ietf-nntp Issue: empty groups

Rich Salz rsalz at osf.org
Tue Dec 31 20:34:01 PST 1996


>And that is a valid viewpoint for you to have.  However, there
>are other viewpoints in the field, and not to respect them is
>a tad unpolite.

If I've been unpolite, I apologize.

>I implement servers myself, and 'just because so-and-so jumps' is
>not a good reason.

Er, in this particular case it is.  It's an unspecified area, it's common
practice, and there is no compelling reason to break interoperability
with the huge installed base.
	/r$



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