Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!intercon!amanda@intercon.uu.net From: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Cnews active min field (WAS Re: Cnews setuid(geteuid)) Message-ID: <1145@intercon.UUCP> Date: 3 Jul 89 15:04:50 GMT References: <1812@ucsd.EDU> <1989Jun25.174800.13276@utzoo.uucp> <10931@ibmpcug.UUCP> <1989Jun20.213129.8095@utzoo.uucp> <10947@ibmpcug.UUCP> <26-Jun-89.101532@192.41.214.2> <1989Jun28.154945.13805@utzoo.uucp> Sender: news@intercon.UUCP Reply-To: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation Lines: 23 In article <1812@ucsd.EDU>, brian@ucsd.EDU (Brian Kantor) writes: > At the time we designed the protocol, no news reader needed a list of > all article numbers ahead of time. To my knowledge, still none do. > - Brian Well, actually, I wasn't complaining about a deficiency in NNTP or any specific problem with C news; I was objecting (very mildly...) to Henry's claim that newsreaders should expect to have to go rummaging around in the spool directory to find out what's there. My only point was that not all readers have that luxury. I'm quite happy with NNTP, actually. The only time I can think of that a newsreader could possibly want a list off all articles in a group is when it sees a newsgroup for the absolutely first time. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation -- "Those preachers are right--there's more in these songs than meets the eye..." --Arlo Guthrie