Re: G command

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From: Richard Harms
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:29

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Sameer Parekh (zane@infopls.chi.il.us) wrote:
:         In the newsgroups spool directory, a file can exist.
: 
: $SPOOLDIR/misc/popcorn/buttered/group-file
: 
:         If the file needs to be updated, a post can be made with the 
: Subject:
: 
: Subject: UPDATE: Group-file
: (And the appropriate Date: Supercedes: etc.)

Adding yet more special-case support to news transports - Kinda of a kludge
don't you think?

Why not use the tools we already have, and have the news reader look for a
message with the subject "UPDATE: Group-file" in the messages in the group?
Then you could use existing Expires:/etc. for controlling its update... 
Add an Approved: header and I doubt you'd have anything less hackable than
existing moderated groups on Usenet. (Admitably some overhead for finding 
that subject, but if you're using a reader like 'trn' it wouldn't be too
bad...)

-rh
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