[leafnode-list] inaccurate response to GROUP command
Brian Sammon
leafnode-list at brisammon.fastmail.fm
Thu Jul 22 19:21:08 CEST 2004
> > The problem is-- my newsreader doesn't use "GROUP" to check for new article
> > it uses "LIST ACTIVE". My newsreader only uses "GROUP" if I enter the grou
> > which I only do if there's new articles.
>
> Which newsreader are you using? What does it do when the server doesn't
> support LIST ACTIVE? (It's in RFC-2980, not RFC-977, and hence not
> mandatory.)
An Xwindows antiquity -- knews.
When LIST ACTIVE isn't supported, it falls back to GROUP.
> How does this patch look to you?
> It should apply fine on top of all 1.10.X versions.
Okay, but it doesn't do anything if the group is empty. I subscribe to some
groups that are currently empty and I'd like it to keep them marked
interesting as well.
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