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- From: jkay@ragtime.vnet.net (John Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best way to read News??
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 17:17:57
- Organization: Ragtime East
- Message-ID: <19960102.781C110.FE2E@ragtime.vnet.net>
- References: <4bnkp4$gvo@grissom.powerup.com.au> <meteor-3012950840590001@10.0.2.15> <Wz1Tx*a42@wolf359.exile.org>
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- Eric@wolf359.exile.org (Eric Edwards) writes:
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- >> "More robust" ? ... heh. Installing some lame UUCP system on my Amiga
- >> is NOT my idea of a good time, AND is not included in MOST PEOPLE's
- >> SLIP/PPP access .. NNTP is.
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- > Yes, it is more robust. It has had many years of testing by lots and lots
- > of people. Sure, it's complicated to set up. But so is hacking nntp for
- > the same function. Just about everything that can go wrong with a UUCP
- > setup can go wrong with a dialup nntp setup. The difference is that the
- > former is well defined and mostly debugged. The later is a custom hack.
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- Oooo, you make me feel so diiiiirty. Keep talking, big boy!
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- This "custom hack" is used by almost every casual user of the Net .. millions
- of people; I think we can say that it's been "tested", unless you think you
- can come up with some other exaggeration to make your feeble, baseless point.
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