How do I reply a NNTP message?

[OttawaTrade]

I have been doing the
use Net::NNTP;
thing.

I can post messages without problems. I am looking to build a gateway
between newsgroups to guestbooks on my website, so I am interested in
replying messages.

I copied this from net:nntp:
MSGNUM is a numeric id of an article in the current newsgroup, and will
change the current article pointer.
MSGID is the message id of an article as shown in that article's header. It
is anticipated that the client will obtain the MSGID from a list provided by
the newnews command, from references contained within another article, or
from the message-id provided in the response to some other commands.

I am kind of confused by MSGNUM and MSGID.

I don't want the replies become a new thread. I want them to follow the
prevous posted messages.

Headers:
Xref: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.perl.misc:589868

 

[Tintin]

MSGID is the articles message ID.


NNTP doesn't "know" about threading, client programs need to do this
themselves. One useful way (most servers support it) is to use the XOVER
command to fetch references.

Basically, you need to do threading client-side.

BTW, I'd strongly recommend against posting messages from a web site.

Good point. Just look at the mess Google Groups has made of Usenet.