(NNTP) A protocol defined in RFC 977 for the distribution, inquiry, retrieval and posting of UsenetNeWS articles over the Internet. It is designed to be used between a NeWS readerclient such as nn or GNUS and a NeWSserver. It is normally used on a connection to TCPport 119 on the NeWSserver. 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.