Re: [Nymproxy-devel] NNTP thoughts

[Peter P. <pe...@pa...>]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Deacon wrote:

> * Peter Palfrader (pe...@pa...) [691231 18:59]:
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> > I would download pop3 mail via cron/in the background and store them
> > on the proxy.  For the user it should appear as if the message was in
> > the newsgroup local.pop.<accountname>.
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> That's an interesting idea. But the point is to allow them to use whatever
> MUA they wish, not to have them writing mail via their newsreader. of cou=
rse
> with many clients it's the same software.
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> Plus this would be handy if/when we move to a web-based sort of client.

Well, since you are going to offer NNTP anyway this should not be that
much additional work.  You can always offer a pop3 interface as well.
Both NNTP and POP3 are quite simple.  It's just a suggestion which I
think would be useful sometimes.


> > For usenet traffic I'ld suggest being a transparent proxy for reading.
> > You don't even need to cache posts as that is done by the client anyway.
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> Why would you go this route?

What are the alternatives?
 - Fetching articles in advance: as you said this costs space and
   bandwidth.  Additionally if a user really wants it they can always
   have your proxy use their leafnode.
 - not offering news at all
 - fetching them in real time: what I suggested.

Did I miss something?

					yours,
					peter
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