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Update nntplib examples to use a public news server. 

The example still doesn't work as-is under py3k, due to incomplete
or buggy porting of the nntplib module.
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Antoine Pitrou 2010-09-07 18:44:12 +00:00
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@ -18,35 +18,35 @@ Protocol), see Internet :rfc:`977`.
Here are two small examples of how it can be used. To list some statistics
about a newsgroup and print the subjects of the last 10 articles::
>>> s = NNTP('news.cwi.nl')
>>> resp, count, first, last, name = s.group('comp.lang.python')
>>> s = NNTP('news.gmane.org')
>>> resp, count, first, last, name = s.group('gmane.comp.python.committers')
>>> print('Group', name, 'has', count, 'articles, range', first, 'to', last)
Group comp.lang.python has 59 articles, range 3742 to 3803
Group gmane.comp.python.committers has 1071 articles, range 1 to 1071
>>> resp, subs = s.xhdr('subject', first + '-' + last)
>>> for id, sub in subs[-10:]: print(id, sub)
...
3792 Re: Removing elements from a list while iterating...
3793 Re: Who likes Info files?
3794 Emacs and doc strings
3795 a few questions about the Mac implementation
3796 Re: executable python scripts
3797 Re: executable python scripts
3798 Re: a few questions about the Mac implementation
3799 Re: PROPOSAL: A Generic Python Object Interface for Python C Modules
3802 Re: executable python scripts
3803 Re: \POSIX{} wait and SIGCHLD
1062 Re: Mercurial Status?
1063 Re: [python-committers] (Windows) buildbots on 3.x
1064 Re: Mercurial Status?
1065 Re: Mercurial Status?
1066 Python 2.6.6 status
1067 Commit Privileges for Ask Solem
1068 Re: Commit Privileges for Ask Solem
1069 Re: Commit Privileges for Ask Solem
1070 Re: Commit Privileges for Ask Solem
1071 2.6.6 rc 2
>>> s.quit()
'205 news.cwi.nl closing connection. Goodbye.'
'205 Bye!'
To post an article from a file (this assumes that the article has valid
headers)::
headers, and that you have right to post on the particular newsgroup)::
>>> s = NNTP('news.cwi.nl')
>>> s = NNTP('news.gmane.org')
>>> f = open('/tmp/article')
>>> s.post(f)
'240 Article posted successfully.'
>>> s.quit()
'205 news.cwi.nl closing connection. Goodbye.'
'205 Bye!'
The module itself defines the following items: