Subject: remote mailbox naming syntax for c-client

From: Mark Crispin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 21:43:01 -0800 (PST)

The next version of c-client will support a new naming syntax for NNTP access,
as a result of action to standardize the format of all remote mailbox names to
be (in BNF form):
	["*"] "{" host [":" port] ["/" access "}" [mailbox]
where:
	"*"	indicator to use bboard access
	host	remote IP host to connect
	port	TCP port number to use (defaults to service's normal port)
	access	access mechanism, imap2 or nntp (defaults to imap2)
	mailbox	defaults to INBOX for mail, general for bboard

The syntax *[host]newsgroup for NNTP access is hereby declared dead.  All of
the people who supported that syntax indicated that it wouldn't be a show
stopper for them if it changed, whereas those who advocated the change had
quite strong feelings on the matter.

-- Mark --