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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:21:29 GMT
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Dan Boger wrote:

I think if we have a proxy that understands FTX and can translate it,
the output format shouldn't be set - have that part be pluggable, so you
could have it output html, or plain text, or anything else we can think
of.

Sensible.

Just have the proxy associate an output format with either the IP
or the port of the connection, and the clients can choose which one they
use.

Why not associate the format with the user account?  NNTP actually has
authentication built in.  It's just not very common to use it.  With some
accounts named "<format>reader", we can let people select the format they get
the FTX messages in.  And people who want to post can just use their personal
(Lugnet) account and have their preferences set for that account.

All in theory of course, I don't think I have the time right now to
actually implement any of this :)

Neither do I unfortunately.

Play well,

Jacob
--
Jacob's LEGO:
                               http://lego.jacob-sparre.dk/



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(...) I think if we have a proxy that understands FTX and can translate it, the output format shouldn't be set - have that part be pluggable, so you could have it output html, or plain text, or anything else we can think of. Just have the proxy (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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