(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 readerclientSuch aSnn 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.