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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