[W/K] :: Network News Transfer Protocol

  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.