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List:       c-client
Subject:    Re: NNTP configuration
From:       Mark Crispin <MRC () CAC ! Washington ! EDU>
Date:       1997-08-22 6:40:40
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On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:14:30 -0400 (EDT), David Henry wrote:
> As I mentioned in my previous inquiry, the imap2bis server I am running
> has this ability.  (Granted, it is a fairly old imap2bis, and this
> feature uses an entry in the verbotten /etc/imapd.conf file to achieve
> its ends. There is an entry like "set nntp-proxy-host host.name" in it.)
>
> Now, I just want to figure out a way, without requiring local source
> code changes, if possible, to achieve the same functionality.  Am I
> wasting my time?

The imap2bis server which you were using was a locally-modified version, and
not a standard version.

It *is* under consideration to provide a more automatic proxy facility in the
standard version.  Such a mechanism will *NOT* use the evil imapd.conf file.
I can not predict at the present time when this will happen; I have several
other higher-priority items on the front-burner.

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