program to search newsgroups

[hcs]

Hello,

could someone point me in the right direction on how to program a vb.net
based application that can search newsgroup?

Cheers

 

[Darious Snell]

Well, you can go the easy way and look for an NNTP control like the one from /n software.
I imagine there are other controls. Some may be free.

Or, you can get really familiar with the NNTP protocol
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc977.html

GL!

 

[Andy O'Neill]

Hello,

could someone point me in the right direction on how to program a vb.net
based application that can search newsgroup?

Cheers

Head on over to google.
You can just append search criteria into a google URL
From google, select the advanced search.
Put some meaningful search criteria in.
Take a look at the output.

There's also rss feeds.

Plus an API, I think.

 

[hcs]

Thanks that was very helpful