ietf-nntp Issue: empty groups

[Jack De Winter]

At 09:03 PM 12/31/96 -0500, Rich Salz wrote:
>>I see your point, but don't 100% agree with it.  Our job, as
>>members of the NNTP-EXT WG is to document common practice and
>>to fix known problems with the existing specification.
>
>One zillion clients and servers, INN (the dominant implementation
>with probably well over 80% of the market) and NNTP-Ref do something,
>and all-but-one-or-two-maybe clients can handle it.
>
>I see no reason to keep this issue open into 1997.

That is your perogative, but it is also mine to make sure that
viewpoints are also heard.  And besides, until you start addressing
solutions on multiple platforms, I don't really believe in quoting
examples that are dominant.

regards,
Jack
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