Send-NNTP Cmdlet
Parameters Output Objects Configuration Settings
The Send-NNTP cmdlet is used to post articles on Usenet news servers.
Syntax
Send-NNTP [parameters]
Remarks
The cmdlet implements a standard Usenet news client as specified in RFC 977. It can be used to post articles on Usenet newsgroups.
Parameters such as From, Subject, and Message should be set appropriately. To reply to an existing Usenet article, set Reply to the message-id of the message you want to reply to (this can be retrieved using GET-NNTP). When Reply is used, Subject is automatically set to the subject of the message (this can be overwritten by setting Subject).
The cmdlets support pipeline input for some of their parameters. Prebuilding an object and piping it to the cmdlet is very useful, but should be used with caution to prevent security conflicts. Steps have been taken to decrease the risk of a possibly accidental pipe to the cmdlet, for instance, the Credential parameter cannot be piped to the cmdlet and must be specified manually.
send-nntp -server msnews.microsoft.com -newsgroup microsoft.public.test.here -message "test" -from "test@netcmdlets" -subject "this is a test"
Connection Handling
This cmdlet supports persistent connections through the Connection parameter. To establish a new NNTP connection, use the Connect-NNTP cmdlet. To close the connection, use the Disconnect-NNTP cmdlet.
Parameter List
The following is the full list of the parameters of the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Connection | An already established connection. |
| LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
| CertPassword | The password to the certificate store. |
| CertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
| CertStoreType | The type of certificate store for the client certificate. |
| CertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
| Config | Specifies one or more configuration settings. |
| Credential | The PSCredential object to use for user/password authentication. |
| File | The files to be attached to the message. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The port of the firewall to which to connect. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| Force | Forces the cmdlet to accept the default behavior instead of querying the user. |
| From | The email address of the author (for posting articles). |
| LocalIP | The IP address of the local interface to use. |
| LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
| Message | The body of the message to post in the newsgroup server. |
| Newsgroup | The newsgroup for the cmdlet to operate on. |
| Password | The password to use for authentication. |
| Port | The TCP port in the remote host to which to connect. |
| Reply | Message to reply to. |
| Server | The address of the Server. |
| SSL | Determines how the cmdlet starts SSL negotiation. |
| SSLAccept | The encoded public key of the certificate which is to be trusted explicitly. |
| Subject | The subject of the message to be posted. |
| Timeout | The maximum time allowed for the operation. |
| User | The username to use for authentication. |
Output Objects
The following is the full list of the output objects returned by the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| NNTPPost | This object is returned after a message is posted to an NNTP server. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| ArticleInfoLimit | Instructs cmdlet to save the amount of articles specified that are returned by the server when a GroupOverview event is fired. |
| GroupInfoLimit | Instructs cmdlet to save the amount of group info objects specified that are returned by the server after a ListGroups call has been made. |
| MaxHeaderLength | Maximum length for headers to avoid line folding (default 80). |
| ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the cmdlet whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
| KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
| Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
| LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The port in the local host where the cmdlet binds. |
| MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
| MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
| ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
| TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
| UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
| TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
| AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
| FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
| InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
| OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
| UseBackgroundThread | Whether threads created by the cmdlet are background threads. |
| UseInternalSecurityAPI | Tells the cmdlet whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |