NEWNEWS (was Re: ietf-nntp "Common NNTP Extensions" document updated)

[Jon Ribbens]

Jeff Garzik <jeff.garzik at spinne.com> wrote:
> The topic here (at least in the subject) is common practices.  Are you
> denying that a common practice among many admins is to disable NEWNEWS?

Ah, you mean "may" as in you may see it happening, rather than it being
a permitted behaviour of the NNTP server. That's alright.

> The current state of affairs is such that NEWNEWS cannot be counted on
> to be available to an NNTP client.  It seems like you willfully want to
> keep developers and users in the dark about that.

It's all true. It's a conspiracy.

Cheers


Jon
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