6.2.1.3 Common Variables

The following variables affect the behavior of all, or several of the pre-made connection functions. When not specified, all functions are affected.

nntp-pre-command

A command wrapper to use when connecting through a non native connection function (all except nntp-open-network-stream, nntp-open-tls-stream, and nntp-open-ssl-stream. This is where you would put a `SOCKS' wrapper for instance.

nntp-address

The address of the NNTP server.

nntp-port-number

Port number to connect to the NNTP server. The default is `nntp'. If you use NNTP over tls/ssl, you may want to use integer ports rather than named ports (i.e, use `563' instead of `snews' or `nntps'), because external TLS/SSL tools may not work with named ports.

nntp-end-of-line

String to use as end-of-line marker when talking to the NNTP server. This is `\r\n' by default, but should be `\n' when using a non native connection function.

nntp-telnet-command

Command to use when connecting to the NNTP server through `telnet'. This is not for an intermediate host. This is just for the real NNTP server. The default is `telnet'.

nntp-telnet-switches

A list of switches to pass to nntp-telnet-command. The default is `("-8")'.