From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: Red Gnus v0.32 is released
Date: 11 Sep 1996 02:53:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w8srao9na7e.fsf@hymir.ifi.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: David Lebel's message of 10 Sep 1996 20:38:56 -0400
David Lebel <lebel@socom.com> writes:
> Netscape's brain-dead nntp server? Netscape News is INN 1.4
> on steroids. In fact, it's only INN with SSL and a HTML-based
> configuration system thrown in (and I'm still asking myself why they
> are still asking 995$US for it ;-)).
>
> However, LIST ACTIVE GROUP was implemented only in very recent
> (> '94), patch-based 1.4 versions of INN. Why did Netscape didn't
> implement those patches is an open question.
The problem is not that Netscape's INN version doesn't implement LIST
ACTIVE GROUP -- the problem is that when it receives that command, it
responds by pumping out the entire active file. If that's not brain
dead, I don't know what is.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-09-11 0:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-09-10 22:22 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-09-10 23:39 ` Raja R Harinath
1996-09-11 20:01 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-09-11 0:38 ` David Lebel
1996-09-11 0:53 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1996-09-11 13:03 ` David Lebel
1996-09-11 19:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-09-11 11:20 ` Wesley.Hardaker
1996-09-11 12:39 ` Per Abrahamsen
1996-09-11 19:42 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-09-12 5:27 ` Ed Donovan
1996-09-13 2:09 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-09-11 19:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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