Network News Transfer Protocol Class Library

Access and post articles on a news server.

Reference

Library

Class Name CNntpClient
File Name CSNWSAV6.DLL
Version 6.0.6000.0
LibID DA8AE2AF-1D16-4276-A06B-23D9278E8871
Import Library CSNWSAV6.LIB
Dependencies None
Standard RFC 977, RFC 2980

Remarks

The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) is used with servers that provide news services. This is similar in functionality to bulletin boards or message boards, where topics are organized hierarchically into groups, called newsgroups. Users can browse and search for messages, called news articles, which have been posted by other users. On many servers, they can also post their own articles which can be read by others. The largest collection of public newsgroups available is called USENET, a world-wide distributed discussion system. In addition, there are a large number of smaller news servers. For example, Catalyst Development operates a news server which methods as a forum for technical questions and announcements.

The SocketTools library provides a comprehensive interface for accessing newsgroups, retrieving articles and posting new articles. In combination with the Mail Message library to process the news articles, SocketTools can be used to integrate newsgroup access with an existing e-mail application, or you can implement your own full-featured newsgroup client.

This library supports secure connections using the standard SSL and TLS protocols. A SocketTools Secure Library Edition license must be purchased to use the security features in this library.

Requirements

This library is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you are using Windows 2000, it is required that you have Service Pack (SP4) installed. If you are using Windows XP, it is required that you have at least Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed and it is recommended that you install Internet Explorer 7.0. It is also recommended that all critical updates to the Windows operating system be installed.

The SocketTools Library Edition libraries are compatible with any development environment that supports calling functions exported from a standard dynamic link library (DLL). This includes Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. If you are using Visual Basic 6.0 or Visual C++ 6.0, it is required that you have Service Pack 6 (SP6) installed. If you are using Visual Studio .NET 2003, it is recommended that you install Service Pack 1 (SP1). In all cases, it is recommended that you have the current updates for your development tools installed.

Distribution

When you distribute your application that uses this library, you should install the appropriate files in the same folder as your application executable. This library is a standard Windows dynamic link library and not a self-registering COM component.


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