NNTP; Newgroup Message Importation Into Forum Database and Posting Support

I currently have an installation of Invision Power Board (IPB; <[login to view URL]> ) on my website. I would like a PHP script developed that will go retrieve usenet/newgroup articles from an NNTP server, and import them into a specific form. The source newgroup, newserver username/password, the newsgroup server domain, and the destination IPB forum should all be definable parameters. The structure of the newsgroup message should remain in place. E.g., all replies to a specific message in the newsgroup should show up as a replies to that same subject within the IPB forums. NNTP Posting should be supported. If a reply to a newsgroup message takes place through the IPB forum interface, the message will be posted to the forum immediately and submitted to the newsserver for posting. There is a Pear library that supports the retrieval of newsgroup messages from an NNTP library : <[login to view URL]> You can download a copy of IPB here : <[login to view URL]> There are two ways to enhance the functionality of IPB. You can either write an add-on module ( modules/[login to view URL] is located within the IPB install directory ), or you can use the IPB SDK located here : <[login to view URL]> ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Complete documentation outlining all system parameters, and setup instructions. 3) Email support of the product for 3 months after final delivery. 4) Exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site). ## Platform The outlined program will run as a cronjob. It will be developed in PHP. Target platform : PHP 4.X, Apache webserver. The webserver for which this script runs on is a standard LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) configuration.