NNTP + Newsgroups
Messages flood fill throughout the network of interconnected news servers
- Subject only to expiry and “geographic” limits
- Poor for sparse groups (copy distributes everywhere)
- Poor for low latency needs (eventual delivery time)
Newsgroup creation through admin cooperation
- Sites “subscribe” to feeds before any local users can
One handy feature: cross-posting
- Each article has one identifier that can be cited from many group lists using the “Newsgroups:” header