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Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme 3-1
From: rog@vitanuova.com
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:21:38 +0000
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> faces and Mail depend on both getting announcements
> about new messages from upas/fs via the plumber to
> work correctly.

oh yes, i'd forgotten about that.

however, mail could serve a file that informed readers of updates to
the mailbox; or the plumber could recognise a "broadcast" attribute,
so plumb clients could cause a message to be sent to all listeners.

i don't think the broadcast nature of plumbing is what's wanted in
most cases, but perhaps others disagree?