What to use instead of nntplib?

Alan Gauld learn2program at gmail.com
Tue May 16 06:48:33 EDT 2023


On 16/05/2023 10:06, Cameron Simpson wrote:

>> I'm curious as to why nntplib is deprecated? Surely there are still a
>> lot of nntp servers around, both inside and outside corporate firewalls?
>> Is there a problem with the module or is it just perceived as no longer
>> required?
> 
> See PEP 594: https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/

Thanks Cameron.
A scary list; I must have a dozen projects from the late 90s still
live that are using many of these! I'm glad I'm retired and won't
be the one who has to fix 'em :-)

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