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Also known as: NNTP server, news host
The machine that stores articles, exchanges them with peers, and answers NNTP commands from clients. Large installations split the roles, with transit servers handling feeds between providers and reader servers taking subscriber connections. INN and Diablo are the long-standing implementations. What a server carries, how long it keeps it, and how many simultaneous connections it permits define the service a subscriber actually receives.
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