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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/nntp/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/nntp/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6464b56803d --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/nntp/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"> <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;" id="nntp"> +<title>nntp</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Malcolm</firstname><surname>Hunter</surname><affiliation><address><email>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit> +</authorgroup> +</articleinfo> +<para>The nntp tdeioslave accesses <acronym>NNTP</acronym> servers directly.</para> + +<para>This tdeioslave can not be used with servers that do not implement the <command>GROUP</command> command, including some versions of the popular <application>INN</application> news server which is often used by <acronym>ISP</acronym>s. It does work with <application>leafnode</application>, which many people use to keep an offline cache of news articles on their own hard drive or within their <acronym>LAN</acronym>.</para> + +<para>You can use the nntp tdeioslave by typing <userinput>nntp://yourserver/groupname</userinput> into the &konqueror; <acronym>URL</acronym> bar.</para> + +<para>If you enter a group name, as above, and the group is available, you will see the messages stored for that group as icons in &konqueror;.</para> + +<para>Clicking on a message will display it as plain text, including all headers. This could be useful for debugging a news client to news server connection, for example, to ensure that your new <application>leafnode</application> server is working correctly.</para> + +<para>If you don't enter a group name, and only the server name, you will see a list of available groups. </para> + +<para>Please be aware that this could take an enormous amount of time, and will cause a lot of network traffic. Some commercial usenet servers have 60,000 or more groups available, and doing such a thing may cause your desktop to freeze.</para> + +</article> |