NNTP - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
nntp (network news transfer protocol) is a protocol used to transfer usenet messages from client to server or between servers.
... learn more general knowledge nntp at wikipedia technical reference from the ietf: rfc 3977 about nntp (2006) ...

MailNews Protocols
imap pop3 nntp smtp mailbox rss these are all implemented in c++, except for rss.
...imap,pop3, and nntp are "incoming" protocols, i.e., we retrieve messages from a server, and represent them as folders to the user.
... those protocols all have the following, defined in the corresponding protocol subdirectory of mailnews (i.e., mailnews/imap, mailnews/local (for pop3), mailnews/news): an incoming server class, which implements nsimsgincomingserver and inherits from mailnews/base/util/nsmsgincomingserver, i.e.., nspop3incomingserver, nsimapincomingserver, nsnntpincomingserver.
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MailNews fakeserver
fakeserver is a testing server that implements a generic text-based protocol common to all major mailnews protocols (pop, imap, smtp, and nntp) designed for use in automated tests.
... specific fakeserver guidelines pop imap smtp nntp nntpd.js defines a few different classes of nntp servers: compliance for rfc 977, rfc 2980, and rfc 3977, as well as a giganews and an inn server.
...the following comprises the api of the news fakeserver itself: nntpdaemon api name arguments returns notes [constructor] daemon flags n/a flags are defined below addgroup group name (string), is postable nothing adds the group (resetting if it exists) addarticle newsarticle object nothing adds the message to all groups in the article's group list addarticletogroup newsarticle object, group (string), integral key for group nothing adds the message to th...
...e specified group with the specified key getgroup group name group object group is a map key->article, with the additional properties: flags, keys (array of keys), nextkey (next key to use for new articles) getgroupstats group name array of [size, min, max] the size is an estimate if nntp_real_length is not specified in the daemon flags.

Mozilla Port Blocking
42 name 43 nicname 53 domain 77 priv-rjs 79 finger 87 ttylink 95 supdup 101 hostriame 102 iso-tsap 103 gppitnp 104 acr-nema 109 pop2 110 pop3 111 sunrpc 113 auth 115 sftp 117 uucp-path 119 nntp 123 ntp 135 loc-srv / epmap 139 netbios 143 imap2 179 bgp 389 ldap 465 smtp+ssl 512 print / exec 513 login 514 shell 515 printer 526 tempo 530 courier 531 chat 532 netnews 540 uucp 556 remotefs ...
... 563 nntp+ssl 587 submission 601 syslog 636 ldap+ssl 993 imap+ssl 995 pop3+ssl 2049 nfs 4045 lockd 6000 x11 protocol specific exceptions each protocol handler can override the global blocked ports to allow it's own protocol to function.
... ports enabled by protocol handlers in mozilla: protocol handler allowed ports ftp 21, 22 ldap 389, 636 nntp any port pop3 any port imap any port smtp any port finger 79 datetime 13 how to change mozilla port blocking permanently since each protocol can determine which ports are blocked, you should contact the protocol handler owner to request that a specific port be blocked or unblocked.

Using the Multiple Accounts API
incoming servers (nsimsgincomingserver): an incoming server represents a remote message store such as a pop, imap, or nntp server.
... (you'll have to pardon the crude drawing for now) account manager +- account 1 | +- incoming server 1 (imap.mywork.com imap server, my work account) | +- identity 1 (alec flett <alecf@mywork.com>) +- account 2 | +- incoming server 2 (pop.myisp.com pop server, my isp account) | +- identity 2 (alec flett <alecf@myisp.com>) +- account 3 | +- incoming server 3 (news.myisp.com nntp server, my isp's server) | +- identity 3 (alec flett <alecfnospam@myisp.com>) +- account 4 +- incoming server 4 (news.mozilla.org nntp server, mozilla devel) +- identity 2 (alec flett <alecf@myisp.com>) +- identity 3 (alec flett <alecfnospam@myisp.com>) this is the internal structure that the mail client maintains, but it is presented to the user in a few different ways...
... incoming servers preference: mail.server.server.type : string id of the server type: pop3, nntp, imap, or local preference: mail.server.server.hostname - hostname of the server preference: mail.server.server.username - user login name preference: mail.server.server.password - user login password preference: mail.server.server.check_new_mail - boolean, should we check for new mail on a regular basis?

MCD, Mission Control Desktop, AKA AutoConfig - Archive of obsolete content
t-evry.fr:389/ou=people,dc=int-evry,dc=fr??sub"); lockpref("ldap_2.servers.pab.filename", "abook.mab"); lockpref("ldap_2.servers.pab.replication.lastchangenumber", 0); //news config lockpref("mail.server.server3.hostname", "news.int-evry.fr"); lockpref("mail.server.server3.max_cached_connections", 2); lockpref("mail.server.server3.name", "news.int-evry.fr"); lockpref("mail.server.server3.type", "nntp"); lockpref("mail.server.server3.username", env_user); //call to ldap to get user's attribute.
...t-evry.fr:389/ou=people,dc=int-evry,dc=fr??sub"); lockpref("ldap_2.servers.pab.filename", "abook.mab"); lockpref("ldap_2.servers.pab.replication.lastchangenumber", 0); //news config lockpref("mail.server.server3.hostname", "news.int-evry.fr"); lockpref("mail.server.server3.max_cached_connections", 2); lockpref("mail.server.server3.name", "news.int-evry.fr"); lockpref("mail.server.server3.type", "nntp"); lockpref("mail.server.server3.username", env_user); // close the try, and call the catch() } catch(e) { displayerror("lockedpref", e); } for the record, old reliably scripts...

Index - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
280 nntp glossary, infrastructure nntp (network news transfer protocol) is a protocol used to transfer usenet messages from client to server or between servers.
... like pop3 and nntp, it is a state machine-driven protocol.

nsIMsgIncomingServer
for nntp, the value is overridden to be false.
... type acstring protocol type, that is "pop3", "imap", "nntp", "none", and so on.

Index
40 mailnews fakeserver mailnews, seamonkey, thunderbird fakeserver is a testing server that implements a generic text-based protocol common to all major mailnews protocols (pop, imap, smtp, and nntp) designed for use in automated tests.
...this may seem like a lot of infrastructure just to read messages from a flat file, but it allows us to do it asynchronously, and to have reading local messages fit into the same kind of mechanisms that reading nntp and imap messages do - running urls, getting onstart/stoprunningurl notifications when the url starts/stops, etc.

Mail composition back end
the mail composition back end is responsible for the assembly and creation of rfc822 messages to be delivered either via smtp or nntp services.
... (it's a minor difference.) prbool dont_deliver_p, - if "dont_deliver_p" is false, then we actually deliver the message to the smtp and/or nntp server nsmsgdelivermode mode, - mode is the delivery mode.

RDF in Mozilla FAQ - Archive of obsolete content
some examples of datasources that exist today are "browser bookmarks", "browser global history", "imap mail accounts", "nntp news servers", and "rdf/xml files".

SMTP - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
like pop3 and nntp, it is a state machine-driven protocol.

MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
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Leak And Bloat Tests
below): common/mailnewstestprefs.js python scripts (used to set up the profile and run the test): bloat/setupbloattest.py bloat/runtest.py common/setupcommonmailnews.py pre-defined profile initial setup: one pop3 account (mails tbd) one identity one smtp server defined (not used) future requirements/possibilities: one address book where pab has ~1000 entries large message folders imap nntp server and subscribed newsgroup.

MailNews
it provides a number of functions and capabilities, including: communications protocols - smtp, pop3, imap, nntp message management, including search and filtering message composition address book the mailnews code lives in the mailnews/ directory of comm-central.