Index: ossp-pkg/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.pod RCS File: /v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.pod,v rcsdiff -q -kk '-r1.6' '-r1.7' -u '/v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.pod,v' 2>/dev/null --- lmtp2nntp.pod 2001/08/16 15:00:50 1.6 +++ lmtp2nntp.pod 2001/08/28 11:29:40 1.7 @@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ =head1 DESCRIPTION -The B program reads mail from stdin and posts it to one or more -newsgroups using NNTP. It delivers the message immediately or fails. -If queuing is desired it can operate as a LMTP server. +The B program is a LMTP service which is usually invoked by a MTA. +Input messages get their headers slightly reformatted to match network news +article format. The article is then posted or fed into a NNTP service. +Delivery must take place immediately or the transaction fails. A LMTP service +relies on the queuing capabilities of its MTA. To support this, the program +returns proper delivery status notification which indicates successful +completed action, persistent transient failure or permanent failure. The following options are available: @@ -161,8 +165,49 @@ =head1 STANDARDS - RFC1891 Delivery Status Notification (DSN) - FIXME +0821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. J. Postel. Aug-01-1982. (Format: + TXT=124482 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0788) (Obsoleted by RFC2821) (Also + STD0010) (Status: STANDARD) + +0822 Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages. D. + Crocker. Aug-13-1982. (Format: TXT=109200 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0733) + (Obsoleted by RFC2822) (Updated by RFC1123, RFC1138, RFC1148, + RFC1327, RFC2156) (Also STD0011) (Status: STANDARD) + +0977 Network News Transfer Protocol. B. Kantor, P. Lapsley. + Feb-01-1986. (Format: TXT=55062 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) + +1035 Domain names - implementation and specification. P.V. + Mockapetris. Nov-01-1987. (Format: TXT=125626 bytes) (Obsoletes + RFC0973, RFC0882, RFC0883) (Updated by RFC1101, RFC1183, RFC1348, + RFC1876, RFC1982, RFC1995, RFC1996, RFC2065, RFC2136, RFC2181, + RFC2137, RFC2308, RFC2535, RFC2845) (Also STD0013) (Status: STANDARD) + +1652 SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport. J. Klensin, N. + Freed, M. Rose, E. Stefferud, D. Crocker. July 1994. (Format: + TXT=11842 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1426) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) + +1854 SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining. N. Freed. October + 1995. (Format: TXT=14097 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC2197) (Status: + PROPOSED STANDARD) + +1893 Enhanced Mail System Status Codes. G. Vaudreuil. January 1996. + (Format: TXT=28218 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) + +1894 An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications. + K. Moore, G. Vaudreuil. January 1996. (Format: TXT=77462 bytes) + (Updated by RFC2852) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) + +2034 SMTP Service Extension for Returning Enhanced Error Codes. N. + Freed. October 1996. (Format: TXT=10460 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED + STANDARD) + +2821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. J. Klensin, Editor. April 2001. + (Format: TXT=192504 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0821, RFC0974, RFC1869) + (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) + +2980 Common NNTP Extensions. S. Barber. October 2000. (Format: + TXT=57165 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL) =head1 AUTHOR @@ -173,3 +218,4 @@ =cut +