Event Action Editor window: Post to a newsgroup (NNTP)

Posts a message to a newsgroup used by your organization. The newsgroup must use Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) to send and receive information.

Fields

Newsgroup
Specifies the fully qualified name of the newsgroup to which this message is posted.
Reply-to address
Specifies the e-mail address to which responses to the posted message are sent. You can specify only one e-mail address.
News host
Specifies the domain name system (DNS) name of the news server used by your organization to access the newsgroup (for example, news.server.com).
Port
Specifies the port used to route correspondence to the news group specified in the Newsgroup field. The default value is 119.
Subject for news posting
Specifies the subject (or topic) of the message. The subject is typically used to identify the contents (or body) of the message. You can use event-data-substitution variables in this field.
Body of news posting
Displays the text of the message. You can use event-data-substitution variables in this field. Press Enter to start a new line.

Menu bar

File
The File menu provides the following actions:
Rename
Displays a window in which you can type a new name for the selected event action.
Save
Saves the information in this window under the current name of the selected event action.
Save as
Displays a window in which you can type a new name for the current settings.
Close
Closes this window. If you have made any changes since opening the window, you are prompted to save or discard the changes.
Advanced
The Advanced menu provides the following actions:
Language
Sets the preferred language that the event-data substitution uses, for example, in the &text variable.
Time zone
Sets the time zone that event-data substitution uses, for example, in the &time variable.
Related concepts

Post to a newsgroup (NNTP)
Event-data-substitution variables
Related tasks

Creating an event action to activate in an event automation plan

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