NNTPd.1.5.12.1

Short:        NNTP Daemon for AmiTCP 4.x or AS225 Stack
Author:       Stan Barber <nntp@academ.com>
Uploader:     overlord megalith miami fl us
Type:         comm/tcp
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

NAME

     NNTPd  1.5.12.1 - NNTP Daemon for AmiTCP 4.0+ or AS225
                       compatible TCP-Stack


SYNOPSIS

     NNTPd 1.5.12.1 based on the Unix Sources.  This version much more
     solid than that of Rafael Luebbert's version also found on Aminet.

DESCRIPTION

     NNTPd is the NNTP news daemon for use with AmiTCP 4.0+ or AS225
     compatibe Stack.  It is called whenever a connection to port 119 is
     made.  It is fully compliant with RFC 977 (included), and supports the
     non-RFC 977 extensions:  mode reader, listgroups, xgtitle, xhdr,
     xover, xpat and xpath.  User authentication (AUTH) is also supported
     although not well documented in the sources and you may need MUfs in
     order to take advantage of it.  Only 020 and 040 binaries have been
     included in the archive and compiled pure so you can load them
     resident.

INSTALLATION

     IMPORTANT:  ixemul.library and ixnet.library need to be installed
     before you can proceed to use NNTPd.  You can find these libraries on
     Aminet or at:  ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current/amiga-bin/
     Version 47.0 was used for compile (ixemul-47.0-bin.lha)

     It is also recomended that you install Cnews on your system before
     using NNTPd, Either Crash Edwards or Kai 'wusel' Siering versions
     which can also be found on Aminet.  I personally beleive wCnews by
     wusel to be far better and I have used it for years without any
     problems.  You might be able to hack it for use with AmigaUUCP.  The
     disadvantage would be that whoever peers with you would pass along
     duplicates.

SOURCES

     Full sources have been included with Amiga conf.h and makefiles.  The
     DBZ libraries sources found in Crash Edward's port of Cnews has also
     been  included  in  the  archive.   Sources  compiled with GCC and the
     ixemul libraries.  GCC can be found on the GeekGadgets CD-Rom or at
     <ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current/amiga-bin/>.

BUGS

     I have been using this for weeks now with no bugs to report myself.  I
     have both remote users and machines I peer with using the machine on a
     very consitant bases with no crashes associated with NNTPd.
     Currently, I have set NNTPd.040 on my system and loaded it resident on
     an A4000T 040/40MHz Kickstart 40.70, Workbench 40.42 AmigaDOS 3.1
     using using AmiTCP 4.3.  The binary may work with Inet225P using their
     socket library found on the Interworks Web Page.  This Binary may also
     work on Miami but has not been Tested.

CREDITS

     The sources for NNTPd are maintained by Stan Barber <nntp@academ.com>
     and the Amiga version of NNTPd was ported by JÖrg Strohmayer <j_s@gmx.de>.
     Many thanks to JÖrg for putting up with me.  :-)  Only minor changes
     incorporated into the conf.h files and Makefile in order to get it to
     work on the Amiga.

     If you have any questions regarding the use of this version of NNTPd
     with AmigaCnews or wCnews along with AmiTCP feel free to drop me a
     note and I will try my best to answer your questions.  You can reach
     me as Carlos Amézaga <overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us>