"Oleg Semyonov" <os@altavista.net> writes: > 1. try ALL groups from the server1 (a,b,c) > 2. then try any groups NOT FOUND at server1 from the server2 (e,f) > 3. then try any groups NOT FOUND at servers 1&2 from the server3 nntpcache doesn't do this. although it would be nice, the varability in news-servers would lead to inconsistances in the face of errors. Cheers, Julian.