ietf-nntp draft-ietf-nntpext-base-17
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at demon.net
Mon Mar 31 00:25:09 PST 2003
Charles Lindsey said:
>> 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).
I don't see the need. That's one possible policy, but not the only one.
If you want to know which groups have arrived since a specific date,
you use NEWGROUPS.
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