flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) (04/08/89)
How about an extension to the NNTP protocol that lets you fetch the information in the (NEWSLIB)/newsgroups file? Newsgroup descriptions are useful, really they are. Just because newsreaders like "rn" don't use that information . . . Some sort of match-pattern list-newsgroups would be nice. psuvax1's active/newsgroup files are currently 19k/27k bytes (616 newsgroups). -- Felix Lee flee@shire.cs.psu.edu *!psuvax1!shire!flee
barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) (04/13/89)
In article <FLEE.89Apr7195131@shire.cs.psu.edu>, flee@shire (Felix Lee) writes: > >How about an extension to the NNTP protocol that lets you fetch the >information in the (NEWSLIB)/newsgroups file? Newsgroup descriptions >are useful, really they are. Just because newsreaders like "rn" don't >use that information . . . Excellent idea. I have proposed to Larry several reasons twhy rn should use this, especially to prevent people form posting stuff to the wrong newsgroups, or for those looking for a newsgroup that is appropriate. -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@crdgw1.ge.com> a.k.a. <barnett@[192.35.44.4]> uunet!steinmetz!barnett, <barnett@steinmetz.ge.com>