RFC 2980 · INFORMATIONAL · 2000

Common NNTP Extensions

Overview

RFC 2980, “Common NNTP Extensions”, is an Informational document published in October 2000 by S. Barber. It has since been updated by RFC 3977, RFC 4643, RFC 4644, RFC 6048. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

In this document, a number of popular extensions to the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) protocol defined in RFC 977 are documented and discussed. While this document is not intended to serve as a standard of any kind, it will hopefully serve as a reference document for future implementers of the NNTP protocol. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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