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   On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, Stefan Ram wrote:   
      
   > Richard Kettlewell  wrote or quoted:   
   >> * Binary serialization rather than the complex text-based structures we   
   >>  have in NNTP and the Usenet article format.   
   >   
   >  When I read through all this stuff, it seems like every change   
   >  has just as many pros as cons. Take the point above, for instance.   
   >  If I think my newsreader is acting up today or isn't showing a   
   >  certain feature (like grabbing stuff via Message-ID), I can just   
   >  hop on telnet to the news server and see what's really coming   
   >  from the server or call up the missing feature directly. With a   
   >  binary format, that wouldn’t be as straightforward!   
   >   
      
   Amen! The power of text!   
      
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