[NNTP] LISTGROUP

[Andrew - Supernews]

>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:

 Ken> Forgive my ignorance and/or naivety, but unless the client is
 Ken> actually trying to list articles in a toplevel group (do
 Ken> toplevel groups even contain articles?) wouldn't the group
 Ken> parameter always contain at least one hierarchy separator (".")?

One sometimes sees a flat group namespace (no '.' anywhere) used in
non-Usenet applications, usually with only a small number of groups.
One can't rely on '.' in a group name for disambiguation.

 Ken> Alternatively, we can stipulate that the range parameter can
 Ken> only be used if a group is also specified:

 Ken> LISTGROUP [group [range]]

This (as Russ also said) seems simplest from a compatibility
perspective. But it's logically broken in that you don't know what
the valid range is until you actually enter the group.

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Andrew, Supernews
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