From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: 1) Trying to use `nnfolder' 2) Remote access
Date: 05 Mar 1999 21:17:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3g17jg08c.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Fran=E7ois?= Pinard's message of "05 Mar 1999 12:39:43 -0500"
François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> Hmph. I realize how fuzzy all of this is in my head. For example,
> could we say that a server is only a particular instance of a backend?
Properly speaking, a backend is an entity that implements a server
interface. nnml, nntp and nnweb are backends. A server is a named
instance of a backend, with backend slots set.
Or, rather, a backend is a class and a server is an object. :-)
> And at which level "ephemeralness" applies? backend, server, group?
Only groups are ephemeral (or not).
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-03-05 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-05 2:57 François Pinard
1999-03-05 3:14 ` Aaron M. Ucko
1999-03-05 3:29 ` François Pinard
1999-03-05 9:27 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-03-05 17:41 ` Shane Holder
1999-03-05 17:37 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-03-05 9:27 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-03-05 17:39 ` François Pinard
1999-03-05 17:54 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-03-05 20:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1999-03-05 13:26 ` Hrvoje Niksic
1999-03-05 17:32 ` François Pinard
1999-03-05 17:40 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-03-07 21:33 ` François Pinard
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