ietf-nntp Another message from urs@akk.org about tin

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Stan O. Barber said:
> > In addition to this, I think it is important that the new spec
> > mandates this - intelligent/obvious - behaviour:
> > 
> >   All unrecognised 200 series codes should be assumed as
> >   success.
[...]
> Seems like a good clarification to me. Any other opinions?

Some time ago I proposed the wording:

  If a client receives an unexpected response, it SHOULD use the first
  digit to determine what action to take. In most cases, a reasonable
  action would be that taken for a valid response with the same first
  digit.

What is wrong with it ?

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