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Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@prescienttech.com> writes:

> Some more thoughts on what to implement...
> 
> Score rules should be applied before any articles are retrieved (which
> is pretty much how things are now).  At this point there are three use
> modes to handle:
> 
> * off-line: download all articles with a score greater than or equal to
>   some customizable value, defaulting to 0.
> 
> * on-line: works exactly like nntp does now, excepting that any read
>   articles that are not already in the local spool are added when they
>   are retrieved (similar to passive caching).
> 
> * interactive off-line: user explicitly marks the articles to retrieve,
>   which are then stored in the local spool.  Summary buffers should have
>   the ability to be "narrowed" to display just articles that are in the
>   local spool area.

Yes.  There'll be a number of ways for users to specify what they
want -- primarily based on scores, explicit marks and group/topic
parameters. 

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen