SNNTP(1)

NAME
snntp, snntpsend - transmit netnews via NNTP simply

SYNOPSIS
snntp [ -v ] site
snntpsend [ site ... ]

DESCRIPTION
Snntp sends articles named on standard input (in C News `n' format) to internet site via the NNTP protocol. Any input lines corresponding to articles that cannot be sent are copied to standard output. The v option causes snntp to chatter on standard error.

Snntpsend is more commonly invoked; it expects to find batch files for sites in /usr/spool/nntp and sends news to each named site (*.* if none).

FILES
/usr/spool/out.nntp    nntp batch files

SEE ALSO
newssys(5), relaynews(8), snntpd(8)
Internet RFC 977 - NNTP

DIAGNOSTICS
Snntp exits with status 0 in the normal case, with batch entries for any unsent messages on standard output; status 1 in the event that no articles were sent, in which case standard output can be ignored; any other status indicates a disastrous error.

HISTORY
Written by Geoff Collyer as a companion to snntpd(8).

BUGS
NNTP is not the last word in news transmission protocols.

The silly CRLF convention used by NNTP is a nuisance.