NNTP Help Required

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3 total messages Started by Mark Thomas Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00

#238

Author: Mark Thomas
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00

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I am currently in the process of coding an NNTP client for my colleges LAN,
but I have a problem.  I can read the messages on the server, but I don't
know how to group them into threads for display.

Any help would be appreciated, Mark.
mark_thomas@bigfoot.com

Re: NNTP Help Required

#239

Author: Anthony Naggs
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:00

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After much consideration Mark Thomas decided to share these wise words:
>I am currently in the process of coding an NNTP client for my colleges LAN,
>but I have a problem.  I can read the messages on the server, but I don't
>know how to group them into threads for display.

I don't think there is a definitive answer on how to do this.

You get a few clues, and you just have to use them to get a result you
like:
+   the Subject: line, (less any 're:' style prefixes)
+   the References: line which should list the previous articles in the 
    thread, but may be broken and list them in a different order or just
    the first article or an the article actually being responded to.
+   the time/date stamp may help too.


Cheers.
-- 
  The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is, I'm the only one!

Re: NNTP Help Required

#241

Author: pete$no$pam
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 00:00

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In article <IqDBbCAUFgQ1EwP$@ubik.demon.co.uk>
           amn@ubik.demon.co.uk "Anthony Naggs" writes:

> After much consideration Mark Thomas decided to share these wise words:
> >I am currently in the process of coding an NNTP client for my colleges LAN,
> >but I have a problem.  I can read the messages on the server, but I don't
> >know how to group them into threads for display.
> 
> I don't think there is a definitive answer on how to do this.
> 
> You get a few clues, and you just have to use them to get a result you
> like:
> +   the Subject: line, (less any 're:' style prefixes)
> +   the References: line which should list the previous articles in the 
>     thread, but may be broken and list them in a different order or just
>     the first article or an the article actually being responded to.
> +   the time/date stamp may help too.

One other option is to look at how others have done it and
'borrow' some ideas :-)  Snews 1.3 threads articles quite
reasonably by Subject: lines, and it's source is available
on Demon's FTP server -

    /pub/demon/ibmpc/dos/files/source/snws130s.zip

Just a thought.
-- 
Pete

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