OVER MSGID implementation

[Russ Allbery]

Julien ÉLIE <julien at trigofacile.com> writes:

> Let's only answer 503, then.
> I do not know whether some clients are using OVER <msgid>.  If yes, maybe
> we should implement it.
> (It does not exist for XOVER.)
>
> When would a client issue OVER <msgid>?  To find information about a link
> news:msgid in an article?

As I recall, the rationale was that NEWNEWS clients would find it useful,
but I don't recall if this was theoretical or if there was a real-world
implementation that used it.

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