nntp-extensions Re: ietf-nntp NNTP SEARCH extension internet-draft available

Jack De Winter jack at wildbear.on.ca
Thu Oct 31 17:08:56 PST 1996


>	There are a few weaknesses in using an IMAP client as a news client
>though. That's what Keith is asking about. Mostly a better way to do cross
>folder searches than the current prototype SCAN extensions, and better methods
>to discover new folders/newsgroups, although some of this is covered in
>different ways than the NNTP methods. ...I.e. a mailbox could be marked as
>"interesting", which is left to implementors to define; whereas NNTP allows an
>explicit date-based search for new folders. 

Is there anything we can do, or any work in progress to try and identify
these deficiencies in a standard way?

regards,
Jack
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