From: Florian Weimer (fw@deneb.enyo.de)
Date: Tue Apr 24 2001 - 10:08:04 CDT
Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net> writes:
> On 24 Apr 2001, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Xref is part of the NNTP protocol. Defining its semantics in the
> > USEFOR context isn't a good idea, I think.
>
> Uh, no, Xref was originally invented for use by reader software. It has
> turned out to have considerable utility for server and transport software
> as well. It's not just an NNTP thing, unfortunately.
Okay, I forgot that you have this particular way of identifying
articles (i.e. article numbers in groups) when you read news directly
on the spool as well.
However, with the advent of the mvgroup control message, there's some
sense in adding it dynamically when the article is transmitted.