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From: sob@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: NNTP 1.5 Patch 4
Keywords: NNTP 1.5 patch 4
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Date: 16 May 89 14:59:56 GMT
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When I made the extentions to NNTP for TMNN's news readers, Phil and I
had a short chat about the functionality of a LIST filename type of
command. The upshot of the comment was that LIST filename was a bad
idea bacause of the ambiguity and the resulting security problem.



Stan           internet: sob@bcm.tmc.edu         Manager, Networking
Olan           uucp: {rutgers,mailrus}!bcm!sob   Information Technology
Barber         Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine