[wxPython-users] Re: Good wxPython forum?

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, massimo s. wrote:

> 1)What's a NNTP news client? (Ok, I'm gonna wikipedyin' it, but...)

   That's Network News Transport Protocol. It's the equivalent for Usenet
(where newsgroups reside) as is SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) for
e-mail exchange, HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) for web pages, and FTP
(File Transport Protocol) for putting and getting files on ftp servers on
the 'Net. There're also protocols such as NTP (Network Time Protocol) used
to synchronize the time on computer networks and hosts using primary or
secondary (preferred) reference clocks maintained by the National Bureau of
Standards using atomic clocks.

> 2)Being subscribed to the ML doesn't imply to receive the mails of the ML?

   It does. You can think of mail lists as pushing information to you. It's
passive on your part. The mail just shows up in your inbox automagically
with no effort on your part. Getting articles from Usenet news groups is
active on your part. You need to log on and pull the information to you.

Rich

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