nntpid as found in chiark's /usr/local/bin/nntpid.old, apparently copied from a versi...

diff --git a/scripts/nntpid b/scripts/nntpid
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# By Simon Tatham
+
+require 5.002;
+use Socket;
+use FileHandle;
+
+$verbose=1, shift @ARGV if $ARGV[0] eq "-v";
+
+die "usage: nntpid messageid\n" if !defined $ARGV[0];
+$mid = $ARGV[0];
+$mid =~ s/^<//;
+$mid =~ s/>$//;
+$mid = "<$mid>";
+
+$ns=$ENV{'NNTPSERVER'};
+if (!defined $ns or !length $ns) {
+  $ns = `cat /etc/nntpserver`;
+  chomp($ns);
+}
+$port = (getservbyname("nntp", "tcp"))[2];
+$ns = inet_aton($ns);
+$proto = getprotobyname("tcp");
+$paddr = sockaddr_in($port, $ns);
+
+socket(S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,$proto) or die "socket: $!";
+connect(S,$paddr) or die "connect: $!";
+
+S->autoflush(1);
+
+&getline;
+$code =~ /^2\d\d/ or die "no initial greeting from server\n";
+
+&docmd("MODE READER");
+# some servers require a GROUP before an ARTICLE command
+&docmd("GROUP misc.misc");
+&docmd("ARTICLE $mid");
+while (1) {
+  &getline;
+  s/[\r\n]//g;
+  last if /^\.$/;
+  s/^\.//;
+  print STDOUT "$_\n";
+}
+&docmd("QUIT");
+close S;
+
+sub putline {
+  my ($line) = @_;
+  print STDERR ">>> $line\n" if $verbose;
+  print S "$line\r\n";
+}
+
+sub getline {
+  $_ = <S>;
+  s/[\r\n]*$//s;
+  $code = substr($_,0,3);
+  print STDERR "<<< $_\n" if $verbose;
+}
+
+sub docmd {
+  my ($cmd) = @_;
+  while (1) {
+    &putline($cmd);
+    &getline;
+    if ($code eq "480") { &auth; } else { last; }
+  }
+  $code =~ /^2\d\d/ or die "failed on `$cmd':\n$_\n";
+}
+
+sub auth {
+  # Authentication.
+  if ($ENV{"NNTPAUTH"}) {
+    $auth = $ENV{"NNTPAUTH"};
+    &putline("AUTHINFO GENERIC $auth");
+    pipe AUTHSTDIN, TOAUTH or die "unable to create pipes";
+    pipe FROMAUTH, AUTHSTDOUT or die "unable to create pipes";
+    $pid = fork;
+    if (!defined $pid) {
+      die "unable to fork for authentication helper";
+    } elsif ($pid == 0) {
+      # we are child
+      $ENV{"NNTP_AUTH_FDS"} = "0.1";
+      open STDIN, "<&AUTHSTDIN";
+      open STDOUT, ">&AUTHSTDOUT";
+      close S;
+      exec $auth;
+    }
+    # we are parent
+    close AUTHSTDIN;
+    close AUTHSTDOUT;
+    autoflush TOAUTH 1;
+    &getline; print TOAUTH "$_\n";
+    while (<FROMAUTH>) {
+      s/[\r\n]*$//s;
+      &putline($_);
+      &getline;
+      print TOAUTH "$_\n";
+    }
+    die "failed authentication\n" unless $? == 0;
+  }
+}