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Re: ietf-nntp Issue: empty groups

Bob Sloane <SLOANE@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Tue, 31 December 1996 16:40 UTC

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From: Bob Sloane <SLOANE@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: Re: ietf-nntp Issue: empty groups
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> (A) first=last=count=0. This is set by INN; my draft forbids it.

This is what INN does, and what the ANU News server does. Is there
some server somewhere that DOESN'T work this way?

> My inclination is to tune the wording to have:
>     Forbid A, C, D.
>     Allow E and F.
>     SHOULD do B.
> 
> Any dissent ?

Yes.  I would like to know some have some VERY good reason to make
virtually all the news servers in the world non-compliant. Readers
seem to be able to cope with current practice. What problem are you
trying to solve here?
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