I played around a bit. It seems when the nntp.r checks for messages
associated with a newsgroup, it also includes messages which have "expired."
This accounts for the "non-existant" messages for when you choose "N" for
next message and you see nothing but the options again. I ran into a series
Thanks for the input, Jeff. I'll work on updating my news reader with x-hdr
functions. Yes, news servers do return very strange information. They are
definitely part of the 'old Internet' when things were rather rough around
the edges.
> Boy, nntp.r really is in need of an update. Looki
Howdy, Ryan, and others interested in REBOL's nntp.r:
NNTP servers lie. They tell you a range of numbers of
articles that MAY be there. They may well not be
there, though. It's a funny thing.
The only way to really get the true number of articles
in
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> Oops. Fixed a slight UI bug. The script now asks for a newsgroup up
> front and sets parameters right away.
>
> -Ryan
Hi Ryan,
