ietf-nntp "Common NNTP Extensions" document updated

[Richard Letts]

On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Vincent Archer wrote:

> Being more on the client side development than on the server side, I don't
> see much difference between having a server that doesn't provide me the
> NEWNEWS command and one that could, but where the admin has chosen to
> disable it. In all cases, I can't rely on having NEWNEWS replying me
> anything of use.

huh? if you write a client to /try/ to use NEWNEWS. If that works then use
it else fall back to less efficient (from the client side)  methods. 

Richard Letts
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