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List:       imap
Subject:    Re: nntp-extensions Re: ietf-nntp NNTP SEARCH extension   internet-draft available
From:       brian () nothing ! ucsd ! edu (Brian Kantor)
Date:       1996-10-31 21:03:58
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> I think the original point that was made is that NNTP was designed
> originally for news transfer, not reading. 

That is not true.  I don't know where this oft-repeated error originated,
but it's wrong.

We designed the NNTP protocol to provide news reading services to diskless
workstations.  Transfer was added much later in the design.
	- Brian

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