ietf-nntp Use of the LISTGROUP command

[Ben Polk]

At 02:18 PM 12/10/96 -0500, Mark Sidell wrote:
>> This seems like a pretty weak reason to add the LISTGROUP 
>> command to the draft - especially if the newsreader has a 
>> workaround for when the command does not exist.  We're going 
>> to be here forever if we allow clients to decide which commands
>> get put in the draft.  Could we remove this command from the 
>> draft?
>
>The Agent newsreader also uses the LISTGROUP command.  The workaround 
>is much slower.  So, I request that it *not* be removed.

I agree.

>We don't have to be here forever if we simply include all commands that 
>are de facto standards.

Yes.  This is obvious from the proposed charter, isn't it?