perlfaq nodetype
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Use the Net::NNTP or News::NNTPClient modules, both available from
<FONT SIZE=-1>CPAN.</FONT> This can make tasks like fetching the newsgroup
list as simple as:
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<PRE> perl -MNews::NNTPClient
-e 'print [perlman:News::NNTPClient->|News::NNTPClient->];new->list("newsgroups")'
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