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Re: ietf-nntp Use of the LISTGROUP command

Mark Sidell <Mark.Sidell@forteinc.com> Tue, 10 December 1996 19:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: ietf-nntp Use of the LISTGROUP command
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:18:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Sidell <Mark.Sidell@forteinc.com>
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> 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.

We don't have to be here forever if we simply include all commands that 
are de facto standards.

Mark Sidell
Chief Programmer
Forte Agent newsreader

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