ietf-nntp "Common NNTP Extensions" document updated

[Jon Ribbens]

James Fidell <james at ops.netcom.net.uk> wrote:
> > Woah, looks like I haven't been paying attention.
> 
> Obviously.  Keep up at the back :)

;-)

> > Someone said it was alright to suddenly remove one of the core NNTP
> > commands?
> 
> No, several people suggested NEWNEWS should be deprecated.  I said I'd
> like to see it made an optional part of the specification.

So you said it was alright to suddenly remove one of the core NNTP commands.

Why on earth do people want to do this anyway? It's an excellent way of
doing a pull-feed. Just because INN is broken doesn't mean that the spec
should be broken too.

Cheers


Jon
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