Thanks, I hadn't seen that before. Shame on me. It still has the downside of not having the same level of client-support that NNTP does, but given that it doesn

Thanks, I hadn't seen that before. Shame on me. It still has the downside of not having the same level of client-support that NNTP does, but given that it doesn't require server support, I can see the appeal. There's a couple of things in the Atom spec that seems underutilized, such as AtomPub. When combined with the threading, that could be a viable alternative. I wonder why So few sites support it? Momentum? If I had the spare time (or capital to hire someone else), I'd love to see plugins added for the popular Blog packages and forums. I suppose I shall have to wait and see.