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echo: synchronet
to: Dumas Walker
from: Digital Man
date: 2022-04-09 11:46:00
subject: NNTP question

  Re: NNTP question
  By: Dumas Walker to ALL on Sat Apr 09 2022 11:21 am

 > A sysop on another network was asking if my system supports NNTP for the
 > purpose of BBS network connections.  I do have the NNTP server running and
 > answering inbounds for users.  Is there a way to use it for BBS networking
 > and to be able to restrict which echos that the NNTP node can pick up that
 > way?

Sure. The NNTP node needs a user account on your BBS. Normally, you'd give that account the 'Q' restriction and nntpservice.js has special handline for such Q-restricted users (network nodes).
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