Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Cnews active min field (WAS Re: Cnews setuid(geteuid))
Message-ID: <1989Jun28.154945.13805@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989Jun25.174800.13276@utzoo.uucp> <10931@ibmpcug.UUCP> <1989Jun20.213129.8095@utzoo.uucp> <10947@ibmpcug.UUCP> <26-Jun-89.101532@192.41.214.2>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 89 15:49:45 GMT

In article <26-Jun-89.101532@192.41.214.2> amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker) writes:
>... not every newsreader has access to the directory
>itself, which makes this approach a little difficult (NNTP clients, for
>example)...

We class that as a deficiency in NNTP, best remedied by fixing the protocol.

>How much of an improvement to expire's speed does ignoring the min field
>really gain?

It probably wouldn't make a whole lot of difference in speed.  There are
many useless features that could be added without much cost in speed.
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