pullnews and Net:NNTP

[Julien ÉLIE]

> There is now "unless(exists $arg{Reader} && $arg{Reader} == 0)" before
> the call to $obj->reader().
>
> -    my %localopts = ("Port" => "$localPort");
> +    my %localopts = ("Port" => "$localPort", "Reader" => 0);
>    $localcxn = Net::NNTP->new($localServer, %localopts) ||
>        die "can't connect to server $localServer\n" ;
>
> but it is not necessary.

It is in fact necessary to add the "Reader" => 0 option.
It is an "unless" statement!


> For the anecdote, I wrote to Graham Barr because of his libnet man page:
>
>    B<Reader> - If the remote server is INN then initially the connection
>    will be to nnrpd, by default C<Net::NNTP> will issue a C<MODE READER> command
>    so that the remote server becomes innd. If the C<Reader> option is given
>    with a value of zero, then this command will not be sent and the
>    connection will be left talking to nnrpd.
>
>
> It is not the default behaviour of Net::NNTP.  Besides, there is a confusion
> between innd and nnrpd.

It is the default behaviour but there is still innd<->nnrpd to change.

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Julien ÉLIE

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