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news databases (was Cnews artnum in active file)

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From: Mark Moraes
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 1990 01:52
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tale@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes:
>                                             Of course, some things
>like trn and nn keep their own databases (boy, do I love all this
>space used on my disk) and run their own daemons, so they can keep an
>up-to-date cache of this information somewhere.

And they usually have a hard time dealing with the holes left with
cancels, supersedes, etc...

It would be really nice if the trn, nn and nntp people could get
together and agree on a standard database that all three could use.
Maybe even a single daemon that could be asked the right questions.

	Mark.
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From: moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes)
Subject: news databases (was Cnews artnum in active file)
Message-ID: <90Aug17.215136edt.504@smoke.cs.toronto.edu>
Keywords: nn
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Date: 18 Aug 90 01:52:11 GMT
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