From: Clive D.W. Feather (clive@demon.net)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 03:47:27 CDT
Erland Sommarskog said:
[concerning "pretty names" for newsgroups]
> And that is a feature that could be implemented locally in your newsreader,
> without any need for support elsewhere, nor in servers nor in RFCs.
And yet, unlike nicknames in email, I don't see any newsreaders that *do*
provide it. This makes me wonder whether it's as workable as the proponents
are suggesting.
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