Comments on: NewsGator HTTP report card

By: another reason i use newsgator

another reason i use newsgator — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:06:21 +0000

http://www.rassoc.com/gregr/weblog/archive.aspx?post=629…more]

By: Greg Reinacker

Greg Reinacker — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:34:18 +0000

You didn’t misinterpret…a subscription will be removed upon encountering a 410, but the existing messages and folder will remain.

By: Derek Murray

Derek Murray — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:27:18 +0000

I apologise if I have misinterpreted your post, but will a feed be automatically removed on encountering a 410?

If so, will all of the posts for that feed be preserved?

I ask because, once a feed has gone altogether, some/many readers may want to keep the old posts for historical interest.

Cheers,

Derek.

By: NewsGator HTTP report card

NewsGator HTTP report card — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:24:30 +0000

Congratulations to Greg Reinacker for being the first to publish proper HTTP support results. Two problems each were found in NewsGator and the tests themselves, all have been fixed. Users of NewsGator should see the improvments in an upcoming 1.3 re...[more]

By: Greg Reinacker

Greg Reinacker — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 05:01:27 +0000

Yep – authentication is indeed supported, and works fine with your test feed.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 03:36:08 +0000

ETag and Last-Modified tests are fixed. Thanks!

Also adding authentication tests now. Those are labelled MAY, though, so no biggie. Probably will become a competitive advantage to support them eventually, but no biggie for the moment.