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List:       9fans
Subject:    Re: [9fans] NNTP client for Plan9
From:       forsyth () caldo ! demon ! co ! uk
Date:       2000-09-28 19:10:58
Message-ID: 20000928181405.A5796199DB () mail
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>>i don't think compatability with forsyth's 2nd ed.
>>reader is much of an issue.

it relies on messages arranged in the obvious hierarchy
and on the existence of .overview files therein.
i don't know where the `database' aspect came in.
nothing like that is used on the client side of the news software.

the news server keeps a database of sorts (because it must)
mapping message ID to file names, but it's a specialised hashed file
scheme used by other news servers, nothing too database-y.
it needs to know when it has seen an article and needs to provide
fetching by message-ID for the NNTP server (netscape relies on it, for instance).



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