Re: [Nymproxy-devel] NNTP thoughts

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* Peter Palfrader (pe...@pa...) [691231 18:59]:
> 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.

I think it would be useful as well. I'll definately add it when I get to
that point. 

 
> > 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?

No, sorry, didn't mean to imply that you did :) I was simply asking for your
reasoning.

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