ietf-nntp Re: Last major open issue (48x return codes)

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Ken Murchison said:
>> However, instead of just stopping there, we should require 401 to *have an
>> argument* to indicate what the hoop is. This argument would be the name of
>> the command or extension used to request the facility.

> I could live with this, but do existing clients do anything useful with 
> the text following a 4xx response code?  This would be the first failure 
> code to include formmatted data, correct?

It would.

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