Network News Transfer Protocol Class Library  
 

Download and submit articles to a news server.

Reference

Library Information

Class Name CNntpClient
File Name CSNWSAV7.DLL
Version 7.2.7210.1845
LibID 39065CB9-B51A-4B8D-B3DF-7ABC643CA3DC
Import Library CSNWSAV7.LIB
Dependencies None
Standards RFC 977, RFC 2980

Overview

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.

Requirements

The SocketTools Library Edition libraries are compatible with any programming language that supports calling functions exported from a standard dynamic link library (DLL). If you are using Visual C++ 6.0 it is required that you have Service Pack 6 (SP6) installed. It is recommended that you install all updates for your development tools and have the current Windows SDK installed.

This library is supported on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. If you are using Windows XP, it is required that you have Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed. It is recommended that all service packs and critical updates to the Windows operating system be installed.

This product includes both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries. Native 64-bit CPU support requires the latest 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 or later versions of the Windows operating system.

Distribution

When you distribute your application that uses this library, it is recommended that you install the file in the same folder as your application executable. If you install the library into a shared location on the system, it is important that you distribute the correct version for the target platform and it should be registered as a shared DLL. This is a standard Windows dynamic link library, not an ActiveX component, and does not require COM registration.