ietf-nntp Proposed wildmat text

[Charles Lindsey]

In <ylofyp8h58.fsf at windlord.stanford.edu> Russ Allbery <rra at stanford.edu> writes:

>I thought we'd decided the other way, that the implicit * was too
>irregular and it was easier and clearer to just make it explicit.  But I'm
>behind a really slow link right now and can't check the archives easily.

I think it comes down to following, or deciding not to follow, existing
practice. What does INN currently do with

	NEWNEWS !alt.* ... ?

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