ietf-nntp Single-group LIST NEWSGROUPS isn't efficient

Andrew Gierth andrew at erlenstar.demon.co.uk
Thu Jul 5 07:03:37 PDT 2001


>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <rra at stanford.edu> writes:

 Russ> Section 9.4.5 (LIST NEWSGROUPS) currently contains the clause:

 Russ>     Specifying a single group is usually very efficient for the server

 Russ> I'm not aware of any server for which this is true.

<raises hand>

But it's definitely questionable whether such a statement should be
made.

-- 
Andrew.



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