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Re: ietf-nntp Backfill

Chrisy Luke <chrisy@easynet.net> Tue, 17 December 1996 09:45 UTC

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From: Chrisy Luke <chrisy@easynet.net>
To: ietf-nntp@academ.com
Cc: Mark.Sidell@forteinc.com
Subject: Re: ietf-nntp Backfill
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:45:13 GMT
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On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:48:46 -0500 (EST), Mark Sidell
<Mark.Sidell@forteinc.com> wrote:

>Anyway, as far as I know, demon's is the only server that backfills.  
>But, perhaps Clive could provide more information.

Nobody else does because it breaks too many readers. Agent is the only
article-number based reader I know of that can cope with it.


Everyone else has nicer solutions that don't break things. ;)

Chris.

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