ietf-nntp new draft of base document available

Stan O. Barber sob at verio.net
Tue Jul 18 21:57:54 PDT 2000


Russ Allbery wrote:
> wildmat patterns, including comma-separated patterns with !, have a
> well-defined meaning that's already implemented in software.  The syntax
> is unlike other matching syntaxes and isn't always intuitive, but that
> indicates the need for clear documentation of how it works, not a need to
> change it.  Too many clients already understand how the existing syntax
> works.

I agree with this, but need assistance in cleaning up  (or rewriting) the
section to make it clearer. If someone has text for this, send it along. Perhaps
it will clear it up for everyone.



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