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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-02-24 17:31:52 +0600
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-02-24 23:26:14 +0000
commit2f9f6c9eca667dfde9e267e946498eaad0b0c8da (patch)
tree86c6807030725d685e6ab5d7b110e602630bf7ab
parentc1a92bf7adccea821a905b221972c06fc5579718 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-2f9f6c9eca667dfde9e267e946498eaad0b0c8da.tar.gz
lei <import|convert>: support NNTP sources
We can read NNTP in -watch and Net::NNTP is shipped with Perl5,
so lei import and convert have no excuse not to support NNTP
as a client.

Authentication is not tested, yet; but should be close to what
IMAP is like...
-rw-r--r--MANIFEST2
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LeiAuth.pm4
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm14
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm12
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm209
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm218
-rw-r--r--t/lei-convert.t31
-rw-r--r--t/lei-import-nntp.t30
-rw-r--r--t/watch_nntp.t17
9 files changed, 331 insertions, 206 deletions
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 9cf97563..4c04eec8 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ t/lei-daemon.t
 t/lei-externals.t
 t/lei-import-imap.t
 t/lei-import-maildir.t
+t/lei-import-nntp.t
 t/lei-import.t
 t/lei-mirror.t
 t/lei.t
@@ -454,7 +455,6 @@ t/watch_imap.t
 t/watch_maildir.t
 t/watch_maildir_v2.t
 t/watch_multiple_headers.t
-t/watch_nntp.t
 t/www_altid.t
 t/www_listing.t
 t/www_static.t
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiAuth.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiAuth.pm
index 099bdaca..927fe550 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiAuth.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiAuth.pm
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ sub do_auth_atfork { # used by IPC WQ workers
         my $lei = $wq->{lei};
         my $net = $lei->{net};
         my $mics = $net->imap_common_init($lei);
+        my $nn = $net->nntp_common_init($lei);
         pkt_do($lei->{pkt_op_p}, 'net_merge', $net) or
                         die "pkt_do net_merge: $!";
-        $net->{mics_cached} = $mics;
+        $net->{mics_cached} = $mics if $mics;
+        $net->{nn_cached} = $nn if $nn;
 }
 
 sub net_merge_done1 { # bump merge-count in top-level lei-daemon
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
index 4839dea4..a7e47871 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ sub mbox_cb {
         $self->{wcb}->(undef, { kw => \@kw }, $eml);
 }
 
-sub imap_cb { # ->imap_each
-        my ($url, $uid, $kw, $eml, $self) = @_;
+sub net_cb { # callback for ->imap_each, ->nntp_each
+        my (undef, undef, $kw, $eml, $self) = @_; # @_[0,1]: url + uid ignored
         $self->{wcb}->(undef, { kw => $kw }, $eml);
 }
 
@@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ sub do_convert { # via wq_do
         my $mics;
         if (my $nrd = $lei->{nrd}) { # may prompt user once
                 $nrd->{mics_cached} = $nrd->imap_common_init($lei);
+                $nrd->{nn_cached} = $nrd->nntp_common_init($lei);
         }
         if (my $stdin = delete $self->{0}) {
                 PublicInbox::MboxReader->$in_fmt($stdin, \&mbox_cb, $self);
         }
         for my $input (@{$self->{inputs}}) {
                 my $ifmt = lc($in_fmt // '');
-                if ($input =~ m!\A(?:imap|nntp)s?://!) { # TODO: nntp
-                        $lei->{nrd}->imap_each($input, \&imap_cb, $self);
+                if ($input =~ m!\Aimaps?://!) {
+                        $lei->{nrd}->imap_each($input, \&net_cb, $self);
+                        next;
+                } elsif ($input =~ m!\A(?:nntps?|s?news)://!) {
+                        $lei->{nrd}->nntp_each($input, \&net_cb, $self);
                         next;
                 } elsif ($input =~ s!\A([a-z0-9]+):!!i) {
                         $ifmt = lc $1;
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ sub call { # the main "lei convert" method
         # e.g. Maildir:/home/user/Mail/ or imaps://example.com/INBOX
         for my $input (@inputs) {
                 my $input_path = $input;
-                if ($input =~ m!\A(?:imap|nntp)s?://!i) {
+                if ($input =~ m!\A(?:imaps?|nntps?|s?news)://!i) {
                         require PublicInbox::NetReader;
                         $nrd //= PublicInbox::NetReader->new;
                         $nrd->add_url($input);
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
index b85f4d6c..cbfb3127 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sub call { # the main "lei import" method
         # e.g. Maildir:/home/user/Mail/ or imaps://example.com/INBOX
         for my $input (@inputs) {
                 my $input_path = $input;
-                if ($input =~ m!\A(?:imap|nntp)s?://!i) {
+                if ($input =~ m!\A(?:imaps?|nntps?|s?news)://!i) {
                         require PublicInbox::NetReader;
                         $net //= PublicInbox::NetReader->new;
                         $net->add_url($input);
@@ -152,9 +152,8 @@ sub _import_maildir { # maildir_each_file cb
         $sto->ipc_do('set_eml_from_maildir', $f, $set_kw);
 }
 
-sub _import_imap { # imap_each cb
+sub _import_net { # imap_each, nntp_each cb
         my ($url, $uid, $kw, $eml, $sto, $set_kw) = @_;
-        warn "$url $uid";
         $sto->ipc_do('set_eml', $eml, $set_kw ? @$kw : ());
 }
 
@@ -163,10 +162,13 @@ sub import_path_url {
         my $lei = $self->{lei};
         my $ifmt = lc($lei->{opt}->{'format'} // '');
         # TODO auto-detect?
-        if ($input =~ m!\A(imap|nntp)s?://!i) {
-                $lei->{net}->imap_each($input, \&_import_imap, $lei->{sto},
+        if ($input =~ m!\Aimaps?://!i) {
+                $lei->{net}->imap_each($input, \&_import_net, $lei->{sto},
                                         $lei->{opt}->{kw});
                 return;
+        } elsif ($input =~ m!\A(?:nntps?|s?news)://!i) {
+                $lei->{net}->nntp_each($input, \&_import_net, $lei->{sto}, 0);
+                return;
         } elsif ($input =~ s!\A([a-z0-9]+):!!i) {
                 $ifmt = lc $1;
         }
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
index ff90468b..2a453217 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
@@ -11,26 +11,16 @@ use PublicInbox::Eml;
 our %IMAPflags2kw = map {; "\\\u$_" => $_ } qw(seen answered flagged draft);
 
 # TODO: trim this down, this is huge
-our @EXPORT = qw(uri_new uri_scheme uri_section
-                nn_new nn_for
-                imap_uri nntp_url
-                cfg_bool cfg_intvl imap_common_init
+our @EXPORT = qw(uri_new uri_section
+                nn_new imap_uri nntp_uri
+                cfg_bool cfg_intvl imap_common_init nntp_common_init
                 );
 
-# avoid exposing deprecated "snews" to users.
-my %SCHEME_MAP = ('snews' => 'nntps');
-
-sub uri_scheme ($) {
-        my ($uri) = @_;
-        my $scheme = $uri->scheme;
-        $SCHEME_MAP{$scheme} // $scheme;
-}
-
 # returns the git config section name, e.g [imap "imaps://user@example.com"]
 # without the mailbox, so we can share connections between different inboxes
 sub uri_section ($) {
         my ($uri) = @_;
-        uri_scheme($uri) . '://' . $uri->authority;
+        $uri->scheme . '://' . $uri->authority;
 }
 
 sub auth_anon_cb { '' }; # for Mail::IMAPClient::Authcallback
@@ -123,8 +113,8 @@ sub try_starttls ($) {
 }
 
 sub nn_new ($$$) {
-        my ($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $url) = @_;
-        my $nn = Net::NNTP->new(%$nn_arg) or die "E: <$url> new: $!\n";
+        my ($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $uri) = @_;
+        my $nn = Net::NNTP->new(%$nn_arg) or die "E: <$uri> new: $!\n";
 
         # default to using STARTTLS if it's available, but allow
         # it to be disabled for localhost/VPN users
@@ -133,27 +123,26 @@ sub nn_new ($$$) {
                                 try_starttls($nn_arg->{Host})) {
                         # soft fail by default
                         $nn->starttls or warn <<"";
-W: <$url> STARTTLS tried and failed (not requested)
+W: <$uri> STARTTLS tried and failed (not requested)
 
                 } elsif ($nntp_opt->{starttls}) {
                         # hard fail if explicitly configured
                         $nn->starttls or die <<"";
-E: <$url> STARTTLS requested and failed
+E: <$uri> STARTTLS requested and failed
 
                 }
         } elsif ($nntp_opt->{starttls}) {
                 $nn->can('starttls') or
-                        die "E: <$url> Net::NNTP too old for STARTTLS\n";
+                        die "E: <$uri> Net::NNTP too old for STARTTLS\n";
                 $nn->starttls or die <<"";
-E: <$url> STARTTLS requested and failed
+E: <$uri> STARTTLS requested and failed
 
         }
         $nn;
 }
 
 sub nn_for ($$$;$) { # nn = Net::NNTP
-        my ($self, $url, $nn_args, $lei) = @_;
-        my $uri = uri_new($url);
+        my ($self, $uri, $nn_args, $lei) = @_;
         my $sec = uri_section($uri);
         my $nntp_opt = $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec} //= {};
         my $host = $uri->host;
@@ -165,7 +154,7 @@ sub nn_for ($$$;$) { # nn = Net::NNTP
                 require PublicInbox::GitCredential;
                 $cred = bless {
                         url => $sec,
-                        protocol => uri_scheme($uri),
+                        protocol => $uri->scheme,
                         host => $host,
                 }, 'PublicInbox::GitCredential';
                 ($u, $p) = split(/:/, $ui, 2);
@@ -179,14 +168,13 @@ sub nn_for ($$$;$) { # nn = Net::NNTP
                 SSL => $uri->secure, # snews == nntps
                 %$common, # may Debug ....
         };
-        my $nn = nn_new($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $url);
-
+        my $nn = nn_new($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $uri);
         if ($cred) {
                 $cred->fill($lei); # may prompt user here
                 if ($nn->authinfo($u, $p)) {
                         push @{$nntp_opt->{-postconn}}, [ 'authinfo', $u, $p ];
                 } else {
-                        warn "E: <$url> AUTHINFO $u XXXX failed\n";
+                        warn "E: <$uri> AUTHINFO $u XXXX failed\n";
                         $nn = undef;
                 }
         }
@@ -197,12 +185,12 @@ sub nn_for ($$$;$) { # nn = Net::NNTP
                         if ($nn->compress) {
                                 push @{$nntp_opt->{-postconn}}, [ 'compress' ];
                         } else {
-                                warn "W: <$url> COMPRESS failed\n";
+                                warn "W: <$uri> COMPRESS failed\n";
                         }
                 } else {
                         delete $nntp_opt->{compress};
                         warn <<"";
-W: <$url> COMPRESS not supported by Net::NNTP
+W: <$uri> COMPRESS not supported by Net::NNTP
 W: see https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129967 for updates
 
                 }
@@ -220,15 +208,12 @@ sub imap_uri {
         $uri ? $uri->canonical : undef;
 }
 
-my %IS_NNTP = (news => 1, snews => 1, nntp => 1);
-sub nntp_url {
+my %IS_NNTP = (news => 1, snews => 1, nntp => 1, nntps => 1);
+sub nntp_uri {
         my ($url) = @_;
-        my $uri = uri_new($url);
-        return unless $uri && $IS_NNTP{$uri->scheme} && $uri->group;
-        $url = $uri->canonical->as_string;
-        # nntps is IANA registered, snews is deprecated
-        $url =~ s!\Asnews://!nntps://!;
-        $url;
+        require PublicInbox::URInntps;
+        my $uri = PublicInbox::URInntps->new($url);
+        $uri && $IS_NNTP{$uri->scheme} && $uri->group ? $uri->canonical : undef;
 }
 
 sub cfg_intvl ($$$) {
@@ -254,6 +239,7 @@ sub cfg_bool ($$$) {
 # flesh out common IMAP-specific data structures
 sub imap_common_init ($;$) {
         my ($self, $lei) = @_;
+        return unless $self->{imap_order};
         $self->{quiet} = 1 if $lei && $lei->{opt}->{quiet};
         eval { require PublicInbox::IMAPClient } or
                 die "Mail::IMAPClient is required for IMAP:\n$@\n";
@@ -297,10 +283,55 @@ sub imap_common_init ($;$) {
         $mics;
 }
 
+# flesh out common NNTP-specific data structures
+sub nntp_common_init ($;$) {
+        my ($self, $lei) = @_;
+        return unless $self->{nntp_order};
+        $self->{quiet} = 1 if $lei && $lei->{opt}->{quiet};
+        eval { require Net::NNTP } or
+                die "Net::NNTP is required for NNTP:\n$@\n";
+        eval { require PublicInbox::IMAPTracker } or
+                die "DBD::SQLite is required for NNTP\n:$@\n";
+        my $cfg = $self->{pi_cfg} // $lei->_lei_cfg;
+        my $nn_args = {}; # scheme://authority => Net::NNTP->new arg
+        for my $uri (@{$self->{nntp_order}}) {
+                my $sec = uri_section($uri);
+
+                # Debug and Timeout are passed to Net::NNTP->new
+                my $v = cfg_bool($cfg, 'nntp.Debug', $$uri);
+                $nn_args->{$sec}->{Debug} = $v if defined $v;
+                my $to = cfg_intvl($cfg, 'nntp.Timeout', $$uri);
+                $nn_args->{$sec}->{Timeout} = $to if $to;
+
+                # Net::NNTP post-connect commands
+                for my $k (qw(starttls compress)) {
+                        $v = cfg_bool($cfg, "nntp.$k", $$uri) // next;
+                        $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec}->{$k} = $v;
+                }
+
+                # internal option
+                for my $k (qw(pollInterval)) {
+                        $to = cfg_intvl($cfg, "nntp.$k", $$uri) // next;
+                        $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec}->{$k} = $to;
+                }
+        }
+        # make sure we can connect and cache the credentials in memory
+        $self->{nn_arg} = {}; # schema://authority => Net::NNTP->new args
+        my %nn; # schema://authority => Net::NNTP object
+        for my $uri (@{$self->{nntp_order}}) {
+                my $sec = uri_section($uri);
+                $nn{$sec} //= nn_for($self, $uri, $nn_args, $lei);
+        }
+        \%nn; # for optional {nn_cached}
+}
+
 sub add_url {
         my ($self, $arg) = @_;
-        if (my $uri = imap_uri($arg)) {
+        my $uri;
+        if ($uri = imap_uri($arg)) {
                 push @{$self->{imap_order}}, $uri;
+        } elsif ($uri = nntp_uri($arg)) {
+                push @{$self->{nntp_order}}, $uri;
         } else {
                 push @{$self->{unsupported_url}}, $arg;
         }
@@ -315,6 +346,10 @@ sub errors {
                 eval { require PublicInbox::IMAPClient } or
                         die "Mail::IMAPClient is required for IMAP:\n$@\n";
         }
+        if ($self->{nntp_order}) {
+                eval { require Net::NNTP } or
+                        die "Net::NNTP is required for NNTP:\n$@\n";
+        }
         undef;
 }
 
@@ -461,6 +496,106 @@ sub imap_each {
         $mic;
 }
 
+# may used cached auth info prepared by nn_for once
+sub nn_get {
+        my ($self, $uri) = @_;
+        my $sec = uri_section($uri);
+        # see if caller saved result of nntp_common_init
+        my $cached = $self->{nn_cached} // {};
+        my $nn;
+        $nn = delete($cached->{$sec}) and return $nn;
+        my $nn_arg = $self->{nn_arg}->{$sec} or
+                        die "BUG: no Net::NNTP->new arg for $sec";
+        my $nntp_opt = $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec};
+        $nn = nn_new($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $uri) or return;
+        if (my $postconn = $nntp_opt->{-postconn}) {
+                for my $m_arg (@$postconn) {
+                        my ($method, @args) = @$m_arg;
+                        $nn->$method(@args) and next;
+                        die "E: <$uri> $method failed\n";
+                        return;
+                }
+        }
+        $nn;
+}
+
+sub _nntp_fetch_all ($$$) {
+        my ($self, $nn, $uri) = @_;
+        my ($group, $num_a, $num_b) = $uri->group;
+        my $sec = uri_section($uri);
+        my ($nr, $beg, $end) = $nn->group($group);
+        unless (defined($nr)) {
+                chomp(my $msg = $nn->message);
+                return "E: GROUP $group <$sec> $msg";
+        }
+
+        # IMAPTracker is also used for tracking NNTP, UID == article number
+        # LIST.ACTIVE can get the equivalent of UIDVALIDITY, but that's
+        # expensive.  So we assume newsgroups don't change:
+        my $itrk = $self->{incremental} ?
+                        PublicInbox::IMAPTracker->new($$uri) : 0;
+        my (undef, $l_art) = $itrk ? $itrk->get_last : ();
+
+        # allow users to specify articles to refetch
+        # cf. https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-gilman-news-url-01.txt
+        # nntp://example.com/inbox.foo/$num_a-$num_b
+        $beg = $num_a if defined($num_a) && $num_a < $beg;
+        $end = $num_b if defined($num_b) && $num_b < $end;
+        if (defined $l_art) {
+                return if $l_art >= $end; # nothing to do
+                $beg = $l_art + 1;
+        }
+        my ($err, $art);
+        unless ($self->{quiet}) {
+                warn "# $uri fetching ARTICLE $beg..$end\n";
+        }
+        my $last_art;
+        my $n = $self->{max_batch};
+        for ($beg..$end) {
+                last if $self->{quit};
+                $art = $_;
+                if (--$n < 0) {
+                        $itrk->update_last(0, $last_art) if $itrk;
+                        $n = $self->{max_batch};
+                }
+                my $raw = $nn->article($art);
+                unless (defined($raw)) {
+                        my $msg = $nn->message;
+                        if ($nn->code == 421) { # pseudo response from Net::Cmd
+                                $err = "E: $msg";
+                                last;
+                        } else { # probably just a deleted message (spam)
+                                warn "W: $msg";
+                                next;
+                        }
+                }
+                $raw = join('', @$raw);
+                $raw =~ s/\r\n/\n/sg;
+                my ($eml_cb, @args) = @{$self->{eml_each}};
+                $eml_cb->($uri, $art, [], PublicInbox::Eml->new(\$raw), @args);
+                $last_art = $art;
+        }
+        $itrk->update_last(0, $last_art) if $itrk;
+        $err;
+}
+
+sub nntp_each {
+        my ($self, $url, $eml_cb, @args) = @_;
+        my $uri = ref($url) ? $url : PublicInbox::URInntps->new($url);
+        my $sec = uri_section($uri);
+        local $0 = $uri->group ." $sec";
+        my $nn = nn_get($self, $uri);
+        my $err;
+        if ($nn) {
+                local $self->{eml_each} = [ $eml_cb, @args ];
+                $err = _nntp_fetch_all($self, $nn, $uri);
+        } else {
+                $err = "E: not connected: $!";
+        }
+        warn $err if $err;
+        $nn;
+}
+
 sub new { bless {}, shift };
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
index 8d13ea35..4b009a28 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ sub new {
                 defined(my $dirs = $cfg->{$k}) or next;
                 $dirs = PublicInbox::Config::_array($dirs);
                 for my $dir (@$dirs) {
-                        my $url;
+                        my $uri;
                         if (is_maildir($dir)) {
                                 # skip "new", no MUA has seen it, yet.
                                 $mdmap{"$dir/cur"} = 'watchspam';
-                        } elsif (my $uri = imap_uri($dir)) {
+                        } elsif ($uri = imap_uri($dir)) {
                                 $imap{$$uri} = 'watchspam';
                                 push @imap, $uri;
-                        } elsif ($url = nntp_url($dir)) {
-                                $nntp{$url} = 'watchspam';
-                                push @nntp, $url;
+                        } elsif ($uri = nntp_uri($dir)) {
+                                $nntp{$$uri} = 'watchspam';
+                                push @nntp, $uri;
                         } else {
                                 warn "unsupported $k=$dir\n";
                         }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ sub new {
                 my $watches = $ibx->{watch} or return;
                 $watches = PublicInbox::Config::_array($watches);
                 for my $watch (@$watches) {
-                        my $url;
+                        my $uri;
                         if (is_maildir($watch)) {
                                 compile_watchheaders($ibx);
                                 my ($new, $cur) = ("$watch/new", "$watch/cur");
@@ -92,17 +92,16 @@ sub new {
                                 return if is_watchspam($cur, $cur_dst, $ibx);
                                 push @{$mdmap{$new} //= []}, $ibx;
                                 push @$cur_dst, $ibx;
-                        } elsif (my $uri = imap_uri($watch)) {
-                                my $url = $$uri;
-                                return if is_watchspam($url, $imap{$url}, $ibx);
+                        } elsif ($uri = imap_uri($watch)) {
+                                my $cur_dst = $imap{$$uri} //= [];
+                                return if is_watchspam($uri, $cur_dst, $ibx);
                                 compile_watchheaders($ibx);
-                                my $n = push @{$imap{$url} ||= []}, $ibx;
-                                push @imap, $uri if $n == 1;
-                        } elsif ($url = nntp_url($watch)) {
-                                return if is_watchspam($url, $nntp{$url}, $ibx);
+                                push(@imap, $uri) if 1 == push(@$cur_dst, $ibx);
+                        } elsif ($uri = nntp_uri($watch)) {
+                                my $cur_dst = $nntp{$$uri} //= [];
+                                return if is_watchspam($uri, $cur_dst, $ibx);
                                 compile_watchheaders($ibx);
-                                my $n = push @{$nntp{$url} ||= []}, $ibx;
-                                push @nntp, $url if $n == 1;
+                                push(@nntp, $uri) if 1 == push(@$cur_dst, $ibx);
                         } else {
                                 warn "watch unsupported: $k=$watch\n";
                         }
@@ -289,11 +288,11 @@ sub watch_fs_init ($) {
 }
 
 sub imap_import_msg ($$$$$) {
-        my ($self, $url, $uid, $raw, $flags) = @_;
+        my ($self, $uri, $uid, $raw, $flags) = @_;
         # our target audience expects LF-only, save storage
         $$raw =~ s/\r\n/\n/sg;
 
-        my $inboxes = $self->{imap}->{$url};
+        my $inboxes = $self->{imap}->{$$uri};
         if (ref($inboxes)) {
                 for my $ibx (@$inboxes) {
                         my $eml = PublicInbox::Eml->new($$raw);
@@ -304,15 +303,14 @@ sub imap_import_msg ($$$$$) {
                 local $SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
                 my $eml = PublicInbox::Eml->new($raw);
                 $self->{pi_cfg}->each_inbox(\&remove_eml_i,
-                                                $self, $eml, "$url UID:$uid");
+                                                $self, $eml, "$uri UID:$uid");
         } else {
                 die "BUG: destination unknown $inboxes";
         }
 }
 
 sub imap_fetch_all ($$$) {
-        my ($self, $mic, $url) = @_;
-        my $uri = PublicInbox::URIimap->new($url);
+        my ($self, $mic, $uri) = @_;
         my $sec = uri_section($uri);
         my $mbx = $uri->mailbox;
         $mic->Clear(1); # trim results history
@@ -324,25 +322,25 @@ sub imap_fetch_all ($$$) {
                 last if $r_uidval && $r_uidnext;
         }
         $r_uidval //= $mic->uidvalidity($mbx) //
-                return "E: $url cannot get UIDVALIDITY";
+                return "E: $uri cannot get UIDVALIDITY";
         $r_uidnext //= $mic->uidnext($mbx) //
-                return "E: $url cannot get UIDNEXT";
-        my $itrk = PublicInbox::IMAPTracker->new($url);
+                return "E: $uri cannot get UIDNEXT";
+        my $itrk = PublicInbox::IMAPTracker->new($$uri);
         my ($l_uidval, $l_uid) = $itrk->get_last;
         $l_uidval //= $r_uidval; # first time
         $l_uid //= 1;
         if ($l_uidval != $r_uidval) {
-                return "E: $url UIDVALIDITY mismatch\n".
+                return "E: $uri UIDVALIDITY mismatch\n".
                         "E: local=$l_uidval != remote=$r_uidval";
         }
         my $r_uid = $r_uidnext - 1;
         if ($l_uid != 1 && $l_uid > $r_uid) {
-                return "E: $url local UID exceeds remote ($l_uid > $r_uid)\n".
-                        "E: $url strangely, UIDVALIDLITY matches ($l_uidval)\n";
+                return "E: $uri local UID exceeds remote ($l_uid > $r_uid)\n".
+                        "E: $uri strangely, UIDVALIDLITY matches ($l_uidval)\n";
         }
         return if $l_uid >= $r_uid; # nothing to do
 
-        warn "I: $url fetching UID $l_uid:$r_uid\n";
+        warn "I: $uri fetching UID $l_uid:$r_uid\n";
         $mic->Uid(1); # the default, we hope
         my $bs = $self->{imap_opt}->{$sec}->{batch_size} // 1;
         my $req = $mic->imap4rev1 ? 'BODY.PEEK[]' : 'RFC822.PEEK';
@@ -355,7 +353,7 @@ sub imap_fetch_all ($$$) {
         local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {
                 my $pfx = ($_[0] // '') =~ /^([A-Z]: )/g ? $1 : '';
                 $batch //= '?';
-                $warn_cb->("$pfx$url UID:$batch\n", @_);
+                $warn_cb->("$pfx$uri UID:$batch\n", @_);
         };
         my $err;
         do {
@@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ sub imap_fetch_all ($$$) {
                 # 1) servers do not need to return results in any order
                 # 2) Mail::IMAPClient doesn't offer a streaming API
                 $uids = $mic->search("UID $l_uid:*") or
-                        return "E: $url UID SEARCH $l_uid:* error: $!";
+                        return "E: $uri UID SEARCH $l_uid:* error: $!";
                 return if scalar(@$uids) == 0;
 
                 # RFC 3501 doesn't seem to indicate order of UID SEARCH
@@ -389,7 +387,7 @@ sub imap_fetch_all ($$$) {
                         local $0 = "UID:$batch $mbx $sec";
                         my $r = $mic->fetch_hash($batch, $req, 'FLAGS');
                         unless ($r) { # network error?
-                                $err = "E: $url UID FETCH $batch error: $!";
+                                $err = "E: $uri UID FETCH $batch error: $!";
                                 last;
                         }
                         for my $uid (@batch) {
@@ -397,7 +395,7 @@ sub imap_fetch_all ($$$) {
                                 my $per_uid = delete $r->{$uid} // next;
                                 my $raw = delete($per_uid->{$key}) // next;
                                 my $fl = $per_uid->{FLAGS} // '';
-                                imap_import_msg($self, $url, $uid, \$raw, $fl);
+                                imap_import_msg($self, $uri, $uid, \$raw, $fl);
                                 $last_uid = $uid;
                                 last if $self->{quit};
                         }
@@ -410,14 +408,14 @@ sub imap_fetch_all ($$$) {
 }
 
 sub imap_idle_once ($$$$) {
-        my ($self, $mic, $intvl, $url) = @_;
+        my ($self, $mic, $intvl, $uri) = @_;
         my $i = $intvl //= (29 * 60);
         my $end = now() + $intvl;
-        warn "I: $url idling for ${intvl}s\n";
+        warn "I: $uri idling for ${intvl}s\n";
         local $0 = "IDLE $0";
         unless ($mic->idle) {
                 return if $self->{quit};
-                return "E: IDLE failed on $url: $!";
+                return "E: IDLE failed on $uri: $!";
         }
         $self->{idle_mic} = $mic; # for ->quit
         my @res;
@@ -428,16 +426,15 @@ sub imap_idle_once ($$$$) {
         }
         delete $self->{idle_mic};
         unless ($self->{quit}) {
-                $mic->IsConnected or return "E: IDLE disconnected on $url";
-                $mic->done or return "E: IDLE DONE failed on $url: $!";
+                $mic->IsConnected or return "E: IDLE disconnected on $uri";
+                $mic->done or return "E: IDLE DONE failed on $uri: $!";
         }
         undef;
 }
 
 # idles on a single URI
 sub watch_imap_idle_1 ($$$) {
-        my ($self, $url, $intvl) = @_;
-        my $uri = PublicInbox::URIimap->new($url);
+        my ($self, $uri, $intvl) = @_;
         my $sec = uri_section($uri);
         my $mic_arg = $self->{mic_arg}->{$sec} or
                         die "BUG: no Mail::IMAPClient->new arg for $sec";
@@ -447,8 +444,8 @@ sub watch_imap_idle_1 ($$$) {
                 $mic //= PublicInbox::IMAPClient->new(%$mic_arg);
                 my $err;
                 if ($mic && $mic->IsConnected) {
-                        $err = imap_fetch_all($self, $mic, $url);
-                        $err //= imap_idle_once($self, $mic, $intvl, $url);
+                        $err = imap_fetch_all($self, $mic, $uri);
+                        $err //= imap_idle_once($self, $mic, $intvl, $uri);
                 } else {
                         $err = "E: not connected: $!";
                 }
@@ -477,21 +474,21 @@ sub watch_atfork_parent ($) {
 }
 
 sub imap_idle_requeue { # DS::add_timer callback
-        my ($self, $url_intvl) = @_;
+        my ($self, $uri_intvl) = @_;
         return if $self->{quit};
-        push @{$self->{idle_todo}}, $url_intvl;
+        push @{$self->{idle_todo}}, $uri_intvl;
         event_step($self);
 }
 
 sub imap_idle_reap { # PublicInbox::DS::dwaitpid callback
         my ($self, $pid) = @_;
-        my $url_intvl = delete $self->{idle_pids}->{$pid} or
+        my $uri_intvl = delete $self->{idle_pids}->{$pid} or
                 die "BUG: PID=$pid (unknown) reaped: \$?=$?\n";
 
-        my ($url, $intvl) = @$url_intvl;
+        my ($uri, $intvl) = @$uri_intvl;
         return if $self->{quit};
-        warn "W: PID=$pid on $url died: \$?=$?\n" if $?;
-        add_timer(60, \&imap_idle_requeue, $self, $url_intvl);
+        warn "W: PID=$pid on $uri died: \$?=$?\n" if $?;
+        add_timer(60, \&imap_idle_requeue, $self, $uri_intvl);
 }
 
 sub reap { # callback for EOFpipe
@@ -505,8 +502,8 @@ sub reap { # callback for EOFpipe
 }
 
 sub imap_idle_fork ($$) {
-        my ($self, $url_intvl) = @_;
-        my ($url, $intvl) = @$url_intvl;
+        my ($self, $uri_intvl) = @_;
+        my ($uri, $intvl) = @$uri_intvl;
         pipe(my ($r, $w)) or die "pipe: $!";
         my $seed = rand(0xffffffff);
         my $pid = fork // die "fork: $!";
@@ -515,11 +512,11 @@ sub imap_idle_fork ($$) {
                 eval { Net::SSLeay::randomize() };
                 close $r;
                 watch_atfork_child($self);
-                watch_imap_idle_1($self, $url, $intvl);
+                watch_imap_idle_1($self, $uri, $intvl);
                 close $w;
                 _exit(0);
         }
-        $self->{idle_pids}->{$pid} = $url_intvl;
+        $self->{idle_pids}->{$pid} = $uri_intvl;
         PublicInbox::EOFpipe->new($r, \&reap, [$pid, \&imap_idle_reap, $self]);
 }
 
@@ -530,8 +527,8 @@ sub event_step {
         if ($idle_todo && @$idle_todo) {
                 my $oldset = watch_atfork_parent($self);
                 eval {
-                        while (my $url_intvl = shift(@$idle_todo)) {
-                                imap_idle_fork($self, $url_intvl);
+                        while (my $uri_intvl = shift(@$idle_todo)) {
+                                imap_idle_fork($self, $uri_intvl);
                         }
                 };
                 PublicInbox::DS::sig_setmask($oldset);
@@ -541,30 +538,28 @@ sub event_step {
 }
 
 sub watch_imap_fetch_all ($$) {
-        my ($self, $urls) = @_;
-        for my $url (@$urls) {
-                my $uri = PublicInbox::URIimap->new($url);
+        my ($self, $uris) = @_;
+        for my $uri (@$uris) {
                 my $sec = uri_section($uri);
                 my $mic_arg = $self->{mic_arg}->{$sec} or
                         die "BUG: no Mail::IMAPClient->new arg for $sec";
                 my $mic = PublicInbox::IMAPClient->new(%$mic_arg) or next;
-                my $err = imap_fetch_all($self, $mic, $url);
+                my $err = imap_fetch_all($self, $mic, $uri);
                 last if $self->{quit};
                 warn $err, "\n" if $err;
         }
 }
 
 sub watch_nntp_fetch_all ($$) {
-        my ($self, $urls) = @_;
-        for my $url (@$urls) {
-                my $uri = uri_new($url);
+        my ($self, $uris) = @_;
+        for my $uri (@$uris) {
                 my $sec = uri_section($uri);
                 my $nn_arg = $self->{nn_arg}->{$sec} or
                         die "BUG: no Net::NNTP->new arg for $sec";
                 my $nntp_opt = $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec};
-                my $nn = nn_new($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $url);
+                my $nn = nn_new($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $uri);
                 unless ($nn) {
-                        warn "E: $url: \$!=$!\n";
+                        warn "E: $uri: \$!=$!\n";
                         next;
                 }
                 last if $self->{quit};
@@ -572,21 +567,21 @@ sub watch_nntp_fetch_all ($$) {
                         for my $m_arg (@$postconn) {
                                 my ($method, @args) = @$m_arg;
                                 $nn->$method(@args) and next;
-                                warn "E: <$url> $method failed\n";
+                                warn "E: <$uri> $method failed\n";
                                 $nn = undef;
                                 last;
                         }
                 }
                 last if $self->{quit};
                 if ($nn) {
-                        my $err = nntp_fetch_all($self, $nn, $url);
+                        my $err = nntp_fetch_all($self, $nn, $uri);
                         warn $err, "\n" if $err;
                 }
         }
 }
 
 sub poll_fetch_fork { # DS::add_timer callback
-        my ($self, $intvl, $urls) = @_;
+        my ($self, $intvl, $uris) = @_;
         return if $self->{quit};
         pipe(my ($r, $w)) or die "pipe: $!";
         my $oldset = watch_atfork_parent($self);
@@ -597,47 +592,46 @@ sub poll_fetch_fork { # DS::add_timer callback
                 eval { Net::SSLeay::randomize() };
                 close $r;
                 watch_atfork_child($self);
-                if ($urls->[0] =~ m!\Aimaps?://!i) {
-                        watch_imap_fetch_all($self, $urls);
+                if ($uris->[0]->scheme =~ m!\Aimaps?!i) {
+                        watch_imap_fetch_all($self, $uris);
                 } else {
-                        watch_nntp_fetch_all($self, $urls);
+                        watch_nntp_fetch_all($self, $uris);
                 }
                 close $w;
                 _exit(0);
         }
         PublicInbox::DS::sig_setmask($oldset);
         die "fork: $!"  unless defined $pid;
-        $self->{poll_pids}->{$pid} = [ $intvl, $urls ];
+        $self->{poll_pids}->{$pid} = [ $intvl, $uris ];
         PublicInbox::EOFpipe->new($r, \&reap, [$pid, \&poll_fetch_reap, $self]);
 }
 
 sub poll_fetch_reap {
         my ($self, $pid) = @_;
-        my $intvl_urls = delete $self->{poll_pids}->{$pid} or
+        my $intvl_uris = delete $self->{poll_pids}->{$pid} or
                 die "BUG: PID=$pid (unknown) reaped: \$?=$?\n";
         return if $self->{quit};
-        my ($intvl, $urls) = @$intvl_urls;
+        my ($intvl, $uris) = @$intvl_uris;
         if ($?) {
-                warn "W: PID=$pid died: \$?=$?\n", map { "$_\n" } @$urls;
+                warn "W: PID=$pid died: \$?=$?\n", map { "$_\n" } @$uris;
         }
-        warn("I: will check $_ in ${intvl}s\n") for @$urls;
-        add_timer($intvl, \&poll_fetch_fork, $self, $intvl, $urls);
+        warn("I: will check $_ in ${intvl}s\n") for @$uris;
+        add_timer($intvl, \&poll_fetch_fork, $self, $intvl, $uris);
 }
 
 sub watch_imap_init ($$) {
         my ($self, $poll) = @_;
         my $mics = imap_common_init($self); # read args from config
-        my $idle = []; # [ [ url1, intvl1 ], [url2, intvl2] ]
-        for my $url (keys %{$self->{imap}}) {
-                my $uri = PublicInbox::URIimap->new($url);
+        my $idle = []; # [ [ uri1, intvl1 ], [uri2, intvl2] ]
+        for my $uri (@{$self->{imap_order}}) {
                 my $sec = uri_section($uri);
                 my $mic = $mics->{$sec};
                 my $intvl = $self->{imap_opt}->{$sec}->{pollInterval};
                 if ($mic->has_capability('IDLE') && !$intvl) {
                         $intvl = $self->{imap_opt}->{$sec}->{idleInterval};
-                        push @$idle, [ $url, $intvl // () ];
+                        push @$idle, [ $uri, $intvl // () ];
                 } else {
-                        push @{$poll->{$intvl || 120}}, $url;
+                        push @{$poll->{$intvl || 120}}, $uri;
                 }
         }
         if (scalar @$idle) {
@@ -646,38 +640,8 @@ sub watch_imap_init ($$) {
         }
 }
 
-# flesh out common NNTP-specific data structures
-sub nntp_common_init ($) {
-        my ($self) = @_;
-        my $cfg = $self->{pi_cfg};
-        my $nn_args = {}; # scheme://authority => Net::NNTP->new arg
-        for my $url (@{$self->{nntp_order}}) {
-                my $sec = uri_section(uri_new($url));
-
-                # Debug and Timeout are passed to Net::NNTP->new
-                my $v = cfg_bool($cfg, 'nntp.Debug', $url);
-                $nn_args->{$sec}->{Debug} = $v if defined $v;
-                my $to = cfg_intvl($cfg, 'nntp.Timeout', $url);
-                $nn_args->{$sec}->{Timeout} = $to if $to;
-
-                # Net::NNTP post-connect commands
-                for my $k (qw(starttls compress)) {
-                        $v = cfg_bool($cfg, "nntp.$k", $url) // next;
-                        $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec}->{$k} = $v;
-                }
-
-                # internal option
-                for my $k (qw(pollInterval)) {
-                        $to = cfg_intvl($cfg, "nntp.$k", $url) // next;
-                        $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec}->{$k} = $to;
-                }
-        }
-        $nn_args;
-}
-
 sub nntp_fetch_all ($$$) {
-        my ($self, $nn, $url) = @_;
-        my $uri = uri_new($url);
+        my ($self, $nn, $uri) = @_;
         my ($group, $num_a, $num_b) = $uri->group;
         my $sec = uri_section($uri);
         my ($nr, $beg, $end) = $nn->group($group);
@@ -689,7 +653,7 @@ sub nntp_fetch_all ($$$) {
         # IMAPTracker is also used for tracking NNTP, UID == article number
         # LIST.ACTIVE can get the equivalent of UIDVALIDITY, but that's
         # expensive.  So we assume newsgroups don't change:
-        my $itrk = PublicInbox::IMAPTracker->new($url);
+        my $itrk = PublicInbox::IMAPTracker->new($$uri);
         my (undef, $l_art) = $itrk->get_last;
         $l_art //= $beg; # initial import
 
@@ -702,14 +666,14 @@ sub nntp_fetch_all ($$$) {
         return if $l_art >= $end; # nothing to do
         $beg = $l_art + 1;
 
-        warn "I: $url fetching ARTICLE $beg..$end\n";
+        warn "I: $uri fetching ARTICLE $beg..$end\n";
         my $warn_cb = $SIG{__WARN__} || \&CORE::warn;
         my ($err, $art);
         local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {
                 my $pfx = ($_[0] // '') =~ /^([A-Z]: )/g ? $1 : '';
-                $warn_cb->("$pfx$url ", $art ? ("ARTICLE $art") : (), "\n", @_);
+                $warn_cb->("$pfx$uri ", $art ? ("ARTICLE $art") : (), "\n", @_);
         };
-        my $inboxes = $self->{nntp}->{$url};
+        my $inboxes = $self->{nntp}->{$$uri};
         my $last_art;
         my $n = $self->{max_batch};
         for ($beg..$end) {
@@ -741,7 +705,7 @@ sub nntp_fetch_all ($$$) {
                 } elsif ($inboxes eq 'watchspam') {
                         my $eml = PublicInbox::Eml->new(\$raw);
                         $self->{pi_cfg}->each_inbox(\&remove_eml_i,
-                                        $self, $eml, "$url ARTICLE $art");
+                                        $self, $eml, "$uri ARTICLE $art");
                 } else {
                         die "BUG: destination unknown $inboxes";
                 }
@@ -754,23 +718,11 @@ sub nntp_fetch_all ($$$) {
 
 sub watch_nntp_init ($$) {
         my ($self, $poll) = @_;
-        eval { require Net::NNTP } or
-                die "Net::NNTP is required for NNTP:\n$@\n";
-        eval { require PublicInbox::IMAPTracker } or
-                die "DBD::SQLite is required for NNTP\n:$@\n";
-
-        my $nn_args = nntp_common_init($self); # read args from config
-
-        # make sure we can connect and cache the credentials in memory
-        $self->{nn_arg} = {}; # schema://authority => Net::NNTP->new args
-        for my $url (@{$self->{nntp_order}}) {
-                nn_for($self, $url, $nn_args);
-        }
-        for my $url (@{$self->{nntp_order}}) {
-                my $uri = uri_new($url);
+        nntp_common_init($self); # read args from config
+        for my $uri (@{$self->{nntp_order}}) {
                 my $sec = uri_section($uri);
                 my $intvl = $self->{nntp_opt}->{$sec}->{pollInterval};
-                push @{$poll->{$intvl || 120}}, $url;
+                push @{$poll->{$intvl || 120}}, $uri;
         }
 }
 
@@ -778,12 +730,12 @@ sub watch { # main entry point
         my ($self, $sig, $oldset) = @_;
         $self->{oldset} = $oldset;
         $self->{sig} = $sig;
-        my $poll = {}; # intvl_seconds => [ url1, url2 ]
+        my $poll = {}; # intvl_seconds => [ uri1, uri2 ]
         watch_imap_init($self, $poll) if $self->{imap};
         watch_nntp_init($self, $poll) if $self->{nntp};
-        while (my ($intvl, $urls) = each %$poll) {
-                # poll all URLs for a given interval sequentially
-                add_timer(0, \&poll_fetch_fork, $self, $intvl, $urls);
+        while (my ($intvl, $uris) = each %$poll) {
+                # poll all URIs for a given interval sequentially
+                add_timer(0, \&poll_fetch_fork, $self, $intvl, $uris);
         }
         watch_fs_init($self) if $self->{mdre};
         PublicInbox::DS->SetPostLoopCallback(sub { !$self->quit_done });
diff --git a/t/lei-convert.t b/t/lei-convert.t
index 29f8ba75..2ba62db3 100644
--- a/t/lei-convert.t
+++ b/t/lei-convert.t
@@ -6,26 +6,43 @@ use PublicInbox::MboxReader;
 use PublicInbox::MdirReader;
 use PublicInbox::NetReader;
 require_git 2.6;
-require_mods(qw(DBD::SQLite Search::Xapian Mail::IMAPClient));
+require_mods(qw(DBD::SQLite Search::Xapian Mail::IMAPClient Net::NNTP));
 my ($tmpdir, $for_destroy) = tmpdir;
 my $sock = tcp_server;
-my $cmd = [ '-imapd', '-W0', "--stdout=$tmpdir/1", "--stderr=$tmpdir/2" ];
+my $cmd = [ '-imapd', '-W0', "--stdout=$tmpdir/i1", "--stderr=$tmpdir/i2" ];
 my ($ro_home, $cfg_path) = setup_public_inboxes;
 my $env = { PI_CONFIG => $cfg_path };
-my $td = start_script($cmd, $env, { 3 => $sock }) or BAIL_OUT("-imapd: $?");
-my $host_port = tcp_host_port($sock);
+my $tdi = start_script($cmd, $env, { 3 => $sock }) or BAIL_OUT("-imapd: $?");
+my $imap_host_port = tcp_host_port($sock);
+$sock = tcp_server;
+$cmd = [ '-nntpd', '-W0', "--stdout=$tmpdir/n1", "--stderr=$tmpdir/n2" ];
+my $tdn = start_script($cmd, $env, { 3 => $sock }) or BAIL_OUT("-nntpd: $?");
+my $nntp_host_port = tcp_host_port($sock);
 undef $sock;
+
 test_lei({ tmpdir => $tmpdir }, sub {
         my $d = $ENV{HOME};
-        my $dig = Digest::SHA->new(256);
         lei_ok('convert', '-o', "mboxrd:$d/foo.mboxrd",
-                "imap://$host_port/t.v2.0");
-        ok(-f "$d/foo.mboxrd", 'mboxrd created');
+                "imap://$imap_host_port/t.v2.0");
+        ok(-f "$d/foo.mboxrd", 'mboxrd created from imap://');
+
+        lei_ok('convert', '-o', "mboxrd:$d/nntp.mboxrd",
+                "nntp://$nntp_host_port/t.v2");
+        ok(-f "$d/nntp.mboxrd", 'mboxrd created from nntp://');
+
         my (@mboxrd, @mboxcl2);
         open my $fh, '<', "$d/foo.mboxrd" or BAIL_OUT $!;
         PublicInbox::MboxReader->mboxrd($fh, sub { push @mboxrd, shift });
         ok(scalar(@mboxrd) > 1, 'got multiple messages');
 
+        open $fh, '<', "$d/nntp.mboxrd" or BAIL_OUT $!;
+        my $i = 0;
+        PublicInbox::MboxReader->mboxrd($fh, sub {
+                my ($eml) = @_;
+                is($eml->body, $mboxrd[$i]->body, "body matches #$i");
+                $i++;
+        });
+
         lei_ok('convert', '-o', "mboxcl2:$d/cl2", "mboxrd:$d/foo.mboxrd");
         ok(-s "$d/cl2", 'mboxcl2 non-empty') or diag $lei_err;
         open $fh, '<', "$d/cl2" or BAIL_OUT $!;
diff --git a/t/lei-import-nntp.t b/t/lei-import-nntp.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fb78fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/lei-import-nntp.t
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!perl -w
+# Copyright (C) 2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+use strict; use v5.10.1; use PublicInbox::TestCommon;
+require_git 2.6;
+require_mods(qw(json DBD::SQLite Search::Xapian Net::NNTP));
+my ($ro_home, $cfg_path) = setup_public_inboxes;
+my ($tmpdir, $for_destroy) = tmpdir;
+my $sock = tcp_server;
+my $cmd = [ '-nntpd', '-W0', "--stdout=$tmpdir/1", "--stderr=$tmpdir/2" ];
+my $env = { PI_CONFIG => $cfg_path };
+my $td = start_script($cmd, $env, { 3 => $sock }) or BAIL_OUT("-nntpd $?");
+my $host_port = tcp_host_port($sock);
+undef $sock;
+test_lei({ tmpdir => $tmpdir }, sub {
+        lei_ok(qw(q bytes:1..));
+        my $out = json_utf8->decode($lei_out);
+        is_deeply($out, [ undef ], 'nothing imported, yet');
+        lei_ok('import', "nntp://$host_port/t.v2");
+        diag $lei_err;
+        lei_ok(qw(q bytes:1..));
+        diag $lei_err;
+        $out = json_utf8->decode($lei_out);
+        ok(scalar(@$out) > 1, 'got imported messages');
+        is(pop @$out, undef, 'trailing JSON null element was null');
+        my %r;
+        for (@$out) { $r{ref($_)}++ }
+        is_deeply(\%r, { 'HASH' => scalar(@$out) }, 'all hashes');
+});
+done_testing;
diff --git a/t/watch_nntp.t b/t/watch_nntp.t
deleted file mode 100644
index c0ad3098..00000000
--- a/t/watch_nntp.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
-# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
-use strict;
-use Test::More;
-use PublicInbox::Config;
-# see t/nntpd*.t for tests against a live NNTP server
-
-use_ok 'PublicInbox::Watch';
-my $nntp_url = \&PublicInbox::Watch::nntp_url;
-is('news://example.com/inbox.foo',
-        $nntp_url->('NEWS://examplE.com/inbox.foo'), 'lowercased');
-is('nntps://example.com/inbox.foo',
-        $nntp_url->('nntps://example.com/inbox.foo'), 'nntps:// accepted');
-is('nntps://example.com/inbox.foo',
-        $nntp_url->('SNEWS://example.com/inbox.foo'), 'snews => nntps');
-
-done_testing;