From: Bruce Lilly (blilly@erols.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 23:02:46 CDT
Henry Spencer wrote:
> No, it's just losing traffic, i.e. failing to interoperate. That is more
> than enough reason to (at best) relegate such a change to a "Future
> Directions" section.
That's fine as long as the direction is clear.
>Declaring a "flag day" on which all existing INN
> systems must be upgraded would be ludicrous.
Unnecessary, since the flooding method of propagation will work
around old nodes (except those which are topographical "bridges"
between otherwise unconnected subnets).
> (And no, interoperability with the installed base of mail systems is not
> a significant issue by comparison: news-mail interchange has always
> required non-trivial efforts by gateways, and there is no prospect of
> eliminating that.)
Don't forget common UAs. Usenet-specific idiosyncrasies affect
them.