ietf-nntp Backfill

Nat Ballou NatBa at MICROSOFT.com
Tue Dec 17 07:32:24 PST 1996


> From: Chrisy Luke <chrisy at easynet.net>
> To: ietf-nntp at academ.com
> Cc: Mark.Sidell at forteinc.com
> Subject: Re: ietf-nntp Backfill
> Date: Tuesday, December 17, 1996 1:45 AM
>
> On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:48:46 -0500 (EST), Mark Sidell
> <Mark.Sidell at forteinc.com> wrote:
>
> >Anyway, as far as I know, demon's is the only server that backfills.  
> >But, perhaps Clive could provide more information.
>
> Nobody else does because it breaks too many readers. Agent is the only
> article-number based reader I know of that can cope with it.
>
> Everyone else has nicer solutions that don't break things. ;)

Ok - so this does not pass the criteria of getting into RFC977bis - 
let's move on.

Nat





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