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Re: nntp-extensions Re: ietf-nntp NNTP SEARCH extension internet-draft available

Anthony Talltree <aad@nwnet.net> Thu, 31 October 1996 20:26 UTC

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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 11:41:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Anthony Talltree <aad@nwnet.net>
To: Jeff Coffler <jeffc@netmanage.com>
Subject: Re: nntp-extensions Re: ietf-nntp NNTP SEARCH extension internet-draft available
CC: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>, bhern@netscape.com, ietf-nntp@academ.com, imap@cac.washington.edu, Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>, Nat Ballou <natba@ims.microsoft.com>, natba@microsoft.com, nntp-extensions@academ.com, Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
In-Reply-To: <ML-2.3.846789575.444.max@jimi-hendrix.mcom.com>
References: <ML-2.3.846789575.444.max@jimi-hendrix.mcom.com>

>So how many IMAP news clients are there? Well,
>how many IMAP clients are there?

For *ix, there's Pine, which isn't very well suited to reading news. 
There's also ML, which makes a nifty core-dump generator.

>There are a few weaknesses in using an IMAP client as a news client
>though

Would/could it do NOV?

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