NNTP:// and NEWS:// URLs

[Russ Allbery]

Divya Sundaram <divya at avnika.com> writes:

> According to the URL 
> 	http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1738/27.htm

> Both of these URLs should work:

> 	nntp://avnika.corp.mot.com/mot.software/3229
> and 	nntp://avnika.corp.mot.com/mot.software/uhdnwikrv.fsf@email.mot.com

> However, only the second one works. Did I misinterpret something?

Support for nntp:// URLs is widely variable among different clients.  I
think they're currently working on a revision to the specification.

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