ietf-nntp Dropping the Distribution option from Newnews?

[Chris Caputo]

Now I feel silly, having just realized you meant dropping the distribution
option from specifically the newnews command, and not altogether.  Feel
free to ignore my other response.

Chris

On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Brian Hernacki wrote:
> Jonathan Grobe wrote:
> > 
> > There is currently a thread going on in news.software.nntp about
> > the newnews command. Apparently the Distribution option creates
> > serious problems in implementing the command efficiently. Any thoughts
> > on deleting this option?
> 
> Well, I imagine using NEWNEWS on the control group without being able to
> filter based on distribution might be bad. Collabra servers use
> distributions headers to differentiate between local and Usenet control
> messages.
> 
> --brian
>