From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com>
Message-Id: <200712231939.lBNJdFQj017870@floodgap.com>
Subject: [gopher] Re: Using WikkaWiki as a gopher client/proxy
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 at "Dec 23, 7 10:48:16 am"
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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:39:15 -0800 (PST)
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> > Incidentally, if you run Bucktooth on the same server, you can use -isproxy
> > to "talk to yourself" without TCP sockets. However, it looks like you're
> > going more general-purpose with this, which definitely will be more widely
> > applicable.
> 
> That was actually my initial approach, until I discovered -isproxy
> only accesses locally.  I briefly thought about hacking at the
> Bucktooth code, then thought better of it :)

I might make that clearer in the documentation. I had considered allowing a
'networked proxy' feature but it became overly complex and didn't really
confer many advantages to make client access any simpler.

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