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NNTP Interface

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  • 03-04-2003 12:11pm
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    p
    Registered Users Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭


    Hi again.

    The idea of a NNTP interface to boards was brougt up a few months back.

    I just came accross this today though:
    http://hades.gothic.at/~aoe/vbnntp/

    And it looks like it's do the trick right out of the box,

    - Kevin
    Post edited by Shield on


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    our license for DNEWS expired (despite it supposedly being a lifetime license). We are requesting a new one from the company that makes it and our news service will return then.
    Sorry for the bother!

    That VBNNTP thingie *does* look good but we arent going to install it just yet as there is a hellova lot of change going on here in Boards HQ at the moment and we should have a lifetime license for the other interface (which we paid hard cash for)!

    DeV.


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    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    vbnntp appears to give an nntp interface to the actual boards posts rather than a generic usenet gateway.


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    daveirl
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    ecksor
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=312868


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    daveirl
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    p
    Registered Users Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭p


    Originally posted by daveirl
    Personally I'd prefer see better XML/RDF feeds then Usenet stuff.

    Some people!

    Why have an RDF feed when you can ave something that's existed for abotu 20+ years and is tailor made for discussion boards?

    A feed like that'd be very basic, because it'd only have the last 20 posts type stuff that you see on the front page. Either that or you'd need a feed for each individual board.

    Not entirely a bad idea, but infinitely inferior to NNTP for providing a full interface to the boards.

    - Kevin


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    daveirl
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    p
    Registered Users Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭p


    Yea, absolutely.

    There used to be a feed of sorts:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23568

    From googling it look like there is, or will be released an addon which provieds feeds:
    http://www.teckwizards.com/showthread/t-565.html

    It'll also be a feature of VB3 too. (o:

    - Kevin


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