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Zach
In order to post to a newsgroup, what would be different in the C# code
as compared to writing to a regular email address?
Many thanks,
Zach
as compared to writing to a regular email address?
Many thanks,
Zach
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Zach
Peter said:A lot. To send email, you can use the built-in SMTP support. But
posting to a newsgroup requires communication with an NNTP server. The
NNTP protocol is completely independent of SMTP, and there's not any
support for NNTP built-in to .NET.
I suppose you might be able to find an SMTP server somewhere that will
automatically forward email messages to a newsgroup of your choosing.
But that's a server configuration issue, not a C# or .NET question.
Pete
OK Pete, thanks.
Zach
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Arne Vajhøj
Zach said:
Different API.
And you will need to find something, because it is not built
into .NET, but there are plenty out on the internet.
Google finds:
http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4472/how-to-nntp-in-c/
http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial212_Developing-an-NNTP-Newsgroup-Reader.html
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/nntpcomponent.aspx
etc.
Arne
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Batvanio
This one caught my attention - the business case is interesting - why
would one want to programmatically post in a newsgroup? So far I have
seeen only one application of this...
J
J.B. Moreno
Batvanio said:
Well, the obvious reason is because you're trying to write a
newsreader...before putting effort into that, one should of course read
the NNTP specs, RFC 1036 and son-of-1036.
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Arne Vajhøj
Batvanio said:
Maybe he wants to write his own newsreader.
Maybe he wants to post a FAQ to group automatically every N
something.
The NNTP protocol is intended to be used.
I do not see any reason why a NNTP client should not be
written in C#.
The only reason there are not many of them is probably that
most NNTP clients predates C# with a decade or two.
Arne