Access and post articles on a news server.
Reference
Control Information
| Object Name
|
NntpClientCtl.NntpClient |
| File Name
|
CSNWSAX6.OCX |
| Version
|
6.0.6000.0 |
| ProgID
|
SocketTools.NntpClient.6 |
| ClassID
|
3F917E77-A367-46AB-81FD-38E9DB277842 |
| Threading Model
|
Apartment |
| Help File
|
CST60CTL.CHM |
| 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, Microsoft operates a
news server which functions as a forum for technical questions and
announcements.
The control provides a comprehensive interface for accessing
newsgroups, retrieving articles and posting new articles. In
combination with the Mail Message control 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 control supports secure connections using the standard SSL
and TLS protocols. A SocketTools Secure Visual Edition license must
be purchased to use the security features in this control.
Requirements
This ActiveX control 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 Visual Edition components are compatible with
any development tool that fully supports COM (Component Object
Model) and the ActiveX control specification. 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 or Visual Studio 2005, 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 an application that uses this control, you
should install the appropriate file in the Windows system
directory. ActiveX controls must be registered on the target system
by the installation program before they can be used by an
application.
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