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   Message 19,847 of 21,759   
   D to yeti   
   Re: If you were to design a netnews prot   
   20 Aug 24 20:00:50   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Tue, 20 Aug 2024, yeti wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> Interesting! Thank you very much for the information. With todays   
   >> compute power, I wouldn't discount the phone book method entirely. I   
   >> think it scales better than one might think. On the other hand,   
   >> keeping it up to date and distributing it might be more of a challenge   
   >> perhaps.   
   >   
   > I don't think everyone needs to have the full global phonebook.   
   >   
   > Swapping VCards individually may be the way for fast updates.   
   >   
      
   True. I like that you challenge the underlying assumption that everyone   
   needs access to everyone. It is true that this is very often not the case.   
      
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