protocols smtp delivering mail, and
HTTP is for web pages, NNTP is the protocol for requesting and sending
Usenet news messages.
Usenet Binaries?
Usenet eventually evolved to include files. But since Usenet messages do
not sup****t attachments, people started to...
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