# HG changeset patch # User enz # Date 947271667 0 # Node ID 691dc670549aadc29c5dea99d2d3426dc73a2271 # Parent 0838ae9606b23f1a5cc326f2f42929462ba124c9 [svn] Add idea with pseudo groups containing only requested articles diff -r 0838ae9606b2 -r 691dc670549a TODO.TXT --- a/TODO.TXT Thu Jan 06 09:32:21 2000 +0000 +++ b/TODO.TXT Fri Jan 07 19:01:07 2000 +0000 @@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ http://mars.superlink.net/user/tal/writings/news-software-authors.html (Use NOV library? Use inews for validating posted articles? ... ) -Use numbers when retrieving articles. Retrieving by message-id -is disabled at some servers. +Store requested articles by group + number. This would allow to create +pseudo-groups (like .requested) that contained only fully +downloaded articles in overview mode (very nice and clever +idea sent in by a user, it would make using overview mode much easier). +Second advantage: Noffle would work with servers that have retrieving +articles by message-id disabled. Expire should clean up empty request/outgoing directories, so they will not exists forever after a server change.