Description
This DIM takes an input product, formats it using a specified productVisitor, and posts it to a Usenet newsgroup.Configuration Variables
newsServerThe news server to connect tonewsGroups
The news groups to post tooutputStyle
The output style to use to format the product (default: plainText). Other possible values are:
plainTextNoRootId, tickerTextNoRootId, or tickerText.How it works
This DIM instantiates an NNTPClient which implements a subset of RFC977 (Network News Transfer Protocol). Then, the DIM calls certain productVisitors on its input product depending on the value of its outputStyle configuration variable. Finally, the formatted product is posted to the newsgroups specified in its newsGroups configuration variable after connecting to the news server specified in its newsServer configuration variable.
Revised: 14 Dec 1998