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On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:46:55 -0600, "Randy K. Secrist"
<r.secrist@m.cc.utah.edu> wrote:

>This is a great newsgroup question - since it deals with connecting to
>newsgroups....
>
>I am writing a nntp client using java, and have a few options.  I could use
>the java.net.Socket class to socket the connection and handle all
>input/output one byte at a time, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel.  I
>noticed a javax.mail.internet.NewsGroup class, however it is basically just
>a container for a newsgroup - nothing that deals with establishing the
>connection.

Randy, search for "knife" which is a third party provider for nntp.

>
>So - I was thinking - JNDI - connecting using the same method which I have
>used to connect to LDAP - bind to a context, yada yada yada - but I haven't
>ever done this with anything BUT Ldap, and can't find any good documentation
>on using JNDI with nntp.
>
>Does anyone have any other ideas - suggestions?  Or, should I dig in, socket
>the connection and reinvent the wheel?  I already did this for SMTP - then
>found out about javamail later... :)  Being a student, I am young and am use
>to creating wheels from squares - but must I do it the hard way everytime?
>
>Randy
>www.secristfamily.com
>
>

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Ken Kalish

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