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- Subject: Re: News-Readers
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- From: paul@serena.iaehv.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
- Message-ID: <paul.3ezg@serena.iaehv.nl>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 00:06:58 +0100
-
- On Mon, 01 Jan 96, Petter Nilsen wrote the following:
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- > >What I don't like about THOR is that it does not store the
- > >message database in a standardized format.
- > This is because a custom format is far faster, not to mention more space
- > efficient.
-
- I agree with that. But what I find a huge drawback is that the message
- base is no longer accessible for any other readers. The standard UUCP:
- format might take more space, but all other readers can access it. They
- can't access the Thor base though.
-
- Cya,
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