Subj : NNTP(S) via Thunderbird
To   : Mindsurfer
From : Accession
Date : Sun Nov 02 2025 01:20 pm

On 11-02-25 18:50, Mindsurfer wrote:

Mi> sbbs/ctrl/services.ini looks like that for NNTP(S) now

Mi> ; Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
Mi> [NNTP]
Mi> Port=119
Mi> Command=nntpservice.js -f -na

Mi> [NNTPS]
Mi> Enabled=true
Mi> Port=563
Mi> Options=TLS
Mi> Command=nntpservice.js -f -na

Mi> so i have added -na to allow users who authenticate with an BBS account
Mi> only.

Mi> anything else? Who uses NNTPS regularly to read and post?
Mi> Or is that just something you should not use or offer as a feature to
Mi> users?

The above looks correct to me, and you can definitely offer it as a feature to
your users (with authentication, like you did, of course). That's what it's
there for!

Regards,
Nick

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