ietf-nntp NNTP doubling of starting periods

[Harald.T.Alvestrand at uninett.no]

Jean,
think a bit more.
Either the existing systems follow the specification (doubling dots
at the beginning of lines, removing the doubling on reception),
or they don't.
They are all consistent about it, or your tests would have failed.
But you CAN'T TELL from your test which is the case because it
is indeed being passed through "transparently" - just that something
happened in the meantime.

If the current universal practice is not to do this, fine - we can
change the specs to be in line with reality.
But if the spec is currently followed, changing it will lead to a VERY
nasty problem of interoperability between "old" and "new" versions.
Don't change it if you don't need it.....

          Harald A (since nobody else seemed to reply)