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#use wml::ossp area=pkg:tool subarea=lmtp2nntp

<title>OSSP lmtp2nntp</title>

<h1>Mail To News Gateway</h1>

<h2>Abstract</h2>

The OSSP lmtp2nntp program is an <a
href="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2033.txt">LMTP</a> service
for use in conjunction with a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
like <a href="http://www.sendmail.org/">Sendmail</a> or <a
href="http://www.postfix.org/">Postfix</a>, providing a reliable real-time mail to
news gateway. Input messages get their headers slightly reformatted to
match Usenet news article format. The article is then posted or feeded
into a remote <a href="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc0977.txt">NNTP</a>
service (like <a href="http://www.isc.org/products/INN/">INN</a>).
Delivery must take place immediately or the transaction fails. OSSP
lmtp2nntp relies on the queueing capabilities of the MTA in order to
provide a fully reliable service. For this the program returns proper
delivery status notification which indicates successful completed
action, persistent transient failure or permanent failure.

<h2>Authors</h2>

Thomas Lotterer &lt;<a href="mailto:thomas.lotterer@cw.com">thomas.lotterer@cw.com</a>&gt;<br>
Ralf S. Engelschall &lt;<a href="mailto:rse@engelschall.com">rse@engelschall.com</a>&gt;<br>

<h2>Status</h2>

<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
  <tr>
    <td>Stable Version:  </td><td>&nbsp;1.1.1&nbsp;</td><td>(31-Dec-2001)</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Unstable Version:</td><td>&nbsp;1.2a2&nbsp;</td><td>(xx-Feb-2002)</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Done:</td><td colspan=2>&nbsp;<pbar width=200 pdone="90" cdone="#b5b5b0" ctext="#f5f5f0" ctodo="#996666">
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

<h2>Source</h2>

<filelist 
    url=$(FTP_ROOT_URL)/pkg/lmtp2nntp/
    directory=$(FTP_ROOT_DIR)/pkg/lmtp2nntp/
    files="lmtp2nntp-*.tar.gz">

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