nntp.py

from nntplib import NNTP
import time

def message(subject, group, author, body):
  header = ''
  header +=  "Subject: " + subject
  header += "\nFrom: " + author
  header += "\nNewsgroups: " + group
  t = time.strftime('%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')
  header += "\nDate: " + t
  header += "\nUser-Agent: [CourseOverflow]\n\n"
  header += body
  return header


netid = #your netid
password = #your ad password
s = NNTP('localhost', 110, netid, password )
article = message("[CourseOverflow] Python posting test",·
                  "cs.test",·
                  "Kiran Ryali <kiran.ryali@gmail.com>",·
                  "This is an automated test message")
print article

f = open('article', 'w')
f.write(article)
f.close()
f = open('article', 'r')
s.post(f)
s.quit()