diff --git a/mystic/mis.pas b/mystic/mis.pas
index 2f35654..4e1c3ae 100644
--- a/mystic/mis.pas
+++ b/mystic/mis.pas
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Begin
     SMTPServer := TServerManager.Create(bbsConfig, bbsConfig.INetSMTPPort, bbsConfig.inetSMTPMax, NodeData, @CreateSMTP);
 
     SMTPServer.Server.FTelnetServer := False;
-    SMTPServer.ClientMaxIPs         := 1;
+    SMTPServer.ClientMaxIPs         := bbsConfig.INetSMTPDupes;
 
     Started := True;
   End;
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Begin
     NNTPServer := TServerManager.Create(bbsConfig, bbsConfig.InetNNTPPort, bbsConfig.inetNNTPMax, NodeData, @CreateNNTP);
 
     NNTPServer.Server.FTelnetServer := False;
-    NNTPServer.ClientMaxIPs         := 1;
+    NNTPServer.ClientMaxIPs         := bbsConfig.inetNNTPDupes;
 
     Started := True;
   End;
diff --git a/mystic/mis_client_nntp.pas b/mystic/mis_client_nntp.pas
index 9068da9..e601d5b 100644
--- a/mystic/mis_client_nntp.pas
+++ b/mystic/mis_client_nntp.pas
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-{$I M_OPS.PAS}
-
 Unit MIS_Client_NNTP;
 
-// lookup:
-// how to send greeting and goodbye?
-// how to send capabilities so far only AUTHINFO
-// determine base feature-set required
+{$I M_OPS.PAS}
+
+// RFC 977
 
 Interface
 
@@ -19,13 +16,13 @@ Uses
   MIS_NodeData,
   MIS_Common;
 
-Function CreateNNTP (Owner: TServerManager; ND: TNodeData; CliSock: TSocketClass) : TServerClient;
+Function CreateNNTP (Owner: TServerManager; Config: RecConfig; ND: TNodeData; CliSock: TSocketClass) : TServerClient;
 
 Type
   TNNTPServer = Class(TServerClient)
     Server   : TServerManager;
-    UserName : String[40];
-    Password : String[20];
+    UserName : String[30];
+    Password : String[15];
     LoggedIn : Boolean;
     Cmd      : String;
     Data     : String;
@@ -36,19 +33,28 @@ Type
     Procedure   Execute; Override;
     Destructor  Destroy; Override;
 
+    Procedure   ClientWriteLine (Str: String);
+
     Procedure   ResetSession;
 
     Procedure   cmd_AUTHINFO;
+    Procedure   cmd_GROUP;
+    Procedure   cmd_LIST;
   End;
 
 Implementation
 
+Uses
+  bbs_MsgBase_ABS,
+  bbs_MsgBase_JAM,
+  bbs_MsgBase_Squish;
+
 Const
-  NNTPTimeOut = 180;  // make configurable
-
-  re_Greeting      = 'Mystic BBS NNTP Server';
-  re_Goodbye       = 'Goodbye';
+  FileReadBuffer   = 2048;
 
+  re_Greeting      = '200 Mystic BBS NNTP server ready';
+  re_Goodbye       = '205 Goodbye';
+  re_ListFollows   = '215 List of newsgroups follows';
   re_AuthOK        = '281 Authentication accepted';
   re_AuthBad       = '381 Authentication rejected';
   re_AuthPass      = '381 Password required';
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ Const
   re_Unknown       = '500 Unknown command';
   re_UnknownOption = '501 Unknown option';
 
-Function CreateNNTP (Owner: TServerManager; ND: TNodeData; CliSock: TSocketClass) : TServerClient;
+Function CreateNNTP (Owner: TServerManager; Config: RecConfig; ND: TNodeData; CliSock: TSocketClass) : TServerClient;
 Begin
   Result := TNNTPServer.Create(Owner, CliSock);
 End;
@@ -68,6 +74,12 @@ Begin
   Server := Owner;
 End;
 
+Procedure TNNTPServer.ClientWriteLine (Str: String);
+Begin
+  Server.Server.Status('S:' + Str);
+  Client.WriteLine(Str);
+End;
+
 Procedure TNNTPServer.ResetSession;
 Begin
   LoggedIn   := False;
@@ -81,29 +93,91 @@ Var
   NewCmd  : String;
   NewData : String;
 Begin
-  ResetSession;
-
   NewCmd  := strWordGet(1, Data, ' ');
   NewData := Copy(Data, Pos(' ', Data) + 1, 255);
 
   If NewCmd = 'USER' Then Begin
     If SearchForUser(NewData, User, UserPos) Then Begin
-      Client.WriteLine(re_AuthPass);
+      ClientWriteLine(re_AuthPass);
       UserName := NewData;
     End Else
-      Client.WriteLine(re_AuthBad);
+      ClientWriteLine(re_AuthBad);
   End Else
   If NewCmd = 'PASS' Then Begin
     If UserPos = -1 Then
-      Client.WriteLine(re_AuthSync)
+      ClientWriteLine(re_AuthSync)
     Else
     If strUpper(NewData) = User.Password Then Begin
-      Client.WriteLine(re_AuthOK);
+      ClientWriteLine(re_AuthOK);
       LoggedIn := True;
     End Else
-      Client.WriteLine(re_AuthBad);
+      ClientWriteLine(re_AuthBad);
   End Else
-    Client.WriteLine(re_UnknownOption);
+    ClientWriteLine(re_UnknownOption);
+
+  If LoggedIn Then
+    Server.Server.Status('Logged in as ' + UserName);
+End;
+
+Procedure TNNTPServer.cmd_GROUP;
+Begin
+// 211 number_of_estimated_articles first_msg last_msg newsname
+// 411 nosuchnewsgroup
+// this selects the "current" base
+End;
+
+Procedure TNNTPServer.cmd_LIST;
+Var
+  MBaseFile   : TBufFile;
+  TempBase    : RecMessageBase;
+  MsgBase     : PMsgBaseABS;
+  LowMessage  : LongInt = 0;
+  HighMessage : LongInt = 0;
+  PostAbility : Char;
+Begin
+  ClientWriteLine(re_ListFollows);
+
+  MBaseFile := TBufFile.Create(FileReadBuffer);
+
+  If MBaseFile.Open(bbsConfig.DataPath + 'mbases.dat', fmOpen, fmRWDN, SizeOf(RecMessageBase)) Then Begin
+    MBaseFile.Read(TempBase);
+
+    While Not MBaseFile.EOF Do Begin
+      MBaseFile.Read(TempBase);
+
+      If TempBase.NewsName = '' Then Continue;
+
+      If CheckAccess(User, True, TempBase.ListACS) Then Begin
+        LowMessage  := 0;
+        HighMessage := 0;
+
+        Case CheckAccess(User, True, TempBase.PostACS) of
+          False : PostAbility := 'n';
+          True  : PostAbility := 'y';
+        End;
+
+        Case TempBase.BaseType of
+          0 : MsgBase := New(PMsgBaseJAM, Init);
+          1 : MsgBase := New(PMsgBaseSquish, Init);
+        End;
+
+        MsgBase^.SetMsgPath (TempBase.Path + TempBase.FileName);
+
+        If MsgBase^.OpenMsgBase Then Begin
+          LowMessage  := 1;
+          HighMessage := MsgBase^.GetHighActiveMsgNum;
+        End;
+
+        Dispose (MsgBase, Done);
+
+        ClientWriteLine (TempBase.NewsName + ' ' + strI2S(LowMessage) + ' ' + strI2S(HighMessage) + ' ' + PostAbility);
+      End;
+    End;
+  End;
+
+  MBaseFile.Free;
+
+  ClientWriteLine('.');
 End;
 
 Procedure TNNTPServer.Execute;
@@ -112,16 +186,16 @@ Var
 Begin
   ResetSession;
 
-  Client.WriteLine(re_Greeting);
+  ClientWriteLine(re_Greeting);
 
   Repeat
-    If Client.WaitForData(NNTPTimeOut * 1000) = 0 Then Break;
+    If Client.WaitForData(bbsConfig.inetNNTPTimeout * 1000) = 0 Then Break;
 
     If Terminated Then Exit;
 
     If Client.ReadLine(Str) = -1 Then Exit;
 
-    //server.server.status(str);
+    Server.Server.Status('C:' + Str);
 
     Cmd := strUpper(strWordGet(1, Str, ' '));
 
@@ -131,11 +205,13 @@ Begin
       Data := '';
 
     If Cmd = 'AUTHINFO' Then cmd_AUTHINFO Else
-    If Cmd = 'QUIT' Then Break Else
-      Client.WriteLine(re_Unknown);
+    If Cmd = 'GROUP'    Then cmd_GROUP Else
+    If Cmd = 'LIST'     Then cmd_LIST Else
+    If Cmd = 'QUIT'     Then Break Else
+      ClientWriteLine(re_Unknown);
   Until Terminated;
 
-  If Not Terminated Then Client.WriteLine(re_Goodbye);
+  If Not Terminated Then ClientWriteLine(re_Goodbye);
 End;
 
 Destructor TNNTPServer.Destroy;
@@ -143,4 +219,4 @@ Begin
   Inherited Destroy;
 End;
 
-End.
\ No newline at end of file
+End.