Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Initializing the NNTP Client

To use Net::NNTP, create a new Net::NNTP object:

use Net::NNTP; 
$nntp = Net::NNTP->new;   # Use default port and options

Once you’ve created the object, you can use any of the Net::NNTP methods on that object. The Net::NNTP methods generally parallel the functionality of the raw NNTP commands. Your news client can be written to perform many functions, including:

• Authenticating a user to the server

• Listing available newsgroups

• Retrieving news headers and articles

• Extracting headers

• Checking for new articles

• Posting articles

• Listing information such as active messages in a newsgroup, new newsgroups, valid distribution areas, or message IDs of newly arrived messages