I think this is possible through sockets using the NNTP protocol but it
means implementing a new reader yourself (actually should not be too
difficult if its similar to implementing a POP reader)

you might find the following link useful.

http://www.mibsoftware.com/userkt/0099.htm

if it is similar to SMTP or POP then I would recommend finding a POP
tutorial and modifying the result accodingly - theres some fairly simple
threading that is standard for these types of clients.

chanoch

-----Original Message-----
From: Denis [mailto:yahden@y...]
Sent: 30 July 2001 16:04
To: Java 2 Enterprise Edition
Subject: [j2ee] Connecting To A News Provider



We have to do this portal for a company that has stocks and news that
users setup  like on yahoo or msn
Now the question is how do we get this news thru JMS or RMI, basically
we need to build some kind of service that runs all the time and
connects to the news and updates the database if the news has changed.
 
I don't know if I posted this message to the right newsgroup.
 
TIA
 
Denis