ietf-nntp draft-ietf-nntpext-base-17

[Charles Lindsey]

In <lncH4Uayexg+EwWi at romana.davros.org> "Clive D. W. Feather" <clive at on-the-train.demon.co.uk> writes:

>In message <ylptodc4bh.fsf at windlord.stanford.edu>, Russ Allbery 
><rra at stanford.edu> writes
>>I think the question is whether we should outlaw existing (sloppy)
>>practice or not.  My inclination is to say no.

>What I now have, for both ACTIVE.TIMES and NEWSGROUPS, is:

>    The file MAY omit newsgroups for which the information is
>    unavailable and MAY include groups not available on the server.
>    The client MUST NOT assume that the list is complete or that it
>    matches the list returned by LIST ACTIVE.

OK for NEWSGROUPS. I think for ACTIVE.TIMES you should indicate that it
MAY be limited to groups created later than some date (e.g. within the last
year, though you don't have to say that).

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