Re: ietf-nntp FAQ Extension to NNTP

Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org> Thu, 22 August 1996 14:02 UTC

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From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
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To: pbrans@cscsm.de, ietf-nntp@academ.com
Subject: Re: ietf-nntp FAQ Extension to NNTP
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I don't like the four-byte version number.  Short of specifying a
guaranteed format for FAQs (and *having the server reject those that
don't fit*) this is too loose to be useful.  I think a date-stamp is
better.