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Can I connect to a NNTP server from PHP?

Sep 13th, 2000 11:52
nate parsons, Nathan Wallace, http://www.lerdorf.on.ca/nntp.phps

Yup. Check the docs for imap. it's basically exactly the same, except
you have to tell it to connect using nntp to port 119.

You should really check out Rasmus Lerdorf's code up there.  Its a 
pretty chill example of how to use IMAP to open an NNTP connection