----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: NNTP and Cold Fusion
> Problem is that a current full NNTP news feed requires about 8Mbs of
dedicated
> bandwidth, and to archive for anything like a worthwhile time - at least a
> terrabyte of storage. Of course if one were to eliminate the UU-Encoded
porn
> and warez binaries and spam, that requirement would reduce by about 85% at
> least, and leave the really useful informational stuff to archive.
True. But my idea is to somehow utilise an existing Newsfeed, and for users
to control (limited) what is downloaded. Such huge storage isn't
necessarily necessary - as long as a link to a Newsfeed is there, I can't
see any reason why only `selected` items are downloaded...depending on the
use.
Will
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