Network News Transfer Protocol
     
        (NNTP) A protocol defined in RFC 977 for the distribution,
        inquiry, retrieval and posting of Usenet news articles
        over the Internet.  It is designed to be used between a
        news reader client such as nn or GNUS and a news
        server.  It is normally used on a connection to TCP port
        119 on the news server.  NNTP is a simple ASCII text
        protocol so even if you don't have a news reader program, you
        can just connect to the server using telnet:
     
        	telnet news 119
     
        where news is the name of your server
        (e.g. news.doc.ic.ac.uk).  Typing HELP will give a list of
        other commands.