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Pragma wrote:
> Alexander Panek wrote:
> 
>> It's a nice interface for viewing posts, but not for following 
>> threads, I have to agree there. Though, I haven't seen any good (as in 
>> covering all the nasty stuff NNTP clients do cover) web interface, 
>> yet, anyways. :\
> 
> 
> There are some decent ones written in PHP, but they do lack something in 
> terms of interface.  Honestly, I'm flabbergasted that nobody out there 
> has thought to write a cron-job that just reconciles NNTP activity 
> against a web-forum database (like PHPBB).
> 
>> Maybe we should code one in D as soon as it gets available for web 
>> development. :P
> 
> 
> Once I have the right tools in place, I wouldn't mind making a shot at 
> it.  But that's going to be a long while.
> 
> Regardless, one thing that *is* needed is a solid NNTP handling package 
> written in D. Any takers?
> 

I've got a start at one. It's far from complete but it can grab headers 
and bodies. I'll find the code and host it somewhere if anyone is 
interested.

It's part of a CGI system that builds web pages from NNTP but has less 
functionality than even the archives pages.