From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com)
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 13:15:44 CST
"Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net> sagely advised:
> No, because my scheme distinguishes between message IDs and group IDs.
>
> ARTICLE <M1@id> - returns the article <M1@id>
> ARTICLE <M2@id> - returns the article <M2@id>
> ARTICLE G<M1@id> - returns the article <M2@id>
> GROUP G<M1@id> - returns "<M1@id>, <M2@id>"
>
> Does exactly what it says on the can.
This addresses my objections and questions, user only gets a bogus
article if requested. Something like "give me coke if you have it, or a
generic replacement."
We still have to handle the questions raised by the DoS issues
mentioned recently.
Wish I hadn't been so busy lately and read this list realtime...
-- -bill davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me