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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: [off-topic] What is the protocol of usenet?
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queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) writes:
> Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What is the protocol of USENET?
>> SMTP and POP?
>
> NNTP between servers, NNRP between server and client.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_News_Transfer_Protocol

    During an abortive attempt to update the NNTP standard in the
    early 1990s, a specialized form of NNTP intended specifically
    for use by clients, NNRP, was proposed. This protocol was
    never completed or fully implemented, but the name persisted
    in InterNetNews's (INN) nnrpd program. As a result, the subset
    of standard NNTP commands useful to clients is sometimes still
    referred to as "NNRP".

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