What to use instead of nntplib?

[Retrograde]

> > Yes, me for one, a good newsreader is really a wonderful way to manage
> > technical 'lists' like this one.
> 
> IMO, there's nothing better. Newsreaders were designed from the
> beginning to deal with the sort of traffic and usage patterns seen in
> mailing lists. Using an MUA (even combined with something like
> procmail) and folders/labels is just a pale imitation of a good
> newsreader.
> 
> > Usenet news is still very much alive though a minority interest now
> > I suspect.
> 
> This list's decision to stop accepting postings via news.gmane.io is
> what prompted me to write my own "inews" application in Python that
> uses SMTP for some groups and NNTP for others when I "post" via slrn.
> 
> I probably use NNTP more to access mailing lists via gmane than I use
> it for accessing the "real" Usenet groups.
> 
> NNTP is not just for Usenet...


I asked this question in February and got the same response.  But on
news.software.readers 16 May, Ted Heise posted a useful perl script.
I'm starting to think I'll move to Perl for Usenet posting; I have yet
to find a Python solution easy enough for this non-technical user.