{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-nntpext-base-27",
  "doc_id": "RFC3977",
  "title": "Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)",
  "authors": [
    "C. Feather"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "125",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "NNTP Extensions",
  "abstract": "The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) has been in use in the Internet for a decade, and remains one of the most popular protocols (by volume) in use today.  This document is a replacement for RFC 977, and officially updates the protocol specification.  It clarifies some vagueness in RFC 977, includes some new base functionality, and provides a specific mechanism to add standardized extensions to NNTP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "October 2006",
  "keywords": [
    "usenet",
    "netnews"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [
    "RFC977"
  ],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [
    "RFC2980"
  ],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC6048"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC3977",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc3977"
}