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NNTP command to get count of available newsgroups

Is there an NNTP command to return the count of NewsGroups on an USENET server? (Without having to retrieving the entire list.)

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No, such a command is not available in RFC 3977.

Martin v. Löwis  2009-08-28 07:45:50
Thanks - it was worth a shot! :-)
Josh  2009-08-28 08:37:20

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