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Re: ietf-nntp Use of the LISTGROUP command

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Subject: Re: ietf-nntp Use of the LISTGROUP command
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In-Reply-To: <19961210211759.32ad8d37@mail-hub.forteinc.com> from "Mark Sidell" at Dec 10, 96 02:18:31 pm
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Mark Sidell wrote

>> This seems like a pretty weak reason to add the LISTGROUP 
>> command to the draft - especially if the newsreader has a 
>> workaround for when the command does not exist.  We're going 
>> to be here forever if we allow clients to decide which commands
>> get put in the draft.  Could we remove this command from the 
>> draft?
>
>The Agent newsreader also uses the LISTGROUP command.  The workaround 
>is much slower.  So, I request that it *not* be removed.

Also used, when available, by tin 1.22 and trn 3.6. It may have been 
invented for nn, but plenty of others seem to have decided it was a good
idea. I think that's probably enough examples of software using LISTGROUP
to confirm it's inclusion is legitimate - four unrelated, widely-used clients.

                                John Line
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